Vanuatu - External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Vanuatu was -26.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 1.63 in 1997, while its lowest value was -28.19 in 1986.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1980 -8.07
1981 -2.05
1982 -2.17
1983 -11.93
1984 -4.28
1985 -19.09
1986 -28.19
1987 -26.71
1988 -23.08
1989 -23.93
1990 -24.26
1991 -14.20
1992 -9.07
1993 -8.66
1994 -7.84
1995 -8.19
1996 -6.72
1997 1.63
1998 -10.16
1999 -16.48
2000 -8.80
2001 -11.86
2002 -7.08
2003 -5.01
2004 -7.51
2005 -9.41
2006 -7.00
2007 -7.00
2008 -12.82
2009 -7.38
2010 -6.39
2011 -5.79
2012 -1.83
2013 -3.05
2014 -2.54
2015 -20.98
2016 -11.81
2017 -10.20
2018 -3.41
2019 -8.80
2020 -26.09

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts