Vanuatu

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	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	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	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

Cetacean MOU Signatories Meet to Address Threats to Dolphins and Whales

Date: 14 Sep 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

8 September 2012: Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region (Pacific Cetaceans MOU) held their third meeting on 8 September 2012, in Noumea, New Caledonia, addressing the threats facing whales and dolphins in the Pacific Islands Region. With support from representatives of collaborating organizations and country observers, the Signatories endorsed a recovery plan for the endangered humpback whale population...

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Tuiloma Neroni Slade Appointed First Ocean Commissioner

Date: 06 Sep 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

28 August 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced the appointment of Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), as the inaugural Ocean Commissioner. Slade’s appointment seeks to provide the Pacific community with a high-level spokesperson to spearhead the Pacific Oceanscape initiative. According to SPC, under the Pacific Oceanscape initiative, the 14 Pacific Island countries are working towards a “new era of...

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CMS Bulletin Highlights Forthcoming Cetacean and Sharks Meetings

Date: 05 Sep 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

July/August 2012: The latest issue of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Bulletin highlights: forthcoming meetings of the Sharks and Cetaceans Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), Romania’s actions to avoid construction of wind turbines in Great Bustard habitat, and news on the conservation of argali. The Bulletin notes that the third Meeting of Signatories (MOS) to the MOU for the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands...

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