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

Tonga

21.2%

in 2025

Vanuatu

22.3%

in 2025

Tonga rank

227th

Vanuatu rank

225th

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

Vanuatu currently reports 22.3% against 21.2% in Tonga, a difference of 1.2%.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.

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

Tonga ranks 227th 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.