Electricity generation per person in Vanuatu

Vanuatu: Electricity generation per person was 249.67 kilowatt-hours in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
249.67 kilowatt-hours
Change on year
down 2.3%
World rank
179th
of 214 countries
All-time high
308.22 kilowatt-hours
in 2019
All-time low
215.43 kilowatt-hours
in 2017
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Electricity generation per person in Vanuatu, 2000–2023

01002003002000201120232000: 268.4 kilowatt-hours2001: 261.7 kilowatt-hours2002: 255.3 kilowatt-hours2003: 249.1 kilowatt-hours2004: 243 kilowatt-hours2005: 237.2 kilowatt-hours2006: 231.5 kilowatt-hours2007: 225.9 kilowatt-hours2008: 264.4 kilowatt-hours2009: 257.8 kilowatt-hours2010: 251.8 kilowatt-hours2011: 246.4 kilowatt-hours2012: 241.1 kilowatt-hours2013: 275.1 kilowatt-hours2014: 269 kilowatt-hours2015: 225.5 kilowatt-hours2016: 257.3 kilowatt-hours2017: 215.4 kilowatt-hours2018: 280.4 kilowatt-hours2019: 308.2 kilowatt-hours2020: 301.1 kilowatt-hours2021: 261.5 kilowatt-hours2022: 255.5 kilowatt-hours2023: 249.7 kilowatt-hours

Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours.

Analysis

Vanuatu recorded 249.67 kilowatt-hours for electricity generation per person in 2023.

That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, electricity generation per person in Vanuatu peaked at 308.22 kilowatt-hours in 2019 and was at its lowest, 215.43 kilowatt-hours, in 2017.

That places Vanuatu 179th out of 214 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 249.44 kilowatt-hours 225.95 kilowatt-hours 268.4 kilowatt-hours 10
2010s 257.02 kilowatt-hours 215.43 kilowatt-hours 308.22 kilowatt-hours 10
2020s 266.97 kilowatt-hours 249.67 kilowatt-hours 301.14 kilowatt-hours 4

Countries ranked near Vanuatu

  1. 176 Kiribati 297.35 kilowatt-hours compare
  2. 177 Sudan 292.77 kilowatt-hours compare
  3. 178 Guinea 273.13 kilowatt-hours compare
  4. 180 Cameroon 249.28 kilowatt-hours compare
  5. 181 Ethiopia 246.32 kilowatt-hours compare
  6. 182 Kenya 244.04 kilowatt-hours compare

See the full ranking of 214 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity generation per person in Vanuatu?
Electricity generation per person in Vanuatu was 249.67 kilowatt-hours in 2023, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest electricity generation per person recorded in Vanuatu?
The highest recorded value was 308.22 kilowatt-hours in 2019.
What is the lowest electricity generation per person recorded in Vanuatu?
The lowest recorded value was 215.43 kilowatt-hours in 2017.
How does Vanuatu rank for electricity generation per person?
Vanuatu ranks 179th out of 214 countries with data for 2023.
Is electricity generation per person rising or falling in Vanuatu?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 6,642 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.