Papua New Guinea vs Vanuatu: GDP

Papua New Guinea
133.98 billion current LCU
in 2025
Vanuatu
162.88 billion current LCU
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
143rd
Vanuatu rank
141st

GDP over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Vanuatu
050.0B100.0B150.0B196019922025

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 162.88 billion current LCU against 133.98 billion current LCU in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 28.90 billion current LCU.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.2 times Papua New Guinea's.

Across all 47 years both countries report, Vanuatu has been ahead every year.

Globally, Papua New Guinea ranks 143rd and Vanuatu ranks 141st of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
213 places, 11,862 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.