GDP (million current US$, 2016)
773
Rank in world trade, 2016
Exports
Imports
GDP per capita (US$, 2014-2016)
2 882
Merchandise
187
185
Current account balance (% GDP, 2016)
-12.1
excluding intra-EU trade
160
158
Trade per capita (US$, 2014-2016)
1 504
Commercial services
156
185
Trade (% GDP, 2014-2016)
52.2
excluding intra-EU trade
129
158
Value
Million US$
2016
51
424
2016
2016
0.00
0.00
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
Value
Value
Top exported products (Million US$)
2011
Top imported products (Million US$)
2011
.
HS1513
Coconut (copra), or palm kernel oil
17
HS1006
Rice
11
HS1203
Copra
11
HS1905
Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares
5
HS1212
Locust beans, seaweeds and algae
7
HS0207
Meat and edible offal of poultry
5
HS0202
Meat of bovine animals, frozen
5
HS1101
Wheat or meslin flour
4
HS1801
Cocoa beans, whole or broken
3
HS2402
Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos
3
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products
Value
Million US$
2011
2010-2011
2010
2011
Exports
49
40
…
40
Imports
66
8
…
8
Value
Value
Top exported products (Million US$)
2011
Top imported products (Million US$)
2011
HS3205
Colour lakes
3
HS2710
Petroleum oils, other than crude
48
HS0302
Fish, fresh, chilled
2
HS3004
Medicaments in measured doses
16
HS0301
Live fish
2
HS8703
Motor cars for transport of persons
7
HS0303
Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillet
2
HS2523
Portland cement, aluminous cement
4
HS7204
Ferrous waste and scrap
0.9
HS1604
Prepared or preserved fish
4
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products
Value
Million US$
2011
2010-2011
2010
2011
Exports
13
36
…
36
Imports
211
0
…
0
By main commodity group, % (2011)
By main destination, % (2011)
By main origin, % (2011)
Annual percentage change
Annual percentage change
Vanuatu
MERCHANDISE TRADE
Agricultural Products
Non-Agricultural Products
Merchandise exports, f.o.b.
1
-38
30
Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2010-2016
2015
2016
7
18
16
Share in world total imports (%)
By main commodity group, % (2011)
Share in world total exports (%)
0%
10%
20%
30%
HS3205
HS0302
HS0301
HS0303
HS7204
Exports
0%
10%
20%
30%
HS2710
HS3004
HS8703
HS2523
HS1604
Imports
0%
10%
20%
HS1006
HS1905
HS0207
HS1101
HS2402
Imports
0%
20%
40%
HS1513
HS1203
HS1212
HS0202
HS1801
Exports
Agricultural products: 83.2
Fuels and mining products: 1.5
Manufactures: 7.8
Other: 7.5
Agricultural products: 24.2
Fuels and mining products: 17.3
Manufactures: 48.2
Other: 10.3
Malaysia: 20.4
Philippines: 18
New Zealand: 11.4
Australia: 11.3
Fiji: 8.1
Other: 30.7
Australia: 29.7
Singapore: 18.2
New Zealand: 12.7
Fiji: 8
China: 6.9
Other: 24.5
