Trade as a share of GDP in Vanuatu

Trade in goods and services was equal to 73.4% of GDP in Vanuatu in 2024.

Measure: Trade as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1980 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Vanuatu, 2024 73.4% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −4.7percentage points 2023: 78.1%
World, 2024 56.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 101st of 172 See the full ranking

Trade as a share of GDP 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.

Trade as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period VanuatuWorld
2025 – 68.5%
2024 73.4% 56.7%
2023 78.1% 58.1%
2022 70.5% 62.1%
2021 60.1% 56.5%
2020 65.5% 51.9%
2019 85.3% 55.8%
2018 89.7% 57.0%
2017 90.1% 55.5%
2016 93.3% 53.8%
2015 92.5% 55.6%
2014 91.4% 58.0%
2013 93.5% 58.6%
2012 104.5% 59.3%
2011 97.0% 59.3%
2010 103.8% 56.2%
2009 108.5% 51.9%
2008 105.8% 60.3%
2007 90.2% 58.7%
2006 89.5% 58.4%
2005 100.2% 56.2%
2004 98.7% 54.2%
2003 91.6% 50.7%
2002 91.7% 49.0%
2001 87.8% 49.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.7 percentage points from 78.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 91.4%, the figure has changed by −18.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 172 countries with data for 2024, Vanuatu has the 101st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 56.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2024 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices