Vanuatu

Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.
==Economical characteristics==
* Currency: Vanuatu vatu (ISO code: VUV)
* Central bank discount rate: 6% (31 December 2009)
* Commercial banks lending rate: 5.5% (31 December 2009 )
* Stock of money (M1): $101.6 million (31 December 2008)
* Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $430 million (31 December 2008)
===Statistics===
Statistic / Year 	1999 	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
GDP (million USD)World Bank. "Vanuatu: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05. 	251 	245 	235 	230 	280 	330 	370 	413 	507 	590
Govt. debt (% of GDP)World Bank. "Vanuatu: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05. 	29.151	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Govt. revenue (% of GDP)World Bank. "Vanuatu: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05. 	20.744	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Govt. expenses (% of GDP)World Bank. "Vanuatu: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05.	21.250	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Debt to revenue (years) 	1.405 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==References==
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
==External links==
* Vanuatu on Wikipedia
* Central bank of Vanuatu
* Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* BBC country profile
Category:Countries