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Transportation of Vanuatu

Airports:31 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 28
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 18 (2006)
Roadways:total: 1,070 km
paved: 256 km
unpaved: 814 km (1999)
Merchant marine:total: 51 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,340,132 GRT/1,908,687 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 29, cargo 8, container 1, liquefied gas 2, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 2, vehicle carrier 5
foreign-owned: 51 (Australia 2, Canada 5, Denmark 6, Estonia 1, Japan 28, Poland 5, Russia 1, Switzerland 2, US 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)

Vanuatu Quickstats

  • Population: 211,971 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 12,200 sq km
  • Density: 17 /km² (188th)
  • GDP (total): $726 million (175th)
  • GDP (per capita): $3,346 (121st)
  • Literacy: 74%

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  • Currency: Vanuatu vatu (VUV)
  • Dial code: +678

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