Vanuatu - Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP) 41.1
World Bank · updated 2026-10-03 · 175 economies tracked
Global rank
##67 of 175 economies
Share of global total
0.2%
Ranking Race — Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP)
1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Vanuatu climbed from #5 to #67 (overtook Fiji). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Vanuatu ↓Key Events — Vanuatu
Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
2002Fell 20 places in global rank auto
2005Climbed 25 places in global rank auto
2006Fell 19 places in global rank auto
2017Fell 19 places in global rank auto
2020Overtook Fiji in global rank auto
2020Climbed 16 places in global rank auto
2023Overtook Somalia, Federal Republic of in global rank auto
Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP), 1990-2024
World Bank · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
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