Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Ratio of Female to Male data was reported at 77.300 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 77.334 % for 2016. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Ratio of Female to Male data is updated yearly, averaging 77.641 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 77.789 % in 2002 and a record low of 77.016 % in 2010. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Ratio of Female to Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank: Labour Force. Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate is calculated by dividing female labor force participation rate by male labor force participation rate and multiplying by 100.; ; Derived using data from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in November 2017.; Weighted Average; Data up to 2016 are estimates while data from 2017 are projections. National estimates are also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Vacancies and unemployment.

Vanuatu VU: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data was reported at 60.123 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 60.632 % for 2016. Vanuatu VU: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data is updated yearly, averaging 83.328 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 90.410 % in 1962 and a record low of 60.123 % in 2017. Vanuatu VU: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

Vanuatu VU: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data was reported at 67.483 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 67.822 % for 2016. Vanuatu VU: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data is updated yearly, averaging 90.007 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 95.215 % in 1962 and a record low of 67.483 % in 2017. Vanuatu VU: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency ratio.

Vanuatu VU: Gross Intake Ratio in First Grade of Primary Education: % of Relevant Age Group data was reported at 113.874 % in 2013. This records a decrease from the previous number of 132.655 % for 2010. Vanuatu VU: Gross Intake Ratio in First Grade of Primary Education: % of Relevant Age Group data is updated yearly, averaging 116.982 % from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2013, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 132.655 % in 2010 and a record low of 103.508 % in 1992. Vanuatu VU: Gross Intake Ratio in First Grade of Primary Education: % of Relevant Age Group data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Vanuatu VU: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data was reported at 7.359 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.191 % for 2016. Vanuatu VU: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data is updated yearly, averaging 6.023 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.359 % in 2017 and a record low of 4.728 % in 1965. Vanuatu VU: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Population Aged 15+ data was reported at 79.594 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 79.568 % for 2016. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Population Aged 15+ data is updated yearly, averaging 79.097 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 79.656 % in 2015 and a record low of 78.224 % in 2000. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of Male Population Aged 15+ data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Labour Force. Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.; ; International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2018.; Weighted average; Data up to 2016 are estimates while data from 2017 are projections. National estimates are also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: % of Total Population Aged 15+ data was reported at 70.524 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 70.517 % for 2016. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: % of Total Population Aged 15+ data is updated yearly, averaging 70.378 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 70.590 % in 2015 and a record low of 69.623 % in 2000. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: % of Total Population Aged 15+ data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Labour Force. Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.; ; International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2018.; Weighted average; Data up to 2016 are estimates while data from 2017 are projections. National estimates are also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Female: % of Female Population Aged 15+ data was reported at 61.526 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 61.533 % for 2016. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Female: % of Female Population Aged 15+ data is updated yearly, averaging 61.343 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 61.594 % in 2015 and a record low of 60.751 % in 2000. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Female: % of Female Population Aged 15+ data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Labour Force. Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.; ; International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2018.; Weighted average; Data up to 2016 are estimates while data from 2017 are projections. National estimates are also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15-24 data was reported at 55.957 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 55.888 % for 2016. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 56.508 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.682 % in 2002 and a record low of 55.611 % in 2000. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Labour Force. Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.; ; International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2018.; Weighted average; Data up to 2016 are estimates while data from 2017 are projections. National estimates are also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: Aged 15-24 data was reported at 61.079 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 60.895 % for 2016. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 61.788 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 62.730 % in 2004 and a record low of 60.805 % in 2000. Vanuatu VU: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Labour Force. Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.; ; International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2018.; Weighted average; Data up to 2016 are estimates while data from 2017 are projections. National estimates are also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Vanuatu VU: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Upper Secondary data was reported at 31.205 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 14.821 % for 2000. Vanuatu VU: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Upper Secondary data is updated yearly, averaging 23.013 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2015, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 31.205 % in 2015 and a record low of 14.821 % in 2000. Vanuatu VU: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Upper Secondary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank: Education Statistics. Upper secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in upper secondary school.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted Average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Vanuatu VU: Primary Completion Rate: Female: % of Relevant Age Group data was reported at 97.764 % in 2013. This records an increase from the previous number of 86.752 % for 2010. Vanuatu VU: Primary Completion Rate: Female: % of Relevant Age Group data is updated yearly, averaging 87.075 % from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2013, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 105.803 % in 2001 and a record low of 72.603 % in 1994. Vanuatu VU: Primary Completion Rate: Female: % of Relevant Age Group data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Vanuatu VU: Mortality Rate: Adult: Male: per 1000 Male Adults data was reported at 154.399 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 156.734 Ratio for 2015. Vanuatu VU: Mortality Rate: Adult: Male: per 1000 Male Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 261.298 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 438.399 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 154.399 Ratio in 2016. Vanuatu VU: Mortality Rate: Adult: Male: per 1000 Male Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.; Weighted average;

Vanuatu VU: Sex Ratio at Birth: Male Births per Female Births data was reported at 1.065 Ratio in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.066 Ratio for 2016. Vanuatu VU: Sex Ratio at Birth: Male Births per Female Births data is updated yearly, averaging 1.070 Ratio from Dec 1962 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.070 Ratio in 2012 and a record low of 1.065 Ratio in 2017. Vanuatu VU: Sex Ratio at Birth: Male Births per Female Births data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Sex ratio at birth refers to male births per female births. The data are 5 year averages.; ; United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

Vanuatu VU: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Preprimary data was reported at 15.511 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 15.354 % for 2013. Vanuatu VU: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Preprimary data is updated yearly, averaging 15.511 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2015, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.244 % in 1976 and a record low of 9.842 % in 1999. Vanuatu VU: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Preprimary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank: Education Statistics. Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Vanuatu VU: Physicians: per 1000 People data was reported at 0.186 Ratio in 2012. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.116 Ratio for 2010. Vanuatu VU: Physicians: per 1000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 0.147 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2012, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.301 Ratio in 1970 and a record low of 0.099 Ratio in 1991. Vanuatu VU: Physicians: per 1000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.; ; World Health Organization's Global Health Workforce Statistics, OECD, supplemented by country data.; Weighted average;

Vanuatu VU: Community Health Workers: per 1000 People data was reported at 0.941 Ratio in 2008. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.514 Ratio for 2007. Vanuatu VU: Community Health Workers: per 1000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 0.728 Ratio from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2008, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.941 Ratio in 2008 and a record low of 0.514 Ratio in 2007. Vanuatu VU: Community Health Workers: per 1000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Community health workers include various types of community health aides, many with country-specific occupational titles such as community health officers, community health-education workers, family health workers, lady health visitors and health extension package workers.; ; World Health Organization's Global Health Workforce Statistics, OECD, supplemented by country data.; Weighted average;

Vanuatu VU: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Primary data was reported at 26.565 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 22.821 % for 2013. Vanuatu VU: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Primary data is updated yearly, averaging 23.745 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2015, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 30.830 % in 1992 and a record low of 20.010 % in 2004. Vanuatu VU: Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Primary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

Vanuatu VU: Maternal Mortality Ratio: Modeled Estimate: per 100,000 Live Births data was reported at 78.000 Ratio in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 81.000 Ratio for 2014. Vanuatu VU: Maternal Mortality Ratio: Modeled Estimate: per 100,000 Live Births data is updated yearly, averaging 129.500 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 225.000 Ratio in 1990 and a record low of 78.000 Ratio in 2015. Vanuatu VU: Maternal Mortality Ratio: Modeled Estimate: per 100,000 Live Births data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vanuatu – Table VU.World Bank: Health Statistics. Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. The data are estimated with a regression model using information on the proportion of maternal deaths among non-AIDS deaths in women ages 15-49, fertility, birth attendants, and GDP measured using purchasing power parities (PPPs).; ; WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2015. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2015; Weighted average; This indicator represents the risk associated with each pregnancy and is also a Sustainable Development Goal Indicator for monitoring maternal health.