Vanuatu, year by year

Every index this site holds for Vanuatu, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2005

Human development rose from 0.561 in 2005 to 0.621 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 19 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 71.7 years2024at birthUp 2.5 years from 69.2 years in 2005
Urban population: 22%2025of people in towns and citiesDown 1 point from 23% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.572024births per womanDown 0.56 from 4.13 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 25%2022of energy usedDown 30 points from 55% in 2004
Access to electricity: 66%2024of people with electricityUp 35 points from 31% in 2005
Infant mortality: 142024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 5 from 20 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.9 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.5 t from 0.4 t in 2005
Forest area: 36%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	66.7	—	—	5.17	27.6	—	28	0.7	36.3	—	—
1991	—	67.1	—	19.1	5.13	31.9	—	27	0.6	36.3	—	—
1992	—	67.4	—	19.4	5.09	37.3	—	26	0.3	36.3	—	—
1993	—	67.7	—	19.7	5.02	40.3	—	25	0.3	36.3	—	—
1994	—	68.0	—	20.0	4.94	43.5	18	24	0.3	36.3	—	—
1995	—	68.1	—	20.2	4.85	45.4	13	23	0.3	36.3	—	—
1996	—	68.2	0.1	20.5	4.75	44.3	15	23	0.3	36.3	—	—
1997	—	68.3	0.1	20.8	4.66	46.7	17	22	0.3	36.3	—	—
1998	—	68.4	0.3	21.1	4.60	49.3	18	22	0.3	36.3	—	—
1999	—	67.9	0.5	21.4	4.56	50.5	19	22	0.3	36.3	—	—
2000	—	68.6	2.1	21.7	4.54	49.5	22	21	0.5	36.3	—	—
2001	—	68.7	2.8	21.9	4.50	51.3	24	21	0.5	36.3	—	—
2002	—	68.8	3.5	22.2	4.38	53.3	26	21	0.5	36.3	—	—
2003	—	68.9	3.9	22.5	4.29	52.7	28	20	0.6	36.3	—	—
2004	—	69.0	4.8	22.7	4.21	55.4	29	20	0.4	36.3	—	—
2005	0.561	69.2	5.1	23.0	4.13	54.9	31	20	0.4	36.3	—	—
2006	0.567	69.1	5.8	23.3	4.10	55.3	26	20	0.4	36.3	2035	2842
2007	0.570	69.1	6.8	23.6	4.12	51.6	34	19	0.6	36.3	2334	2930
2008	0.578	69.3	7.3	23.9	4.16	52.1	37	19	0.6	36.3	2604	3075
2009	0.579	69.4	7.5	24.3	4.16	38.7	33	18	0.6	36.3	2546	3108
2010	0.582	69.6	8.0	24.7	4.13	38.1	44	17	0.7	36.3	2815	3112
2011	0.587	69.7	9.2	24.8	4.09	35.8	42	17	0.7	36.3	3163	3206
2012	0.587	69.9	10.6	24.8	4.06	39.0	44	16	0.6	36.3	3005	3227
2013	0.592	70.0	11.3	24.8	4.04	40.9	32	16	0.6	36.3	3393	3224
2014	0.597	70.0	18.8	24.9	4.00	31.5	49	16	0.7	36.3	3378	3307
2015	0.599	70.2	22.4	24.9	3.95	35.6	52	15	0.6	36.3	3214	3379
2016	0.603	70.4	—	24.9	3.92	33.1	58	15	0.6	36.3	3340	3457
2017	0.607	70.5	—	24.8	3.88	35.7	63	15	0.6	36.3	3585	3583
2018	0.612	70.6	—	24.3	3.83	29.7	62	15	0.8	36.3	3626	3668
2019	0.622	70.8	—	23.5	3.79	31.6	65	15	0.8	36.3	3636	3762
2020	0.617	70.4	—	22.4	3.74	26.0	67	15	0.8	36.3	3404	3512
2021	0.615	70.0	—	22.3	3.70	24.6	70	15	0.9	36.3	3576	3546
2022	0.621	71.3	—	22.3	3.65	25.0	70	15	0.9	36.3	3680	3919
2023	0.621	71.5	—	22.3	3.60	—	62	15	0.8	36.3	3708	4202
2024	—	71.7	—	22.3	3.57	—	66	14	0.9	—	3960	4368
2025	—	—	—	22.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	4039	4525
On the profile	0.621	71.7	—	22.3	3.57	25.0	—	—	0.9	36.3	4039	4525

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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