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Vanuatu rankings 2026: where Vanuatu places in 48 global Top 10s

Vanuatu is #4 in Countries with the fastest export growth and inside the top 10 of 6 rankings. Every position, value and source, regenerated as the data refreshes.

How does Vanuatu compare with the rest of the world? On Top10Earth it is ranked in 48 of 491 live country rankings, each one built from a named public source. This page gathers every position, value and date in one place. Its best position is #4 in Countries with the fastest export growth, where it is measured at 103.44 % (Annual growth of exports of goods and services (%)) as of 2026-11-01. Vanuatu finishes inside the top 10 in 6 rankings.

Top 10 finishes

Vanuatu is inside the top 10 of 6 further rankings. Each entry names the country directly above it, which is the position to beat at the next refresh.

Vanuatu by theme

The rankings are grouped by category below, so the economic picture, the health picture and the environmental picture can be read separately. Positions are out of the number of countries each source reports, which differs by ranking.

Finance and crypto

In finance and crypto, Vanuatu holds 12 positions: #4 of 50 in Countries with the fastest export growth (103.44 %), #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of children aged 5-17 in labor (26.7 %), #9 of 50 in Countries by travel services (50.49 % of service imports, BoP) and #10 of 50 in Countries with the largest reserves relative to monthly imports (12.6 months of imports). 8 more rankings are listed below.

World and society

In world and society, Vanuatu holds 11 positions: #5 of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from ischaemic heart disease (293.78 per 100,000 people), #13 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people living in rural areas (70.05 %), #17 of 50 in Countries with the largest migrant remittances as a share of GDP (17.17 % of GDP) and #32 of 50 in Countries with the highest age dependency ratio (73.43 % of working-age population). 7 more rankings are listed below.

Food and agriculture

In food and agriculture, Vanuatu holds 11 positions: #15 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of overexploited fish stocks (68.42 %), #16 of 50 in Countries using the most cereals for human food (98.28 %), #17 of 50 in Countries most dependent on agriculture (share of GDP) (26.63 % of GDP) and #18 of 50 in Countries with the highest cocoa bean yields (0.52 tonnes per hectare). 7 more rankings are listed below.

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing, Vanuatu holds 8 positions: #8 of 50 in Countries with the highest drowning death rates (9.57 per 100,000 people), #11 of 50 in Countries with the most mental health units in general hospitals (0.76 per 100,000 people), #29 of 50 in Countries drinking the largest share of their alcohol as spirits (55.45 %) and #35 of 50 in Countries with the highest tuberculosis treatment success rate (93 % of new cases). 4 more rankings are listed below.

Environment and energy

In environment and energy, Vanuatu holds 5 positions: #12 of 50 in Most forested countries (74.64 % of land), #17 of 50 in Countries with the most renewable freshwater per person (31.9k cubic metres per person), #20 of 50 in Countries generating the most plastic waste per person (0.3 kg per person per day) and #35 of 50 in Countries with the lowest access to electricity (65.5 % of population). 1 more ranking is listed below.

Education and science

In education and science, Vanuatu holds 1 position: #11 of 50 in Countries with the highest government spending on education as a share of GDP (7.64 % of GDP).

What changed at the latest refresh

Comparing each ranking's newest snapshot with the one before it, Vanuatu moved in 45 rankings:

Where Vanuatu ranks lowest

A guide that only listed wins would be misleading. Vanuatu's lowest current positions are 49th of 50 in Countries with the highest incidence of malaria (12.25 per 1,000 people at risk), 49th of 50 in Countries with the highest share of adults who use tobacco (24.9 % of adults) and 47th of 50 in Countries with the highest share of services in total exports (51.6 %). Whether a low position is good or bad depends on the metric: being near the bottom of an emissions or mortality ranking is the better place to be.

Every ranking that includes Vanuatu

How to read these numbers

Each ranking measures one metric from one named source at one time, so a #3 in one table and a #3 in another are not directly comparable. Countries also report in different years: the capture date is when Top10Earth fetched the data, while the source's own year is stated on each ranking page under methodology. For a side-by-side with another country on the same measures, open any ranking and use the head-to-head links, or visit Vanuatu's entity page for the live table and rank-history chart.

Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.

Questions people ask about Vanuatu

What is Vanuatu's best ranking on Top10Earth?

#4 in Countries with the fastest export growth, with 103.44 % (Annual growth of exports of goods and services (%)) as of 2026-11-01.

How many rankings include Vanuatu?

48 current country rankings out of 491 on the site.

Is Vanuatu in the top 10 of anything?

Yes: 6 rankings, including #4 in Countries with the fastest export growth, #5 in Countries with the highest death rates from ischaemic heart disease and #6 in Countries with the highest share of children aged 5-17 in labor.

Where do the numbers come from?

From Our World in Data and World Bank Open Data. Each ranking page names its source, metric definition and capture date.

When was this guide last updated?

The newest snapshot used here was captured on 2026-11-02. The guide is regenerated automatically as rankings refresh.

Live table and history →

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