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Government debt

Vanuatu

Vanuatu. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 202536.2%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 20250.472772History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 20251,415History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 20251.3History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Vanuatu: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 36.2% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 0.472772 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 2.9 percentage points below its 2024 level.
  • This is below the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio increases by 4.0 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time0132538502000200520102015202020252031Vanuatu · 2000: 32.6% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2001: 33.5% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2002: 35.1% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2003: 34.6% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2004: 27.5% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2005: 23.8% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2006: 20.0% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2007: 17.6% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2008: 19.2% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2009: 19.1% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2010: 18.3% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2011: 19.3% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2012: 17.4% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2013: 16.4% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2014: 17.8% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2015: 32.2% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2016: 37.6% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2017: 46.4% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2018: 40.0% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2019: 39.8% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2020: 42.9% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2021: 42.2% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2022: 39.2% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2023: 39.2% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2024: 39.1% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2025: 36.2% — History / IMF estimatesVanuatu · 2026: 36.6% — IMF estimate / projectionVanuatu · 2027: 37.5% — IMF projectionVanuatu · 2028: 39.1% — IMF projectionVanuatu · 2029: 40.8% — IMF projectionVanuatu · 2030: 42.4% — IMF projectionVanuatu · 2031: 43.9% — IMF projection
Vanuatu
Chart data table
YearVanuatu (%)Source
203143.9IMF projection
203042.4IMF projection
202940.8IMF projection
202839.1IMF projection
202737.5IMF projection
202636.6IMF estimate / projection
202536.2History / IMF estimates
202439.1History / IMF estimates
202339.2History / IMF estimates
202239.2History / IMF estimates
202142.2History / IMF estimates
202042.9History / IMF estimates
201939.8History / IMF estimates
201840.0History / IMF estimates
201746.4History / IMF estimates
201637.6History / IMF estimates
201532.2History / IMF estimates
201417.8History / IMF estimates
201316.4History / IMF estimates
201217.4History / IMF estimates
201119.3History / IMF estimates
201018.3History / IMF estimates
200919.1History / IMF estimates
200819.2History / IMF estimates
200717.6History / IMF estimates
200620.0History / IMF estimates
200523.8History / IMF estimates
200427.5History / IMF estimates
200334.6History / IMF estimates
200235.1History / IMF estimates
200133.5History / IMF estimates
200032.6History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data