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

0.557 → 0.614 (+0.057)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 18 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth69.2 → 71.7 (+2.5)

Urban population23 → 22 (-1)

Births per woman4.13 → 3.57 (-0.56)

Renewable share of energy55 → 25 (-30)

Access to electricity31 → 66 (+35)

Infant mortality20 → 14 (-5)

CO2 emissions per person0.4 → 0.9 (+0.5)

Forest area36 → 36 (0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series 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	28	—	28	0.7	36.3	—	—
1991	—	67.1	—	19	5.13	32	—	27	0.6	36.3	—	—
1992	—	67.4	—	19	5.09	37	—	26	0.3	36.3	—	—
1993	—	67.7	—	20	5.02	40	—	25	0.3	36.3	—	—
1994	—	68.0	—	20	4.94	44	18	24	0.3	36.3	—	—
1995	—	68.1	—	20	4.85	45	13	23	0.3	36.3	—	—
1996	—	68.2	0	21	4.75	44	15	23	0.3	36.3	—	—
1997	—	68.3	0	21	4.66	47	17	22	0.3	36.3	—	—
1998	—	68.4	0	21	4.60	49	18	22	0.3	36.3	—	—
1999	—	67.9	1	21	4.56	51	19	22	0.3	36.3	—	—
2000	—	68.6	2	22	4.54	50	22	21	0.5	36.3	—	—
2001	—	68.7	3	22	4.50	51	24	21	0.5	36.3	—	—
2002	—	68.8	4	22	4.38	53	26	21	0.5	36.3	—	—
2003	—	68.9	4	22	4.29	53	28	20	0.6	36.3	—	—
2004	—	69.0	5	23	4.21	55	29	20	0.4	36.3	—	—
2005	0.557	69.2	5	23	4.13	55	31	20	0.4	36.3	—	—
2006	0.564	69.1	6	23	4.10	55	26	20	0.4	36.3	2035	2842
2007	0.567	69.1	7	24	4.12	52	34	19	0.6	36.3	2334	2930
2008	0.575	69.3	7	24	4.16	52	37	19	0.6	36.3	2604	3075
2009	0.576	69.4	8	24	4.16	39	33	18	0.6	36.3	2546	3108
2010	0.578	69.6	8	25	4.13	38	44	17	0.7	36.3	2815	3112
2011	0.581	69.7	9	25	4.09	36	42	17	0.7	36.3	3163	3206
2012	0.581	69.9	11	25	4.06	39	44	16	0.6	36.3	3005	3227
2013	0.586	70.0	11	25	4.04	41	32	16	0.6	36.3	3393	3224
2014	0.590	70.0	19	25	4.00	32	49	16	0.7	36.3	3378	3307
2015	0.592	70.2	22	25	3.95	36	52	15	0.6	36.3	3214	3379
2016	0.596	70.4	—	25	3.92	33	58	15	0.6	36.3	3340	3457
2017	0.599	70.5	—	25	3.88	36	63	15	0.6	36.3	3585	3583
2018	0.604	70.6	—	24	3.83	30	62	15	0.8	36.3	3626	3668
2019	0.614	70.8	—	24	3.79	32	65	15	0.8	36.3	3636	3762
2020	0.612	70.4	—	22	3.74	26	67	15	0.8	36.3	3404	3512
2021	0.614	70.0	—	22	3.70	25	70	15	0.9	36.3	3576	3546
2022	0.614	71.3	—	22	3.65	25	70	15	0.9	36.3	3680	3919
2023	—	71.5	—	22	3.60	—	62	15	0.8	36.3	3708	4202
2024	—	71.7	—	22	3.57	—	66	14	0.9	—	3960	4368
2025	—	—	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	4039	4525
Profile shows	0.614	71.7	—	22	3.57	25	—	—	0.9	36.3	4039	4525

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; 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 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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