Vanuatu

Facts

Population:  192,910 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  36.35% (male 35,822; female 34,299) 15-64 years:  60.43% (male 59,764; female 56,808) 65 years and over:  3.22% (male 3,348; female 2,869) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  1.7% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  25.4 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  8.38 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  1.17 male(s)/female total population:  1.05 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  61.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  60.95 years male:  59.58 years female:  62.39 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  3.19 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  NA
Nationality:  noun:  Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural) adjective:  Ni-Vanuatu
Ethnic groups:  indigenous Melanesian 94%, French 4%, Vietnamese, Chinese, Pacific Islanders
Religions:  Presbyterian 36.7%, Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 15%, indigenous beliefs 7.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, Church of Christ 3.8%, other 15.7%
Languages:  English (official), French (official), pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama)
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  53% male:  57% female:  48% (1979 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $245 million (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  -2.5% (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $1,300 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  20% industry:  9% services:  71% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  2.5% (1999 est.)
Labor force:  NA
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture 65%, services 32%, industry 3% (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate:  NA%
Budget:  revenues:  $94.4 million expenditures:  $99.8 million, including capital expenditures of $30.4 million (1996 est.)
Industries:  food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning
Industrial production growth rate:  1% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production:  35 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  100% hydro:  0% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  32.6 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  copra, coconuts, cocoa, coffee, taro, yams, coconuts, fruits, vegetables; fish, beef
Exports:  $25.3 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:  copra, kava, beef, cocoa, timber, coffee
Exports - partners:  Japan 32%, Germany 14%, Spain 8%, New Caledonia 7%, Australia 2% (1997 est.)
Imports:  $77.2 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels
Imports - partners:  Japan 52%, Australia 20%, New Caledonia, Singapore, New Zealand, France, Fiji (1997 est.)
Debt - external:  $48 million (1997 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $45.8 million (1995)
Currency:  vatu (VUV)
Currency code:  VUV
Exchange rates:  vatu per US dollar - 143.95 (December 2000), 137.82 (2000), 129.08 (1999), 127.52 (1998), 115.87 (1997), 111.72 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.