Vanuatu
Government debt in Vanuatu
Government debt in Vanuatu: 14.4% of GDP in 1991 and 36.2% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 36.2% of GDP
- Since 1991
- +21.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 113 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 43.9% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 43.9% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 46.4% of GDP in 2017, the lowest 14.4% of GDP in 1991.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Vanuatu |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 36.2 |
| 2024 | 39.1 |
| 2023 | 39.2 |
| 2022 | 39.2 |
| 2021 | 42.2 |
| 2020 | 42.9 |
| 2019 | 39.8 |
| 2018 | 40 |
| 2017 | 46.4 |
| 2016 | 37.6 |
| 2015 | 32.2 |
| 2014 | 17.8 |
| 2013 | 16.4 |
| 2012 | 17.4 |
| 2011 | 19.3 |
| 2010 | 18.3 |
| 2009 | 19.1 |
| 2008 | 19.2 |
| 2007 | 17.6 |
| 2006 | 20 |
| 2005 | 23.8 |
| 2004 | 27.5 |
| 2003 | 34.6 |
| 2002 | 35.1 |
| 2001 | 33.5 |
| 2000 | 32.6 |
| 1999 | 27.7 |
| 1998 | 25.4 |
| 1997 | 20.7 |
| 1996 | 20.8 |
| 1995 | 21.8 |
| 1994 | 19.5 |
| 1993 | 18.3 |
| 1992 | 19 |
| 1991 | 14.4 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Vanuatu |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 36.6 |
| 2027 | 37.5 |
| 2028 | 39.1 |
| 2029 | 40.8 |
| 2030 | 42.4 |
| 2031 | 43.9 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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