Vanuatu - Unemployment Rate 2015
5.17%
+0.03pp from 2014
Vanuatu's unemployment rate was 5.17% in 2015, increased +0.03pp from 5.14% in 2014. This was the 78th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.17% | -15.0% |
| 2nd | Cambodia | 0.39% | -43.2% |
| 3rd | Niger | 0.56% | 6.1% |
| 4th | Thailand | 0.60% | -25.4% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 0.74% | 0.8% |
| 6th | Myanmar | 0.77% | 0.4% |
| 7th | Chad | 1.03% | 4.9% |
| 8th | Bahrain | 1.16% | -69.4% |
| 9th | Mali | 1.40% | -4.9% |
| 10th | Burundi | 1.45% | -7.8% |
| 11th | Moldova | 1.78% | -54.3% |
| 12th | Madagascar | 1.79% | 28.9% |
| 13th | United Arab Emirates | 1.79% | -10.3% |
| 14th | Macao SAR, China | 1.81% | 6.5% |
| 15th | Viet Nam | 1.85% | -12.0% |
| 16th | Benin | 1.89% | -3.4% |
| 17th | Lao PDR | 2.01% | 15.8% |
| 18th | Tanzania | 2.01% | -5.5% |
| 19th | Tonga | 2.02% | 5.6% |
| 20th | Kuwait | 2.20% | -24.1% |
| 21st | Togo | 2.20% | 2.9% |
| 22nd | Cuba | 2.40% | -11.1% |
| 23rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.43% | -26.6% |
| 24th | Bhutan | 2.45% | -5.8% |
| 25th | Guatemala | 2.51% | -7.8% |
| 26th | Papua New Guinea | 2.51% | -1.3% |
| 27th | Liberia | 2.56% | 23.0% |
| 28th | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.57% | -21.4% |
| 29th | Uganda | 2.68% | 13.7% |
| 30th | Seychelles | 2.68% | -10.0% |
| 31st | Kenya | 2.76% | -0.2% |
| 32nd | Philippines | 3.07% | -54.9% |
| 33rd | Malaysia | 3.10% | 7.8% |
| 34th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.11% | -22.2% |
| 35th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.17% | -3.6% |
| 36th | Peru | 3.27% | -41.3% |
| 37th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.31% | 2.2% |
| 38th | Japan | 3.39% | -5.5% |
| 39th | Oman | 3.40% | -1.4% |
| 40th | Mozambique | 3.43% | 1.5% |
| 41st | Cameroon | 3.52% | -0.5% |
| 42nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.52% | 0.4% |
| 43rd | Korea | 3.55% | 1.5% |
| 44th | Pakistan | 3.57% | -40.6% |
| 45th | Ecuador | 3.62% | -4.8% |
| 46th | Timor-Leste | 3.68% | 1.7% |
| 47th | Liechtenstein | 3.77% | -4.9% |
| 48th | Singapore | 3.79% | 94.4% |
| 49th | Andorra | 3.88% | -26.9% |
| 50th | Iceland | 3.98% | -27.8% |
| 51st | El Salvador | 4.00% | -44.0% |
| 52nd | Turkmenistan | 4.02% | 0.3% |
| 53rd | Comoros | 4.03% | 1.2% |
| 54th | Nigeria | 4.13% | -47.3% |
| 55th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.14% | -48.6% |
| 56th | Fiji | 4.29% | -30.8% |
| 57th | Norway | 4.30% | 18.8% |
| 58th | Mexico | 4.31% | -10.9% |
| 59th | Panama | 4.34% | -10.1% |
| 60th | Bangladesh | 4.40% | -0.5% |
| 61st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.44% | 0.1% |
| 62nd | Burkina Faso | 4.47% | 5.1% |
| 63rd | Sierra Leone | 4.48% | -4.2% |
| 64th | Indonesia | 4.51% | -24.0% |
| 65th | Sri Lanka | 4.52% | 5.1% |
| 66th | Paraguay | 4.56% | -9.5% |
