The Republic of Vanuatu’s land area is made up of a group of islands in the south-west Pacific, lying south of Solomon Islands and east of the state of Queensland in Australia.
The Republic of Vanuatu’s land area is made up of a group of islands in the south-west Pacific, lying south of Solomon Islands and east of the state of Queensland in Australia.
School-age Population by Education Level1 |
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44,021 |
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24,399 |
Secondary |
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Tertiary |
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Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Secondary Education |
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55.5% |
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52.7% |
Female |
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Male |
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Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Tertiary Education |
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n/a |
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n/a |
Female |
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Male |
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Percentage of female teachers in 1 |
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41.6% |
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n/a |
Secondary (2015) |
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Tertiary |
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1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Centre, retrieved in March 2020 |
Literacy rate (2012)1 |
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81.9% |
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84.9% |
Adult (15+) literacy rate |
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Adult (15+) literacy rate |
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Economic Activity (2010)1 |
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80% |
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88% |
Adult (15+) economic activity |
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Adult (15+) economic activity |
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Political Decision Making (2014)1 |
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0% |
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament |
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Life expectancy (2012)1 |
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74 |
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70 |
Female |
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Male |
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1. COL gender country profile April 2015 |
1.6 | 79.9 |
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 | Mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 |
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1.6 | 44 |
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 | Mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants1 |
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22.4 | 25.7 |
Households with a computer (%)1 | Individuals using the internet (%)1 |
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1. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ICT Eye Country profile, retrieved in March 2020 |
COL’s work in Vanuatu is primarily in the area of open/innovative schooling, technical and vocational skills development (TVSD), and tertiary education through the Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth. Over the past three years, COL’s work has included promoting open educational resources (OER) policy development and course design, as well as identifying innovations to support teaching and learning in both formal and non-formal education settings.
Learn more about Aptus.
Learn more about the Open/Innovative Schooling initiative.
Learn more about the Pacific Centre for Open and Flexible Learning for Development.
Learn more about the Technical and Vocational Skills Development initiative.
Learn more about the Technology-Enabled Learning initiative.
Learn more about the VUSSC initiative.
Partnerships are fundamental to COL’s work. Strategic partnerships allow COL to broaden its reach and engage at global, regional and national levels, while implementation partners support COL’s work in communities and institutions across Commonwealth Member States. Partners include multilateral organisations, regional bodies, national governments, government agencies, foundations, civil society organisations, public and private (not-for-profit) institutions and the private sector.
COL's partners in Vanuatu include: