Kiribati vs Vanuatu: Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP

Kiribati
0.0573 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Vanuatu
0.0576 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Kiribati rank
173rd
Vanuatu rank
171st

Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Kiribati
  • Vanuatu
00.20.40.60.8197019972025

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 0.0576 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0573 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Kiribati, a difference of 0.0003 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 173rd and Vanuatu ranks 171st of 203 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 1 and Vanuatu in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Vanuatu Difference Ahead
1970s 0.7253 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3522 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3732 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kiribati
1980s 0.1243 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2098 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0856 current US$ per US$ of GDP Vanuatu
1990s 0.0869 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.112 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0251 current US$ per US$ of GDP Vanuatu
2000s 0.0479 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0934 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0455 current US$ per US$ of GDP Vanuatu
2010s 0.0446 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.061 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0164 current US$ per US$ of GDP Vanuatu
2020s 0.0496 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0506 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.001 current US$ per US$ of GDP Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp, Kiribati or Vanuatu?
Vanuatu, at 0.0576 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0573 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Kiribati as of 2025.
What is the difference in merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp between Kiribati and Vanuatu?
0.0003 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Vanuatu?
47 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2025.
How do Kiribati and Vanuatu rank globally for merchandise exports (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Kiribati ranks 173rd and Vanuatu ranks 171st of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Kiribati vs Vanuatu: Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-exports-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/kiribati/vanuatu/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/merchandise-exports-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/kiribati/vanuatu/">Kiribati vs Vanuatu: Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
250 places, 13,939 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Merchandise exports (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.