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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Vanuatu: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Vanuatu is placed joint 133rd of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.414 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 28.55 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
joint133rd
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.414GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 28.55Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- -0.141Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 12.77Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Vanuatu on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.414
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Vanuatu: 0.414. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Melanesia
- 0.563 Fiji
28.55
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 132nd of 195 by Oxford Insights
Vanuatu: 28.55. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Melanesia
- 37.26 Fiji
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
-0.141
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Vanuatu: -0.141. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Melanesia
- -0.141 Vanuatu
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
12.77
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Vanuatu: 12.77. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Melanesia
- 18.27 Papua New Guinea
02Over time
Which way Vanuatu is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
VanuatuWorld median
Vanuatu rose from 28.11 in 2020 to 28.55 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Vanuatu World median 2025 29 40.2 2024 39 43.3 2023 32 41.4 2022 31 40.3 2021 — 44.1 2020 28 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
VanuatuWorld median
Vanuatu rose from -1.558 in 2000 to -0.141 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Vanuatu World median 2025 -0 0.20 2024 -0 0.11 2023 -0 0.14 2022 -0 0.16 2021 -0 0.12 2020 -0 0.12 2019 -1 0.10 2018 -1 -0.05 2017 -1 -0.08 2016 -1 -0.10 2015 -1 -0.17 2014 -1 -0.21 2013 -1 -0.21 2012 -1 -0.25 2011 -1 -0.32 2010 -1 -0.31 2009 -2 -0.50 2008 -2 -0.51 2007 -2 -0.51 2006 -2 -0.55 2005 -2 -0.55 2004 -2 -0.55 2003 -2 -0.55 2002 -2 -0.51 2001 -2 -0.51 2000 -2 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
VanuatuWorld median
Vanuatu rose from 6.484 in 2010 to 12.77 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Vanuatu World median 2024 12.77 25.42 2023 12.78 26.03 2022 12.85 26.04 2021 33.51 29.80 2020 11.26 29.47 2019 4.04 18.36 2018 4.25 20.09 2017 4.42 18.32 2016 4.73 18.15 2015 4.91 19.57 2014 4.44 21.00 2013 3.88 20.50 2012 5.73 19.56 2011 5.92 19.21 2010 6.48 19.88
03In context
Vanuatu beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Vanuatu and Melanesia
Vanuatu has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanuatu | =133rd | 0.414 | 28.55 | -0.141 | 12.77 |
 Fiji | 137th | 0.563 | 37.26 | -0.156 | 1.742 |
 Papua New Guinea | 142nd | 0.548 | 27.98 | -1.529 | 18.27 |
 Solomon Islands | =185th | 0.261 | 22.28 | -1.869 | 6.166 |
 New Caledonia | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Melanesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Vanuatu in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Vanuatu is ahead of the world, and behind
10 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median5
Statistics on which Vanuatu does better than the middle country measured.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.1142.307-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Vanuatu: 2.307 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 10th of 176 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0231.8871.023▲ Improved since 2015
Vanuatu: 1.887 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 14th of 176 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.0650.206▲ Improved since 2015
Vanuatu: 0.065 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 106th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5051.650.505▲ Improved since 2015
Vanuatu: 1.65 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 37th of 176 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3965.9762.39No earlier reading
Vanuatu: 65.97 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 74th of 181 · derived.
Behind the world median3
Statistics on which Vanuatu does worse than the middle country measured.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2236.3564.22No earlier reading
Vanuatu: 36.35 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.2710.485No real change since 2013
Vanuatu: 0.271 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 134th of 170 · derived.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3566.6132.35No earlier reading
Vanuatu: 66.61 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 14th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end2
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,6701,28984,670Moved since 2020
Vanuatu: 1,289 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,4541,103141,454Moved since 2020
Vanuatu: 1,103 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
No current reading for Vanuatu
AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Anthropic AI Usage Index, GitHub Git Pushes, ICT Goods Exports (last 2011), ICT Services Exports (last 2022), Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Mobile Phone Ownership, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes and Smartphone Ownership. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Vanuatu’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Vanuatu’s 11th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Peace & Security17th of 1772/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 18th of 1862/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 57th of 1984/4 keys
- Work & Labour88th of 1824/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions98th of 1944/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge106th of 1984/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality87th of 1592/3 keys
- Gender & Equality105th of 1833/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital123rd of 1963/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing129th of 2002/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 133rd of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 132nd of 1762/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture153rd of 1844/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience163rd of 1933/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade154th of 1772/4 keys
No standing on Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Vanuatu can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Oceania
Australia30th4/4 keysHighest in Melanesia
Vanuatu=133rd4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Vanuatu on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Vanuatu rank on digital & technology?
Vanuatu is placed joint 133rd of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Vanuatu?
0.414 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Vanuatu?
28.55 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How have Vanuatu’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 28.11 in 2020 to 28.55 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -1.558 in 2000 to -0.141 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 6.484 in 2010 to 12.77 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Vanuatu?
No current reading is published for Vanuatu on AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Anthropic AI Usage Index, GitHub Git Pushes, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Mobile Phone Ownership, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes and Smartphone Ownership. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 10 statistics on this page come from 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Vanuatu’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Vanuatu (banner) — Phillip Capper derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 2.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Vanuatu: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/vanuatu/digital