Unemployment rate: Vanuatu
5.073% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.073 |
| 2024 | 4.988 |
| 2023 | 5.011 |
| 2022 | 5.077 |
| 2021 | 4.776 |
| 2020 | 4.046 |
| 2019 | 5.444 |
| 2018 | 5.353 |
| 2017 | 5.247 |
| 2016 | 5.197 |
| 2015 | 5.168 |
| 2014 | 5.137 |
| 2013 | 5.038 |
| 2012 | 4.936 |
| 2011 | 4.811 |
| 2010 | 4.681 |
| 2009 | 4.565 |
| 2008 | 5.663 |
| 2007 | 6.855 |
| 2006 | 8.006 |
| 2005 | 8.121 |
| 2004 | 8.432 |
| 2003 | 8.659 |
| 2002 | 8.598 |
| 2001 | 8.415 |
| 2000 | 8.266 |
| 1999 | 8.29 |
| 1998 | 8.223 |
| 1997 | 8.221 |
| 1996 | 8.091 |
| 1995 | 8.134 |
| 1994 | 8.083 |
| 1993 | 8.262 |
| 1992 | 7.945 |
| 1991 | 7.976 |