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Vanuatu

16.0S 167.0E · 19 EVENTS · 8 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE AS THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU · 30 JULY 1980
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1980 – present · Kastom, Cyclones and Climate Diplomacy
4 EVENTS
2008 · Chief Roi Mata's Domain joins World Heritage List 2 REFS
March 2015 · Cyclone Pam devastates the islands 2 REFS
1971 – 1980 · Independence and the Coconut War
3 EVENTS
1971 · Vanua'aku Pati founded under Walter Lini 2 REFS
30 July 1980 · Republic of Vanuatu proclaimed 2 REFS
1906 – 1979 · The Anglo-French Condominium
3 EVENTS
1906 · Anglo-French Condominium established 2 REFS
c. late 1930s–1940s · Rise of the John Frum movement 1 REF
1825 – 1905 · Sandalwood, Blackbirding and Missions
3 EVENTS
1839 · Missionaries arrive; Williams killed at Erromango 2 REFS
1863–1904 · The blackbirding labour trade 2 REFS
1606 – 1773 · European Contact and Naming
3 EVENTS
May 1606 · Quirós reaches Espiritu Santo 2 REFS
July 1774 · Cook names the New Hebrides 2 REFS
c. 1000 BCE – 1606 CE · Lapita Seafarers and Chief Roi Mata
3 EVENTS
c. 1300–1000 BCE · Lapita seafarers settle the archipelago 3 REFS
early 1600s · Reign of the paramount chief Roi Mata 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Port Vila
Population
283,000
Area
12,189 km²
Region
Melanesia
Languages
Bislama, English, French
Currency
Vanuatu vatu (Vt)
Demonym
Ni-Vanuatu
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$1.4 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$4,039’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.1%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
0.7%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
73.4%’24 WB-WDI

Society

Population
335,000’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
71.7 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
22.3%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.6’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
88.0%’23 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
65.4’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
82.3’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
35.5’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
49.7’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
64.2’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
44.8’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
4.1%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.16’19 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
17.1’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
61.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
19.2%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
88.0%’23 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
7.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
112.5%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
134.7%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
4.9%’04 WB-UNESCO

Technology

Internet users
22.4%’15 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
89’23 WB-ITU

Geography

Land area
12,190 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
36.3%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
15.3%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.9’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
25.0%’22 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
0.6%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.6%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
65.5%’24 WB-WDI

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