Social Development in Vanuatu 124 indicators covering social development for Vanuatu. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 2025 down 100.0% 170th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 13 2025 — 179th Political Rights Rating 2 2025 unchanged 115th Electoral democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 11th Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 2025 unchanged 115th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person 2025 — 137th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 13 2025 — 179th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person 2025 down 100.0% 170th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 100.0% 169th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 2025 down 100.0% 170th Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 — 123rd Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.881 2025 down 1.0% 42nd Liberal Democracy Index 0.623 2025 down 2.5% 42nd Electoral Democracy Index 0.729 2025 down 2.4% 49th Freedom of Association Index 0.829 2025 down 6.6% 66th Freedom of Expression Index 0.848 2025 down 7.8% 42nd Participatory Democracy Index 0.323 2025 down 28.4% 79th Varieties of democracy 0.729 2025 down 2.4% 49th Liberal democracy 2 2025 unchanged 32nd Electoral democracy 2 2025 unchanged 1st Human Rights Index 0.881 2025 down 1.0% 42nd Key features of human rights 0.881 2025 down 1.0% 42nd Key features of electoral democracy 0.729 2025 down 2.4% 49th Key features of liberal democracy 0.623 2025 down 2.5% 42nd Executive Corruption Index 0.319 2025 down 46.2% 108th Judicial Corruption Score 1.67 2025 up 48.3% 31st Public Sector Corruption Index 0.417 2025 down 8.8% 100th Key features of democracy 0.729 2025 down 2.4% 49th Key features of democracy, annual growth rate -8.88 % change on previous year 2025 down 3,405.9% 161st Key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate -9.18 % change on previous year 2025 down 542.2% 162nd Key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled 0.623 2025 down 2.5% 42nd Key features of electoral democracy, annual growth rate -8.88 % change on previous year 2025 down 3,405.9% 161st Key features of human rights, annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year 2025 down 318.3% 124th Electoral democracy row, gaps filled 2 2025 unchanged 1st Liberal democracy row, gaps filled 2 2025 unchanged 32nd Varieties democracy vdem, annual growth rate -8.88 % change on previous year 2025 down 3,405.9% 161st Government Effectiveness Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.729 2025 down 2.4% 48th Egalitarian Democracy Index 0.565 2025 down 6.6% 44th Deliberative Democracy Index 0.467 2025 down 20.4% 62nd Direct Democracy Index 0.131 2025 up 907.7% 47th Key media freedoms 2.45 2025 up 18.0% 16th Media Corruption Score 1.98 2025 up 19.3% 31st Key media freedoms, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 35th Academic Freedom Index 0.909 2025 up 3.3% 16th Legislative Corruption Score -0.074 2025 down 80.5% 87th Key features of democracy, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 38.3% 2nd Key features of liberal democracy, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 38.4% 2nd Key features of electoral democracy, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 38.3% 2nd Varieties democracy vdem, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 38.3% 2nd Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre 0.0002 units per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 49th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 167th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0004 units per square kilometre 2023 — 165th Electoral democracy row, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 5th Liberal democracy row, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 7th Democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Physical Integrity Rights Score 2.78 2019 up 39.8% 29th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 961 2025 up 6,764.3% 109th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0029 units per person 2025 up 5,603.8% 29th Page 1 of 3 Next →