Gender in Vanuatu 197 indicators covering gender for Vanuatu. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 133.22 2030 up 14.3% 168th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.7563 % change on previous year 2030 down 67.9% 42nd Population 239.2 2030 up 31.2% 180th Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 239.2 2030 up 31.2% 180th Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year 2030 up 19.6% 24th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 4,343 2025 up 5.3% 168th Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 4,637 2025 up 5.3% 168th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 4,300 2025 up 6.9% 168th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 4,590 2025 up 7.1% 168th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 4,274 2025 up 8.7% 168th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 4,562 2025 up 8.9% 168th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 4,265 2025 up 11.2% 168th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 4,552 2025 up 11.5% 168th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 4,250 2025 up 13.8% 168th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 4,534 2025 up 14.1% 168th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 4,238 2025 up 16.9% 169th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 4,521 2025 up 17.2% 169th Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 42.23 2027 up 5.3% 72nd Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.715 2025 up 6.4% 104th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.775 2025 up 9.0% 65th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.784 2025 up 8.1% 76th Women's Political Participation Index 0.6 2025 up 2.0% 154th Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.715 2025 up 6.4% 104th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.715 2025 up 6.4% 104th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 3.03 % change on previous year 2025 up 303.7% 18th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.715 2025 up 6.4% 104th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 — 20th Prevalence of obesity, female 27.7% 2024 up 17.3% 85th Prevalence of obesity, male 17.4% 2024 up 16.9% 117th Life expectancy at age 60, female 19.76 years 2024 up 3.1% 144th Life expectancy at age 60, male 18.3 years 2024 up 14.2% 112th Share of women who are obese 27.7% 2024 up 17.3% 88th Share of women who are overweight or obese 57.6% 2024 up 6.3% 93rd Share of overweight men vs. women 44.0% 2024 up 1.0% 133rd Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 79.8% 2024 up 2.5% 142nd Share of women who are married or in a union 12.6% 2020 up 3.1% 55th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.7% 63rd Population, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year 2024 up 1.6% 39th Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 32.8% 2nd Women and men have the same rights to own property 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 170th Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 121.47 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 4.3% 126th Women, Business and the Law Index 55.62 index (0–100) 2023 unchanged 169th Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 1.5% 35th Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 26.28 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% 151st Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 0.9% 154th Labor force, female 55,643 2025 up 23.3% 178th Labor force, female, per capita 0.166 units per person 2025 down 2.1% 133rd Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.06 index 2025 down 0.1% 40th Page 1 of 4 Next →