Kiribati vs Vanuatu

Kiribati and Vanuatu compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Vanuatu has about 2.5 times as many people as Kiribati: 335,169 against 136,488 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Vanuatu ($4,039) is 58% higher than in Kiribati ($2,559) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Kiribati (4.2%) than in Vanuatu (3.1%), a difference of 1.1 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Kiribati (6.5%) than in Vanuatu (0.7%), a difference of 5.8 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Vanuatu can expect to live 5.1 years longer than one born in Kiribati: 71.7 years against 66.6 years in 2024.
• The population of Kiribati is older: half of its people are over 22.7 years, against 20.1 years in Vanuatu in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Kiribati (89.4% in 2024) than in Vanuatu (22.4% in 2015), a difference of 67 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Vanuatu (0.87 tonnes) are 47% higher than in Kiribati (0.59 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Vanuatu (74.6%) than in Kiribati (1.3%), a difference of 73.3 percentage points in 2024.