Vanuatu

GDP (PPP) per capita (2023): 3,460.93 Int. Dollar Population (2023): 320,409 HDI (2023): 0.62
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 146
Score: 38.5
Vulnerability 0.563
Readiness 0.332

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 20th most vulnerable country and the 115th 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
Ranking
160
160
155
155
154
151
152
159
146
164
147
144
140
138
142
146
146
148
148
141
155
153
148
157
159
148
145
143
146
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2004 to 2023 Score
Vulnerability
0.563
Food
0.618
Projected change of cereal yields
0.909
Projected population change
0.415
Food import dependency
0.395
Rural population
0.798
Agriculture capacity
0.995
Child malnutrition
0.194
Water
-
Projected change of annual runoff
-
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.325
Fresh water withdrawal rate
-
Water dependency ratio
0
Dam capacity
-
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.679
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
-
Medical staff
0.952
Access to improved sanitation facilities
-
Ecosystem Services
0.497
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
0.568
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.814
Human Habitat
0.528
Projected change of warm periods
0.261
Projected change of flood hazard
0.698
Urban concentration
0.202
Age dependency ratio
0.711
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
-
Paved roads
0.766
Infrastructure
0.493
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
0.400