Sri Lanka vs Vanuatu: Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita

Sri Lanka

20.5%

in 2025

Vanuatu

22.3%

in 2025

Sri Lanka rank

228th

Vanuatu rank

225th

Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita over time

Vanuatu currently reports 22.3% against 20.5% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 1.9%.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 228th and Vanuatu ranks 225th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of population living in urban areas vs. GDP per capita
Unit: %
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 237 places, 18,012 data points, 1950–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.