GDP (million current US$, 2016)

773

Rank in world trade, 2016

Exports

Imports

GDP per capita (US$, 2014-2016)

2 882

Merchandise

187

185

Current account balance (% GDP, 2016)

-12.1

excluding intra-EU trade

160

158

Trade per capita (US$, 2014-2016)

1 504

Commercial services

156

185

Trade (% GDP, 2014-2016)

52.2

excluding intra-EU trade

129

158

Value

Million US$

2016

51

424

2016

2016

0.00

0.00

Breakdown in economy's total exports

Breakdown in economy's total imports

Value

Value

Top exported products (Million US$)

2011

Top imported products (Million US$)

2011

.

HS1513

Coconut (copra), or palm kernel oil

17

HS1006

Rice

11

HS1203

Copra

11

HS1905

Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares

5

HS1212

Locust beans, seaweeds and algae

7

HS0207

Meat and edible offal of poultry

5

HS0202

Meat of bovine animals, frozen

5

HS1101

Wheat or meslin flour

4

HS1801

Cocoa beans, whole or broken

3

HS2402

Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos

3

Share in economy's trade in agricultural products

Value

Million US$

2011

2010-2011

2010

2011

Exports

49

40

…

40

Imports

66

8

…

8

Value

Value

Top exported products (Million US$)

2011

Top imported products (Million US$)

2011

HS3205

Colour lakes

3

HS2710

Petroleum oils, other than crude

48

HS0302

Fish, fresh, chilled

2

HS3004

Medicaments in measured doses

16

HS0301

Live fish

2

HS8703

Motor cars for transport of persons

7

HS0303

Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillet

2

HS2523

Portland cement, aluminous cement

4

HS7204

Ferrous waste and scrap

0.9

HS1604

Prepared or preserved fish

4

Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products

Value

Million US$

2011

2010-2011

2010

2011

Exports

13

36

…

36

Imports

211

0

…

0

By main commodity group, % (2011)

By main destination, % (2011)

By main origin, % (2011)

Annual percentage change

Annual percentage change

Vanuatu

MERCHANDISE TRADE

Agricultural Products

Non-Agricultural Products

Merchandise exports, f.o.b.

1

-38

30

Merchandise imports, c.i.f.

Annual percentage change

2010-2016

2015

2016

7

18

16

Share in world total imports (%)

By main commodity group, % (2011)

Share in world total exports (%)

0%

10%

20%

30%

HS3205

HS0302

HS0301

HS0303

HS7204

Exports

0%

10%

20%

30%

HS2710

HS3004

HS8703

HS2523

HS1604

Imports

0%

10%

20%

HS1006

HS1905

HS0207

HS1101

HS2402

Imports

0%

20%

40%

HS1513

HS1203

HS1212

HS0202

HS1801

Exports

Agricultural products: 83.2

Fuels and mining products: 1.5

Manufactures: 7.8

Other: 7.5

Agricultural products: 24.2

Fuels and mining products: 17.3

Manufactures: 48.2

Other: 10.3

Malaysia: 20.4

Philippines: 18

New Zealand: 11.4

Australia: 11.3

Fiji: 8.1

Other: 30.7

Australia: 29.7

Singapore: 18.2

New Zealand: 12.7

Fiji: 8

China: 6.9

Other: 24.5

Value

Million US$

2016

327
154

2016

2016

0.01

0.00

Breakdown in economy's total exports

Breakdown in economy's total imports

Value

FATS sales

2016

Inward (million US$)

…

Outward (million US$)

…

Value

Million US$

2015

Exports

34

Imports

107

Exports

Value

Imports

Value

Share (%)

By sea (2015)

3

By sea (2015)

73

68.2

By air (2015)

31

By air (2015)

33

30.8

By other

…

By other

…

…

Value

Million US$

2015

Exports

228

Imports

30

Million US$

Value

2015

Other commercial services
Exports

16

Imports

39

2015

Goods-related services
Exports

…

Imports

2

Residents

Total

Residents

Total

Residents

Total

…

…

…

…

…

…

…

…

…

Travel exports (Index 2010=100)

…

…

2014

Travel

2015

2010-2015

Transport exports (Index 2010=100)

-24

10

2

44

Annual percentage change

Share (%)

9.0

89.0

…

…

…

24

…

…

…

2010-2016

2015

2016

Annual percentage change

By main services item, % (2015)

By main origin

-13

18

4

2010-2016

2015

-13

Commercial services exports
Commercial services imports

3

2016

TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES

By main services item, % (2015)

By main destination

Share in world total exports (%)

Share in world total imports (%)

Annual percentage change

Transport

Annual percentage change

2010-2015

2014

2015

2

33

1
0

-10

-12

-11

-18

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

…

…

-52

36

-15

7

Non-residents

Non-residents

Non-residents

Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services

2014

-1

-12

Annual percentage change

2010-2015

2015

2010-2015

2014

2015

…

…

-7

Exports of OCS by main item (2015)

Patent applications

Trademark applications

Industrial design applications

0

100

200

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Vanuatu

World

0

100

200

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Vanuatu

World

Transport: 12.3

Travel: 82

Other commercial services: 5.6

Goods-related services: 0

Transport: 60.3

Travel: 17

Other commercial services: 21.8

Goods-related services: 0.9

46.8

29.3

20.7

3.2

ICTs

Financial services

Other business
services
Other