| 67th | Germany | 4.61% | -2.0% |
| 68th | China | 4.65% | 0.4% |
| 69th | Nicaragua | 4.70% | -28.3% |
| 70th | Switzerland | 4.80% | 57.7% |
| 71st | Mongolia | 4.86% | -38.5% |
| 72nd | Kazakhstan | 4.93% | -2.9% |
| 73rd | Malawi | 4.95% | -0.3% |
| 74th | Azerbaijan | 4.96% | 1.0% |
| 75th | Czechia | 5.05% | -17.4% |
| 76th | Guinea | 5.15% | 2.1% |
| 77th | Uzbekistan | 5.15% | 1.2% |
| 78th | Vanuatu | 5.17% | 0.6% |
| 79th | Israel | 5.18% | -12.2% |
| 80th | United States | 5.28% | -14.3% |
| 81st | Malta | 5.39% | -6.0% |
| 82nd | Zimbabwe | 5.40% | 13.1% |
| 83rd | New Zealand | 5.42% | -0.2% |
| 84th | United Kingdom | 5.55% | -10.1% |
| 85th | Saudi Arabia | 5.60% | -2.1% |
| 86th | Russian Federation | 5.62% | 8.9% |
| 87th | Eritrea | 5.75% | 2.0% |
| 88th | Central African Republic | 5.78% | 2.5% |
| 89th | Austria | 5.80% | -4.1% |
| 90th | Belarus | 5.88% | 8.6% |
| 91st | Zambia | 5.95% | -9.5% |
| 92nd | Australia | 6.06% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Honduras | 6.15% | 12.0% |
| 94th | Denmark | 6.28% | 25.8% |
| 95th | Estonia | 6.41% | -12.8% |
| 96th | Chile | 6.61% | 1.7% |
| 97th | Maldives | 6.61% | -11.4% |
| 98th | Senegal | 6.76% | 15.5% |
| 99th | Luxembourg | 6.80% | -4.2% |
| 100th | Ghana | 6.81% | 54.6% |
| 101st | Romania | 6.81% | -20.7% |
| 102nd | Hungary | 6.81% | -9.5% |
| 103rd | Netherlands | 6.87% | -17.6% |
| 104th | Guam | 6.90% | -9.2% |
| 105th | Canada | 6.95% | -1.6% |
| 106th | Tajikistan | 7.03% | 0.1% |
| 107th | Suriname | 7.22% | 31.3% |
| 108th | Gambia, The | 7.23% | -11.8% |
| 109th | Aruba | 7.30% | -2.7% |
| 110th | Mauritius | 7.41% | -5.0% |
| 111th | Sweden | 7.43% | -7.6% |
| 112th | Poland | 7.48% | -16.8% |
| 113th | Uruguay | 7.49% | 13.0% |
| 114th | Argentina | 7.58% | 4.5% |
| 115th | Belize | 7.58% | -34.7% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 7.61% | -10.9% |
| 117th | India | 7.63% | -0.4% |
| 118th | Brunei Darussalam | 7.70% | 12.0% |
| 119th | Equatorial Guinea | 7.78% | 1.4% |
| 120th | Channel Islands | 7.93% | -4.7% |
| 121st | Costa Rica | 8.42% | -12.9% |
| 122nd | Belgium | 8.48% | -2.0% |
| 123rd | Brazil | 8.54% | 24.2% |
| 124th | Colombia | 8.57% | -8.8% |
| 125th | Jamaica | 8.83% | -35.8% |
| 126th | Samoa | 8.90% | 2.1% |
| 127th | Slovenia | 8.96% | -8.1% |
| 128th | Afghanistan | 9.03% | 14.1% |
| 129th | Lithuania | 9.12% | -14.8% |
| 130th | Ukraine | 9.14% | -1.5% |
| 131st | Bulgaria | 9.14% | -20.7% |
| 132nd | San Marino | 9.18% | 5.1% |
| 133rd | Lebanon | 9.31% | 5.4% |
| 134th | Finland | 9.38% | 6.2% |
| 135th | Morocco | 9.46% | -4.4% |
| 136th | Barbados | 9.80% | -20.1% |
| 137th | Latvia | 9.87% | -9.0% |
| 138th | Ireland | 9.91% | -16.7% |
| 139th | European Union | 10.02% | -7.5% |
| 140th | Mauritania | 10.10% | 0.8% |
| 141st | Türkiye | 10.30% | 4.1% |
