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Vanuatu
RegionAsia-Pacific
GDP0.84[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita2858.20[$]
Population0.29[millions]
Urbanization25.52[%]
Land Area12428.29[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 163 28.9 -11.9
Health 133 26.7 0.4
Air Quality 133 28.6 -1.6
PM2.5 83 42.2 -3.2
Household solid fuels 175 5.9 0.9
Ozone 42 59.1 -5.8
Sanitation & Drinking Water 135 21.5 2.9
Sanitation 136 21.7 3
Drinking water 135 21.3 2.7
Heavy Metals 102 45.6 1.5
Lead 102 45.6 1.5
Waste Management 86 31.4 -
Solid waste 86 31.4 -
Ecosystem Vitality 170 30.4 -20.1
Biodiversity 157 30 0.3
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 149 24.1 -
Terrestrial biomes (global) 153 24.1 -
Marine protected areas 113 0.1 -
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 147 10.6 2.5
Species Habitat Index 5 99 -0.1
Species Protection Index 147 23 -
Biodiversity Habitat Index 25 70.5 0.1
Ecosystem Services 42 49.7 -21.4
Tree cover loss 37 47 -22.5
Grassland loss 1 100 -
Wetland loss - - -
Fisheries 16 26.4 -17.1
Fish Stock Status 70 7.6 -19.8
Marine Trophic Index 89 11.2 -
Fish caught by trawling 10 66.2 -33.8
Climate Change 148 32 -36
CO2 growth rate 151 19.1 -57
CH4 growth rate 86 67.2 4.3
F-gas growth rate - - -
N2O growth rate 82 61 2.4
Black Carbon growth rate 129 37.5 -26.5
CO2 from land cover 158 2.7 -
GHG intensity trend 147 29.4 -11.5
GHG per capita 58 68.3 2.7
Pollution Emissions 172 16.4 -40.6
SO2 growth rate 172 7.3 -56
NOx growth rate 148 25.5 -25.2
Agriculture 118 33 2.1
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 118 33 2.1
Water Resources 134 - -
Wastewater treatment 134 - -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Benin 30
Angola 29.7
Togo 29.5
Mali 29.4
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Bangladesh 29
Vanuatu 28.9
Djibouti 28.1
Lesotho 28
Gambia 27.9
GDP per capita
Tajikistan 38.2
Zimbabwe 37
Kenya 34.7
Micronesia 33
Nepal 32.7
Comoros 32.1
Tanzania 31.1
Senegal 30.7
Vanuatu 28.9
Lesotho 28
Issue Performance
Guyana 35.9
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Comoros 32.1
Guatemala 31.8
Angola 29.7
Bangladesh 29
Vanuatu 28.9
Gambia 27.9
India 27.6
Haiti 27
Regulatory Quality
Russia 50.5
Tunisia 46.7
Honduras 37.8
Guyana 35.9
Maldives 35.6
Zambia 34.7
Cambodia 33.6
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Vanuatu 28.9
Lesotho 28
Voice & Accountability
Croatia 63.1
Argentina 52.2
Trinidad and Tobago 47.5
Panama 47.3
Tonga 45.1
Grenada 43.1
Namibia 40.2
Vanuatu 28.9
Ghana 27.6
Solomon Islands 26.7
Political Stability
Netherlands 75.3
Croatia 63.1
Taiwan 57.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.4
Mauritius 45.1
Tonga 45.1
Bahamas 43.5
Mongolia 32.2
Marshall Islands 30.8
Vanuatu 28.9
Asia-Pacific
Fiji 34.4
Cambodia 33.6
Viet Nam 33.4
Micronesia 33
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Mongolia 32.2
Marshall Islands 30.8
Vanuatu 28.9
Solomon Islands 26.7
Myanmar 25.1
Small Island Developing States
Fiji 34.4
Micronesia 33
Cabo Verde 32.8
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Comoros 32.1
Marshall Islands 30.8
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Vanuatu 28.9
Haiti 27
Solomon Islands 26.7
Ease of Doing Business Index
Jordan 53.4
Uruguay 49.1
Trinidad and Tobago 47.5
Dominica 44.6
Namibia 40.2
Philippines 38.4
Malawi 38.3
Fiji 34.4
Vanuatu 28.9
Ghana 27.6
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EPI Report Year: 
2020
EPI ISO3: 
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