Current account balance in Vanuatu

The current account balance of Vanuatu was -11.1% of GDP in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest since 2015.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1982 to 2022 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Vanuatu is for 2022. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Vanuatu, 2022 -11.1% % of GDP
Change from 2021 −4.2percentage points 2021: -6.9%

Current account balance 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.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2022
Period Vanuatu
2022 -11.1%
2021 -6.9%
2020 -5.7%
2019 6.9%
2018 2.9%
2017 -7.1%
2016 -7.8%
2015 -13.4%
2014 0.5%
2013 -0.6%
2012 -9.2%
2011 -7.9%
2010 -6.3%
2009 1.7%
2008 -24.0%
2007 -6.7%
2006 -6.9%
2005 -8.6%
2004 -6.1%
2003 -7.0%
2002 -6.5%
2001 0.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.2 percentage points from -6.9% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was -9.2%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1982 to 2022 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, Balance of Payments Statistics