| 142nd | France | 10.35% | 0.8% |
| 143rd | São Tomé and Principe | 10.59% | -21.4% |
| 144th | Nepal | 10.64% | 0.2% |
| 145th | Iraq | 10.87% | 2.6% |
| 146th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 11.17% | 5.3% |
| 147th | Algeria | 11.21% | 5.7% |
| 148th | Slovak Republic | 11.49% | -12.3% |
| 149th | Virgin Islands (US) | 11.65% | -1.9% |
| 150th | French Polynesia | 11.79% | -0.8% |
| 151st | Rwanda | 11.83% | -0.1% |
| 152nd | Italy | 11.90% | -6.9% |
| 153rd | Cabo Verde | 11.92% | -24.5% |
| 154th | Bahamas, The | 12.00% | -18.0% |
| 155th | Puerto Rico (US) | 12.00% | -13.0% |
| 156th | Portugal | 12.41% | -14.7% |
| 157th | South Sudan | 12.46% | -0.8% |
| 158th | Guyana | 13.01% | 2.9% |
| 159th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 13.05% | -2.3% |
| 160th | Jordan | 13.08% | 10.1% |
| 161st | New Caledonia | 13.62% | -6.6% |
| 162nd | Haiti | 13.79% | -0.2% |
| 163rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 14.24% | -3.6% |
| 164th | Sudan | 14.39% | -27.3% |
| 165th | Cyprus | 15.03% | -6.5% |
| 166th | Tunisia | 15.16% | 1.3% |
| 167th | Croatia | 16.15% | -16.2% |
| 168th | Lesotho | 16.22% | 1.0% |
| 169th | Angola | 16.47% | 0.6% |
| 170th | Georgia | 16.51% | -28.2% |
| 171st | Albania | 17.19% | -1.8% |
| 172nd | Montenegro | 17.56% | -2.8% |
| 173rd | Serbia | 17.66% | -14.1% |
| 174th | Yemen, Republic of | 17.90% | 32.9% |
| 175th | Armenia | 18.26% | 3.8% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.50% | -0.5% |
| 177th | Botswana | 18.92% | 2.3% |
| 178th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.14% | -0.5% |
| 179th | Libya | 19.69% | 2.0% |
| 180th | Gabon | 19.94% | 0.4% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | 20.02% | 1.6% |
| 182nd | Namibia | 20.79% | 12.3% |
| 183rd | St. Lucia | 20.84% | -3.4% |
| 184th | Spain | 22.06% | -9.8% |
| 185th | West Bank and Gaza | 23.01% | -14.5% |
| 186th | Eswatini | 23.43% | -2.1% |
| 187th | Greece | 24.98% | -5.7% |
| 188th | South Africa | 25.15% | 0.2% |
| 189th | Djibouti | 26.06% | -0.4% |
| 190th | North Macedonia | 26.40% | -5.8% |
| 191st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.70% | 0.7% |
FAQ
What was Vanuatu's unemployment rate in 2015?▾
Vanuatu's unemployment rate in 2015 was 5.17%. This ranked 78th globally.
How did Vanuatu's unemployment rate change in 2015?▾
Vanuatu's unemployment rate increased by 0.6% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2015?▾
Bosnia and Herzegovina had the highest unemployment rate in 2015 at 27.70%.
What is the unemployment rate of Vanuatu in 2015?▾
The unemployment rate of Vanuatu in 2015 was 5.17%. This ranked 78th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Vanuatu's unemployment rate?▾
Vanuatu's unemployment rate went from 5.14% in 2014 to 5.17% in 2015, a 0.6% increase.
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