Country
Vanuatu VUT
score date 2026-10-09 · 30d -0.2
Seven dimensions
Credibility gap90.0
IMF / national CPI · as of 2026-10-09 · coverage: bronze
Behind the curve41.6
BIS policy rates + CPI · as of 2026-07-01 · coverage: bronze
Communication—
Central-bank statements · as of 2026-10-09 · coverage: bronze
Geopolitical50.8
GDELT · as of 2026-10-09 · coverage: bronze
Growth45.2
World Bank WDI / IMF WEO · as of 2026-10-09 · coverage: bronze
Liquidity60.7
IMF BOP / BIS / FRED · as of 2026-10-09 · coverage: bronze
Governance52.5
World Bank WGI · as of 2026-10-09 · coverage: bronze
Vanuatu sovereign credibility, in brief
Vanuatu scores 58.4 out of 100 on the composite sovereign credibility index — credibility band 50–65. That ranks it 8 of 14 in East Asia & Pacific, the 50th percentile of the region. The score has risen 1.9 points over the past seven days. CPI 4.1% (implicit target) — credibility under pressure (58/100) | slightly improving.
As of 2026-10-09 · scored daily from public data under methodology v8
Peer context
Rank 8/14 in East Asia & Pacific · 50th percentile
Region avg 54.8 · best 65.6 · worst 16.6
Ranked either side
- Papua New Guinea 59.3
- New Zealand 58.7
- China 56.7
- Cambodia 56.6
90-day trend
External pulse
- Port trade momentum, 30d YoY
- +7.0%
- as of 2026-10-10
- Commodity terms-of-trade, 12m change
- -0.2%
- as of 2026-10-10
Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) · Terms-of-trade: IMF Commodity Terms of Trade
Key indicators
External & activity
| Current account (% GDP) | -11.1% | 2022-12-31 | World Bank |
| FDI inflows (% GDP) | 2.2% | 2024-12-31 | World Bank |
| GDP growth, annual | 3.1% | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| Nightlights radiance (monthly sum) | 1877.9 | 2025-12-01 | World Bank / NASA Black Marble |
| Nightlights radiance, YoY | -5.2% | 2025-12-01 | derived |
| Remittances (% GDP) | 17.2% | 2022-12-31 | World Bank |
| Reserves (months of imports) | 12.6 mo | 2022-12-31 | World Bank |
| Trade openness (% GDP) | 73.4% | 2024-12-31 | World Bank |
| Unemployment rate | 5.1% | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| Unemployment rate (ILO) | 1.4% | 2025-12-31 | ILO |
Structure
| External debt (% GNI) | 39.2% | 2024-12-31 | World Bank |
| GDP per capita (USD) | $4,039 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| Government debt (% GDP) | 67.9% | 2023-12-31 | World Bank |
| Labor force participation | 69.6% | 2025-12-31 | ILO |
| WGI: control of corruption | -0.2 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| WGI: government effectiveness | -0.7 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| WGI: political stability | 1.0 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| WGI: regulatory quality | -0.3 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| WGI: rule of law | 0.5 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| WGI: voice & accountability | 0.5 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
Nightlights: World Bank / NASA Black Marble VIIRS (CC BY 4.0)
Follow the moves
Every figure above is recomputed daily from public data, with the source and as-of date shown for each one. The weekly briefing says which scores moved, and why.