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Vanuatu – Mobile Subscriptions

Name: Vanuatu Mobile Subscriptions
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Includes both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. · World Bank

89.29 +7.67 from 2022 G20 rank: 134th · all-time high: 90.83 (2019)

APA

Vanuatu Mobile Subscriptions. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/vanuatu/mobile-subscriptions

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_vanuatu_mobile-subscriptions,
  title = {Vanuatu Mobile Subscriptions},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/vanuatu/mobile-subscriptions},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	83.24	–	–
2025* trend	83.63	–	–
2023	89.29	+7.67	134th
2022	81.62	−0.07	166th
2021	81.69	−0.70	165th
2020	82.39	−8.44	163rd
2019	90.83	+2.69	147th
2018	88.14	+6.27	143rd
2017	81.87	+1.53	159th
2016	80.34	+14.65	154th
2015	65.70	+5.73	176th
2014	59.96	+9.96	178th
2013	50.00	−8.69	182nd
2012	58.70	+2.45	167th
2011	56.25	−15.08	160th
2010	71.33	+14.75	134th
2009	56.58	+40.71	141st
2008	15.87	+4.12	181st
2007	11.75	+4.80	182nd
2006	6.95	+0.92	179th
2005	6.02	+0.92	168th
2004	5.11	+1.22	158th
2003	3.89	+1.38	148th
2002	2.50	+2.32	149th
2001	0.18	−0.01	186th
2000	0.20	+0.04	173rd
1999	0.16	+0.04	159th
1998	0.12	+0.00	150th
1997	0.12	+0.03	131st
1996	0.09	+0.02	118th
1995	0.07	+0.03	110th
1994	0.04	+0.04	102nd
1993	0.00	+0.00	194th
1992	0.00	+0.00	194th
1991	0.00	+0.00	191st
1990	0.00	+0.00	202nd
1989	0.00	+0.00	188th
1988	0.00	+0.00	189th
1987	0.00	+0.00	188th
1986	0.00	+0.00	190th
1985	0.00	+0.00	189th
1984	0.00	+0.00	190th
1983	0.00	+0.00	192nd
1982	0.00	+0.00	193rd
1981	0.00	+0.00	193rd
1980	0.00	+0.00	194th
1979	0.00	+0.00	193rd
1978	0.00	+0.00	193rd
1977	0.00	+0.00	193rd
1976	0.00	+0.00	193rd
1975	0.00	+0.00	193rd
1970	0.00	+0.00	193rd
1965	0.00	+0.00	193rd
1960	0.00	–	193rd

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +21.6% GDP growth 3.2% C/A balance 7.8%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

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C/A balance

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Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

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Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

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Reserves YoY

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GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

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Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

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Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid

Vanuatu's mobile subscriptions peaked at 90.83 in 2019. The 2023 reading of 89.29 is -1.7% below that level. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 83.63 by 2025.