Micronesia vs Vanuatu

Micronesia 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 2.9 times as many people as Micronesia: 335,169 against 113,683 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Micronesia ($4,414) is 9% higher than in Vanuatu ($4,039) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Vanuatu (3.1%) than in Micronesia (1.1%), a difference of 2 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Micronesia (5.4% in 2022) than in Vanuatu (0.7% in 2025), a difference of 4.7 percentage points.
• A baby born in Vanuatu can expect to live 4.3 years longer than one born in Micronesia: 71.7 years against 67.4 years in 2024.
• The population of Micronesia is older: half of its people are over 22.9 years, against 20.1 years in Vanuatu in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Micronesia (39.5% in 2024) than in Vanuatu (22.4% in 2015), a difference of 17.1 percentage points.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Micronesia (92.1%) than in Vanuatu (74.6%), a difference of 17.5 percentage points in 2024.