Financial Sector in Vanuatu

34 indicators covering financial sector for Vanuatu.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Net migration -52 2025 up 96.1% 90th
Total reserves in months of imports 12.6 2022 up 176.2% 11th
Net domestic credit 69.26 billion current LCU 2024 up 21.4% 134th
Domestic credit to private sector by banks 47.8% 2024 down 27.9% 77th
Net foreign assets 95.78 billion current LCU 2024 up 588.7% 106th
Claims on central government, etc. -4.8% 2024 down 258.5% 163rd
Monetary Sector credit to private sector 48.5% 2024 down 27.0% 74th
Domestic credit to private sector 48.5% 2024 down 27.0% 79th
Broad money 82.9% 2024 up 21.2% 42nd
Official exchange rate 119.17 LCU per US$, period average 2024 up 22.8% 64th
Claims on private sector 3.3% 2024 down 62.0% 114th
Broad money 128.27 billion current LCU 2024 up 119.7% 115th
Broad money growth 9.6% 2024 up 11.4% 84th
Claims on central government 2.2% 2024 up 367.0% 88th
GDP deflator: linked series 102.19 base year varies by country 2025 up 37.2% 205th
Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series 2.2% 2025 down 60.5% 147th
Broad money to total reserves ratio 1.75 2024 down 46.4% 134th
Total reserves 118.2% 2024 up 30.6% 13th
Interest rate spread 8.1% 2025 up 4.7% 28th
Deposit interest rate 0.3% 2025 down 87.3% 143rd
Consumer price index 152.47 2010 = 100 2025 up 42.3% 103rd
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio 40.3% 2024 up 136.0% 25th
Lending interest rate 8.4% 2025 down 17.2% 77th
Real interest rate 6.1% 2025 up 38.8% 58th
Commercial bank branches 21.96 per 100,000 adults 2021 up 6.7% 35th
Automated teller machines (ATMs) 58.92 per 100,000 adults 2021 up 106.3% 58th
Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy 3.2% 2024 down 68.2% 104th
Bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans 15.0% 2017 up 215.3% 11th
International migrant stock 1.0% 2024 down 16.7% 171st
International migrant stock, total 3,315 2024 up 4.0% 206th
Bank capital to assets ratio 10.3% 2017 down 13.8% 54th
Borrowers from commercial banks 88.45 per 1,000 adults 2021 up 6.0% 75th
Depositors with commercial banks 765.87 per 1,000 adults 2021 up 14.7% 60th
Average transaction cost of sending remittances to a specific country 9.5% 2023 up 13.6% 5th