Vanuatu

Location

Port Vila
Vanuatu
17° 41' 60" S, 168° 18' 0" E
Capital City: 
Port-Villa
Languages: 
Bislama, English, French
Category: Social
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education 94.59999999999999 94.099999999999994 97.8 96.59999999999999 94.099999999999994 97.90000000000001 88.59999999999999 87.7 MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage 1.9 1.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) 78.2 81.3 World Bank
Category: Land
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha) 175 177 178 180 181 183 185 187 187 FAO
Forest area (sq km) 4,395 4,395 4,395 4,395 4,395 4,395 4,395 4,395 World Bank
Forest area (% of land area) 36.049999999999997 36.049999999999997 36.049999999999997 36.049999999999997 36.049999999999997 36.049999999999997 36.049999999999997 36.049999999999997 World Bank
Category: Tourism
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
International tourism receipts (% of total exports) 69 58 62 71 85 95 109 Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.
Category: Demographics
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Country population 189,723 194,307 199,428 204,955 210,677 216,436 222,200 228,009 233,866 239,788 World Bank
Population annual growth 2.10558 2.38743 2.60139 2.73372 2.75357 2.69687 2.6283 2.58072 2.53632 2.50069 World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) World Bank
Category: Indices
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
HDI - Human Development Index UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).
Category: Economy
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) 3,230 3,220 2,970 3,050 3,170 3,300 3,630 3,880 4,290 4,290 World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI 19.78 13.77 12.6 12.4 12.45 11.49 12.43 11.82 16.16 UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Workers remittances (current US$) 35,000,000 53,000,000 8,000,000 9,000,000 4,930,000 5,097,000 4,989,000 5,543,000 7,000,000 UN Data
Category: Energy
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Electric power consumption (kWh) World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent) World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) World Bank
Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC) 81 84 84 88 88 88 92 103 MDG Database (CDIAC Data)
Category: Freshwater
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Improved water source (% of population with access) 72 78 83 World Bank
Category: Biodiversity
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected 0.45 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies: 
Title Programme Name Programme Description Year
Disaster management Strategy - Vanuatu Priorities and Action Agenda 2006-2015 2006
Energy Strategy - Vanuatu Vanuatu National Energy Policy Strategy (draft) 2007
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Vanuatu Vanuatu national communication to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Strategy Description 1999
NAPA - Vanuatu National Adaption Programme of Action Strategy Description 2007
NBSAP - Vanuatu Third National Report to the Conference of parties of the Convention on Biodiversity Strategy Description 2006
NSDS - Vanuatu Priorities and Action Agenda 2006-2015 Strategy Description 2006
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
October 2010: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that four of its member States have recently signed agreements concluded under the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). SPREP announced that Palau and Vanuatu have become the final two Pacific dugong range States to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs and their Habitats throughout their Range (Dugong MOU). SPREP thus confirms that all SPREP members...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
6 October 2010: Held from 4-6 October 2010, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the first meeting of the Signatory States of the Memorandum of Understanding on dugongs, developed under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), concluded that the species conservation strategy should address the need for greater protection of marine biodiversity by combining different conservation tools. A newly developed innovative toolbox to mitigate threats to dugongs includes incentives to...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
October 2010: Expo 2010 Shanghai China is taking place from 1 May-31 October 2010, under the theme “Better City – Better Life.” A Pacific Pavilion hosts exhibitions by Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Tonga, Federated States of Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Niue, as well as the South Pacific Tourism Organisation and the Pacific Islands Forum. With the theme of “Pacific Ocean – Spring of Inspiration,” the Pacific Pavilion...
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National focal point for sustainable development: 
Department of Finance
Department of Foreign Affairs