Central government expense in Vanuatu

Central government expense in Vanuatu was equal to 26.6% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Vanuatu, 2023 26.6% % of GDP
Change from 2022 −1.6percentage points 2022: 28.2%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Vanuatu (2023).

Central government expense in Vanuatu over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period VanuatuWorld
2023 26.6% –
2022 28.2% 28.5%
2021 29.8% 31.7%
2020 30.4% 33.4%
2019 24.6% 26.7%
2018 22.7% 26.1%
2017 23.7% 26.3%
2016 22.0% 26.6%
2015 20.5% 26.8%
2014 20.2% 26.8%
2013 19.2% 27.1%
2012 22.7% 27.4%
2011 22.7% 27.5%
2010 23.2% 28.4%
2009 21.0% 28.4%
2008 – 25.9%
2007 – 24.8%
2006 – 24.9%
2005 – 25.1%
2004 – 24.8%
2003 – 25.2%
2002 – 24.9%
2001 – 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.6 percentage points from 28.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 19.2%, the figure has changed by +7.4 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2023 for Vanuatu
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics