Tonga vs Vanuatu

Tonga 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 3.2 times as many people as Tonga: 335,169 against 103,742 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Tonga ($6,547) is 62% higher than in Vanuatu ($4,039) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Vanuatu (3.1%) than in Tonga (2.8%), a difference of 0.3 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Tonga (5.6%) than in Vanuatu (0.7%), a difference of 4.9 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Vanuatu (5.1%) than in Tonga (2%), a difference of 3.1 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Tonga can expect to live 1.4 years longer than one born in Vanuatu: 73.1 years against 71.7 years in 2024.
• The population of Tonga is older: half of its people are over 20.7 years, against 20.1 years in Vanuatu in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Tonga (67.4% in 2024) than in Vanuatu (22.4% in 2015), a difference of 45 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Tonga (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 Tonga (12.1%), a difference of 62.5 percentage points in 2024.