Vanuatu East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income Lower middleincome Country data group 2005 2010 2010
Economic and social context Population (millions) Labor force (millions) Unemployment rate (% of labor force) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 2000–05 and 2005–10 (average annual %) Agriculture value added (% of GDP) Industry value added (% of GDP) Manufacturing value added (% of GDP) Services value added (% of GDP) Inflation (annual % change in consumer price index) Exchange rate (local currency units per $) Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) Business environment Ease of doing business index (ranking 1–183; 1=best) Time to start a business (days) Procedures to start a business (number) Firing cost (weeks of wages) Resolving insolvency (years) Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) Profit tax (% of commercial profits) New businesses registered (thousands) New business density (new regis. per 1,000 working-age pop.) Enterprise surveys Time dealing with gov’t officials (% of management time) Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials (%) Firms using banks to finance investments (% of firms) Delay in obtaining an electrical connection (days) ISO certification ownership (% of firms) Private sector investment Invest. in infra. w/privt. part., 2000–05 and 2006–10 ($ millions) Private foreign direct investment, net (% of GDP) Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) Gross fixed private capital formation (% of GDP) Finance and banking Government cash surplus or deficit (% of GDP) Government debt (% of GDP) Deposit money banks’ assets (% of GDP) Total financial system deposits (% of GDP) Bank capital to asset ratio (%) Bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans ratio (%) Domestic credit to the private sector (% of GDP) Real interest rate (%) Interest rate spread (percentage points) Infrastructure Paved roads (% of total roads) Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) Power outages in firms a typical month (number) Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Internet users (per 100 people)
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0.21 0.09 .. 1,760 1.1 21.9 7.9 3.9 70.2 1.2 109.2 45.0 52.1 .. 47 8 56.0 2.6 8.4 .. 0.5 4.1 .. .. .. .. .. 6 3.4 19.6 .. .. .. 52.4 109.9 .. .. 43.8 7.0 5.5 .. .. .. 6.0 5.1
0.24 2,519 0.10 994 4.6 .. 2,640 1,623 5.3 6.4 19.7 17.0 9.9 31.3 3.0 16.4 70.4 51.7 2.8 96.9 47.3 27.6 53.6 31.0 76 35 34 8 8 56.0 63.9 2.6 3.3 8.4 40.4 0.0 16.0 0.3 2.2 0.9 7.5 4.6 41.4 15.3 27.0 35 301,804 5.6 2.1 .. 25.7 .. 17.7 .. –3.6 .. .. .. 58.0 .. 52.1 .. .. .. .. 65.8 40.1 4.1 4.3 8.7 .. 48.6 .. 644 2.3 118.9 71.7 8.0 13.5
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