Climate Change in Vanuatu

990 indicators covering climate change for Vanuatu.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Food Household Consumption — Emissions 0 kt 2023 202nd
Food Household Consumption — Emissions 3.63 kt 2023 up 17.9% 213th
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0.0027 kt 2023 up 12.5% 222nd
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.0114 kt 2023 up 26.7% 207th
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) 3.64 kt 2023 up 17.9% 184th
Pesticides Manufacturing — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0.0003 kt 2023 up 50.0% 196th
Pesticides Manufacturing — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.0013 kt 2023 up 18.2% 189th
Food Household Consumption — Emissions 3.63 kt 2023 up 17.9% 184th
Food Household Consumption — Emissions 0.0001 kt 2023 up 11.5% 195th
Food Household Consumption — Emissions 0 kt 2023 up 26.5% 178th
Forest area, 1000 Hectares 442.3 2023 unchanged 145th
Index of forest extent, Index 100 2023 unchanged 90th
Land area, 1000 Hectares 1,219 2023 unchanged 161st
Share of forest land, Percent 36.28 2023 unchanged 93rd
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.6% 86th
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% 102nd
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.6% 88th
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 100th
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 0.0048 t per person 2023 down 17.8% 86th
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 0.1274 t per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% 102nd
Food Retail — Emissions 1.64 kt 2023 down 17.4% 181st
Food Retail — Emissions 0 kt 2023 down 9.5% 183rd
Food Retail — Emissions 0 kt 2023 down 17.2% 177th
Food Retail — Emissions 0 kt 2023 209th
Food Retail — Emissions 0 kt 2023 200th
Food Retail — Emissions 1.64 kt 2023 down 17.4% 211th
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0.0005 kt 2023 down 16.7% 214th
Food Retail — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.0064 kt 2023 down 16.9% 208th
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 25.6% 75th
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 27.3% 76th
Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 0 t per US$ of GDP 2023 down 24.8% 75th
Food Retail — Energy Use 29.16 TJ 2023 down 7.8% 176th
Food Retail — Energy Use 29.16 TJ 2023 down 7.8% 172nd
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 130th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 130th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.6% 109th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 120th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 20.6% 105th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 116th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per capita 0.0434 kg per person 2023 down 17.8% 105th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 1.14 kg per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% 121st
Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires 520.89 tonnes 2026 down 98.8% 136th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 129th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 27.3% 96th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 27.3% 94th
Maize (corn) — Crop residues (N content), per unit of GDP 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 24.8% 96th
Access to electricity, urban, Percent of urban population 97 2022 up 12.3% 162nd
Annual change in GDP and CO₂ emissions 3.1% 2025 down 12.8% 112th
Annual change in GDP, population and CO₂ emissions 2.2% 2025 up 0.1% 36th
Temperature anomalies vs. latitude 0.6522 °C 2025 up 1,101.0% 99th
Climate related disasters frequency, Number of Disasters: TOTAL 3 2023 up 200.0% 30th
People affected by disaster, Number 593,702 2023 up 2,867.6% 29th
Forest fires — Emissions 0 kt 2024 111th
Annual CO₂ emissions 197,079 tonnes 2024 up 25.1% 195th
Annual CO₂ emissions by world region 197,079 tonnes 2024 up 25.1% 195th
Territorial and consumption-based CO₂ emissions 197,079 tonnes 2024 up 25.1% 195th
Carbon dioxide emissions by income level 197,079 tonnes 2024 up 25.1% 195th
Greenhouse gas emissions 478,798 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 3.2% 181st
Total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry 313,608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 24.9% 182nd
Methane emissions 331,705 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 26.2% 170th