Vanuatu: Services, value added (current LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Vanuatu's services, value added (current LCU) rose 7% on 2023 (from 82.06 billion to 87.8 billion).

Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2023), the average change was +6.7% and a typical year strayed about 4.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 14.8% in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.3% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3.28 billion a year. A straight line explains 93% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 94.57 billion for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 2.65 billion, against 11.72 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Vanuatu had the 12th highest value of the 31 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Vanuatu in the 2024 ranking

• Macao SAR, China — 9th of 31: 365.88 billion
• Bolivia — 10th of 31: 202.37 billion
• Trinidad and Tobago — 11th of 31: 102.4 billion
• Suriname — 13th of 31: 74.52 billion
• Tajikistan — 14th of 31: 56.79 billion
• Papua New Guinea — 15th of 31: 49.8 billion

What this measures

Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.

All 23 values

Services, value added (current LCU) in nearby economies

• Australia — 1.88 trillion (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 7.91 billion (2025)
• Cambodia — 71.97 trillion (2025)
• China — 80.89 trillion (2025)
• Fiji — 8.12 billion (2025)
• French Polynesia — 443.08 billion (2020)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 2.91 trillion (2024)
• Indonesia — 10,467.4 trillion (2025)
• Japan — 453.03 trillion (2024)
• Kiribati — 365.47 million (2024)
• Korea, Rep.

More economic policy & debt data for Vanuatu

• Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$153.1 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$118.44 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$150.05 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$150.05 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$150.05 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$150.05 million (2023)
• Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$468.32 (2023)
• Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Vanuatu's services, value added (current LCU)?

87.8 billion in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is up 307.51% from 21.55 billion in 2002 (6.59% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 87.8 billion in 2024 and the lowest 21.55 billion in 2002.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.SRV.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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