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Poverty Statistics

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Poverty Indicators

1998
Households with less than minimum standard of income or consumption
Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day
Poverty gap ratio [incidence x depth of poverty]
Share of poorest quintile in national consumption 0.06%
Access to safe sustainable access to improved drinking water
% population 38.5%
Urban 75.2%
Rural 27.7%
Access to adequate sanitation facilities
% population 50.2%
Urban 78.4%
Rural 42.0%
Proportion of households with access to secure tenure (owned or rented) 90%

Source: Vanuatu Statistics Office