Environment in Vanuatu 50 indicators covering environment for Vanuatu. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0821 Mt CO2e 2024 up 32.0% 171st Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1453 Mt CO2e 2024 up 78.9% 179th Carbon intensity of GDP 0.2698 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 2024 up 27.2% 108th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0654 Mt CO2e 2024 up 35.7% 178th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.8698 t CO2e/capita 2024 up 29.1% 145th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.2851 Mt CO2e 2024 up 62.6% 184th Aquaculture production 6 metric tons 2024 down 90.9% 187th Capture fisheries production 44,422 metric tons 2024 down 37.2% 108th Total fisheries production 44,428 metric tons 2024 down 37.2% 115th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 0.0011 Mt CO2e 2024 down 15.4% 182nd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0347 Mt CO2e 2024 up 60.6% 177th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e 2024 — 141st Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0386 Mt CO2e 2024 up 68.6% 176th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 0.0594 Mt CO2e 2024 down 44.2% 159th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0015 Mt CO2e 2024 up 15.4% 165th Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e 2024 up 50.0% 185th Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.6321 Mt CO2e 2024 down 10.3% 178th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.0039 Mt CO2e 2024 up 18.2% 173rd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0017 Mt CO2e 2024 up 88.9% 179th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e 2024 up 100.0% 174th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0713 Mt CO2e 2024 down 38.4% 165th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes 0.0045 Mt CO2e 2024 up 28.6% 178th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e 2024 unchanged 174th Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e 2024 unchanged 174th Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.93 t CO2e/capita 2024 down 28.8% 150th Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.1832 Mt CO2e 2024 down 46.4% 157th Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0079 Mt CO2e 2024 up 1.3% 155th Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0021 Mt CO2e 2024 up 23.5% 172nd Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e 2024 unchanged 163rd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e 2024 — 152nd Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.2757 Mt CO2e 2024 down 33.4% 167th Carbon intensity of GDP 0.2267 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 2024 up 27.2% 33rd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 179.8% 2024 up 149.6% 88th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -11.3% 2024 down 125.7% 167th Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 34.6% 2024 down 30.9% 131st Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -4.0% 2024 down 109.1% 155th Coal rents 0.0% 2021 — 70th Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF -6.31 Mt CO2e 2023 down 0.9% 162nd Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-trop -6.94 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged 124th Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural 9.0% 2023 up 111.8% 145th Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking 20.6% 2023 up 58.5% 153rd Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban 52.3% 2023 up 32.7% 149th Forest rents 0.6% 2021 down 32.7% 69th Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Forest Land -6.94 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged 109th Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Deforestation 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — 134th Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Other Land 0 Mt CO2e 2020 — 59th Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Organic Soil 0 Mt CO2e 2020 — 38th PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Ta 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 166th PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Ta 0.0% 2017 — 123rd PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim Ta 0.0% 2017 — 92nd