Transport and infrastructure in Vanuatu

Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Vanuatu with the average of all countries in Oceania. The traffic routes have noticeable defects in many places and are often not in a particularly good condition.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 1,070 km. For each of the country's 307,150 inhabitants, this corresponds to 3.48 meters. This puts Vanuatu in 136th place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note the country's population density, which is very low at around 25 inhabitants per km². Like this, disproportionately long distances generally have to be covered to reach the more remote parts of the country.

With an average of 41 traffic fatalities per year (2012 - 2019), road traffic in Vanuatu is considered reasonably safe. This corresponds to around 4.3 accident fatalities per 14.7 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 5.9 in the European Union as a whole and 17.1 worldwide.

In Vanuatu, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Vanuatu
Roadways	1,100 km	3,483.64 km	87.78 m
Railroads	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Waterways	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Commercial harbors	306	996.26	0.025
Airports	31	100.93	2.543

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Oceania
Roadways	30,900 km	2,504.49 km	55.93 m
Railroads	600 km	48.39 km	1.08 m
Waterways	11,200 km	908.39 km	20.29 m
Commercial harbors	5,397	437.42	0.010
Airports	817	66.22	0.001

Data sources used

• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)

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