Transport and infrastructure in Vanuatu

Our listing of the primary types 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 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 319,137 inhabitants, this corresponds to 3.35 meters. This puts Vanuatu in 139th place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note that the country's population density is very low at around 26 inhabitants per km². In this case, disproportionately long distances generally have to be covered to reach the more remote parts of the country.

With an average of 43 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Vanuatu is considered reasonably safe. This corresponds to 14.9 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 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	3,352.79 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	958.84	0.025
Airports	29	90.87	2.379

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Oceania
Roadways	30,900 km	2,302.70 km	55.93 m
Railroads	600 km	44.49 km	1.08 m
Waterways	11,200 km	835.21 km	20.29 m
Commercial harbors	5,395	402.03	0.010
Airports	216	16.10	0.000

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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