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| GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 3,605.61 Int. Dollar | Population (2024): 327,777 | HDI (2024): 0.62 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
155
Score: 37.7
Vulnerability
0.547
Readiness
0.301
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Vanuatu places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Vanuatu is the 28th most vulnerable country and the 146th most ready country.
ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995
| Year | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Ranking | 128 | 126 | 128 | 125 | 123 | 117 | 117 | 121 | 116 | 126 | 122 | 124 | 121 | 126 | 126 | 129 | 127 | 130 | 131 | 128 | 139 | 140 | 138 | 143 | 141 | 136 | 137 | 161 | 165 | 155 |
| Indicator | 2005 to 2024 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.547 | |
| Food | 0.624 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.909 | |
| Projected population change | 0.415 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.395 | |
| Rural population | 0.837 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.995 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.194 | |
| Water | - | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | - | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.675 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | - | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0 | |
| Dam capacity | - | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | 0.819 | |
| Health | 0.549 | |
| Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.091 | |
| Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.675 | |
| Dependency on external resource for health services | 1.000 | |
| Slum population | 0.031 | |
| Medical staff | 0.947 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.547 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | 0.459 | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.461 | |
| Natural capital dependency | 0.499 | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.183 | |
| Protected biome | 0.863 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.814 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.519 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.261 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.698 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.163 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.706 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | - | |
| Paved roads | 0.766 | |
| Infrastructure | 0.496 | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.573 | |
| Dependency on imported energy | - | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.611 | |
| Electricity access | 0.388 | |
| Disaster preparedness | 0.410 |