Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number was 5 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements in Vanuatu, 2012–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 5 for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Vanuatu peaked at 5 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2012.
Vanuatu ranks 178th of 266 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 1 | — |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3 | +200.0% |
| 2016 | 4 | +33.3% |
| 2017 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 2023 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 5 | +0.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 5 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 94, 5% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 5 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 22, 23% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.62 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020s | 4.67 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 178 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 compare
- 178 Cook Islands 5 compare
- 178 Dominica 5 compare
- 178 Nauru 5 compare
- 178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 compare
- 178 Trinidad and Tobago 5 compare
- 178 Naoero 5 compare
More infrastructure data for Vanuatu
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 286,107 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 89.29 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3,036 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.9262 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0093 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 3,036 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.8929 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Vanuatu?
- Total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Vanuatu was 5 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2022.
- What is the lowest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2012.
- How does Vanuatu rank for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements?
- Vanuatu ranks 178th out of 266 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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