Samoa vs Vanuatu

Samoa and Vanuatu compared on 10 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 1.5 times as many people as Samoa: 335,169 against 219,306 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Samoa ($5,873) is 45% higher than in Vanuatu ($4,039) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Samoa (4.2%) than in Vanuatu (3.1%), a difference of 1.1 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Samoa (2.2%) than in Vanuatu (0.7%), a difference of 1.5 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Vanuatu (5.1%) than in Samoa (5%), a difference of 0.1 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Samoa (71.8 years) and Vanuatu (71.7 years) in 2024.
• Half of the population is older than about 19.9 years in both Samoa and Vanuatu in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Vanuatu (22.4% in 2015) than in Samoa (21.2% in 2014), a difference of 1.2 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Samoa (1.6 tonnes) are 84% higher than in Vanuatu (0.87 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Vanuatu (74.6%) than in Samoa (57.6%), a difference of 17 percentage points in 2024.