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Surface area — Vanuatu

Surface area in Vanuatu in 2023 — 12,190 km². Ranked 160 in the world out of 215. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2023 12,190 km² +0% vs 2022
World rank 160of 215
Period maximum 12,190 km²1961
Period minimum 12,190 km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — Vanuatu, 1961–202310,00011,00012,00013,00014,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 12,190 km²1963: 12,190 km²1965: 12,190 km²1967: 12,190 km²1969: 12,190 km²1971: 12,190 km²1973: 12,190 km²1975: 12,190 km²1977: 12,190 km²1979: 12,190 km²1981: 12,190 km²1983: 12,190 km²1985: 12,190 km²1987: 12,190 km²1989: 12,190 km²1991: 12,190 km²1993: 12,190 km²1995: 12,190 km²1997: 12,190 km²1999: 12,190 km²2001: 12,190 km²2003: 12,190 km²2005: 12,190 km²2007: 12,190 km²2009: 12,190 km²2011: 12,190 km²2013: 12,190 km²2015: 12,190 km²2017: 12,190 km²2019: 12,190 km²2021: 12,190 km²2023: 12,190 km²
Change over the period: +0 (+0%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Vanuatu

Vanuatu 12,190 km²
World 141M km²
East Asia & Pacific 24.79M km²
Melanesia computed 540,780 km²
Lower-middle-income countries computed 22.41M km²
Surface area — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 12,190 +0 +0%
2022 12,190 +0 +0%
2021 12,190 +0 +0%
2020 12,190 +0 +0%
2019 12,190 +0 +0%
2018 12,190 +0 +0%
2017 12,190 +0 +0%
2016 12,190 +0 +0%
2015 12,190 +0 +0%
2014 12,190 +0 +0%
2013 12,190 +0 +0%
2012 12,190 +0 +0%
2011 12,190 +0 +0%
2010 12,190 +0 +0%
2009 12,190 +0 +0%
2008 12,190 +0 +0%
2007 12,190 +0 +0%
2006 12,190 +0 +0%
2005 12,190 +0 +0%
2004 12,190 +0 +0%
2003 12,190 +0 +0%
2002 12,190 +0 +0%
2001 12,190 +0 +0%
2000 12,190 +0 +0%
1999 12,190 +0 +0%
1998 12,190 +0 +0%
1997 12,190 +0 +0%
1996 12,190 +0 +0%
1995 12,190 +0 +0%
1994 12,190 +0 +0%
1993 12,190 +0 +0%
1992 12,190 +0 +0%
1991 12,190 +0 +0%
1990 12,190 +0 +0%
1989 12,190 +0 +0%
1988 12,190 +0 +0%
1987 12,190 +0 +0%
1986 12,190 +0 +0%
1985 12,190 +0 +0%
1984 12,190 +0 +0%
1983 12,190 +0 +0%
1982 12,190 +0 +0%
1981 12,190 +0 +0%
1980 12,190 +0 +0%
1979 12,190 +0 +0%
1978 12,190 +0 +0%
1977 12,190 +0 +0%
1976 12,190 +0 +0%
1975 12,190 +0 +0%
1974 12,190 +0 +0%
1973 12,190 +0 +0%
1972 12,190 +0 +0%
1971 12,190 +0 +0%
1970 12,190 +0 +0%
1969 12,190 +0 +0%
1968 12,190 +0 +0%
1967 12,190 +0 +0%
1966 12,190 +0 +0%
1965 12,190 +0 +0%
1964 12,190 +0 +0%
1963 12,190 +0 +0%
1962 12,190 +0 +0%
1961 12,190 — —

Melanesia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PG Papua New Guinea 462,840 SB Solomon Islands 28,900 NC New Caledonia 18,580 FJ Fiji 18,270 VU Vanuatu 12,190
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About the indicator

Total surface area: land together with inland water bodies and, where applicable, coastal waters. This is the figure usually quoted as the area of a country in reference books and encyclopedias. It is the basis for the share of protected natural areas, because protected areas include marine waters, which land area leaves out.

Important: This is the “encyclopedic” area of a country. Land shares — forest, arable and agricultural land — are calculated against land area, not against this figure.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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