🇻🇺 Vanuatu National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Vanuatu government debt. The national debt currently stands at
approximately $499,159,857, growing at $1 per second based on IMF projections. Debt-to-GDP: 36%. Per-citizen share: $1,459.
The IMF's latest actual fiscal data for Vanuatu is for 2020; later years are IMF estimates.
Among the 194 governments tracked here, Vanuatu ranks 143rd by debt-to-GDP, 183rd by total debt and 138th by debt per person.
Vanuatu's Debt Trajectory (2015–2025)
Vanuatu's ratio has declined from its high for the period of 46% (2017) to roughly 36% at end-2025. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government gross debt.
Vanuatu Net Debt and Interest
The IMF publishes no net debt figure for Vanuatu, so only the gross figure can be shown. The IMF's figures put Vanuatu's net interest bill at about 0.6% of GDP in 2025, about $8 million, or 1.6% of government revenue. That is 152nd of the 177 governments ranked by interest as a share of revenue.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026, general government, 2025, mostly IMF estimates. Net debt leaves out equity holdings, and what counts as an asset varies by country. Net interest is the primary balance minus the overall balance. A government in default or arrears can show a low figure that understates what it owes. Data · method.
About Vanuatu's National Debt
Vanuatu's debt-to-GDP ratio of 36% is low by international standards: higher than 26% of the 194 governments tracked here. No ratio is safe or dangerous on its own — whether a debt is sustainable depends on the interest rate on it, how fast the economy grows, the currency it is owed in and who holds it. By total government debt, Vanuatu ranks 183rd of the 194 governments tracked here.
At the current borrowing rate of $1 per second, Vanuatu adds about $86 thousand to its government debt every day — roughly $32 million per year. Each of Vanuatu's 0 million residents carries an individual share of approximately $1,459. That is below the world average of roughly $14,700 in government debt per person.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock by linear extrapolation from each country's baseline figure, named in the source line on this page (for most countries, the IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026). Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Vanuatu National Debt — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Vanuatu's national debt right now?
Vanuatu's national debt is approximately $499,159,857 as of November 8, 2026, growing at $1 per second. Its debt-to-GDP ratio is 36% and each citizen's share is about $1,459.
How fast is Vanuatu's debt growing?
Vanuatu's government debt is growing at approximately $1 per second — about $86 thousand per day — derived from the IMF's projections for 2026.
What is Vanuatu's debt per capita?
Each of Vanuatu's 0 million residents carries a notional share of approximately $1,459 of the national debt.
What is Vanuatu's debt-to-GDP ratio?
Vanuatu's debt-to-GDP ratio is 36%. That is higher than 26% of the 194 governments tracked here.
How much interest does Vanuatu pay on its debt?
The IMF's figures put Vanuatu's net interest bill at about 0.6% of GDP in 2025, about $8 million, or 1.6% of government revenue.
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Data & Citation
Source: IMF WEO October 2026 (GGXWDG, end-2025 stock) · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 472,243,331 + 1 × seconds_since(2026-01-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=vu (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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