Vanuatu
Republic of Vanuatu
- Region
- Oceania · Melanesia
- Capital
- Port Vila
- Population
- 335,169 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary republic
- Currency
- Vanuatu vatu (VUV)
- Official languages
- Bislama, English, French
- Spoken languages
- indigenous languages (more than 100) 82.6%, Bislama (official; creole) 14.5%, English (official) 2.1%, French (official) 0.8% (2020 est.)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 12,189 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- IMF, WCO, WTO
Political stability
82 / 100
Economic stability
48 / 100
Population stability
60 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- fish, ships, perfume plants, wood, copra (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, ships, plastic products, poultry, trucks (2023)
- Natural resources
- manganese, hardwood forests, fish
- Primary route
- Feeder services to Australian and Asian hubs
- Secondary route
- Transpacific connections via Fiji hubs
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.