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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.


 

Vanuatu

 totalper 1 mio
inhabitants
per km²
Roadways1,100 km3,352.79 km87.78 m
Railroads0 km0.00 km0.00 m
Waterways0 km0.00 km0.00 m
Commercial harbors306958.840.025
Airports2990.872.379
 

Oceania

 total per 1 mio
inhabitants
per km²
Roadways30,900 km2,302.70 km55.93 m
Railroads600 km44.49 km1.08 m
Waterways11,200 km835.21 km20.29 m
Commercial harbors5,395402.030.010
Airports21616.100.000


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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Vanuatu: ClimateClimate details in VanuatuA climate analysis for Vanuatu incl. temperatures, rain days per month, hours of sunshine, rainfalls
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