press rank #70 · ~$1,165/mo

Can you live unwatched in Vanuatu?

Ranked #70 for press freedom; civil liberties broadly intact. Not individually assessed beyond public indices.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance4/5
Facial recognition4/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law3/5
Encryption4/5
VPN freedom5/5
Democracy4/5
Free expression4/5
Cash still works4/5
Financial privacy3/5
Crypto freedom3/5
Easy to stay4/5
Off-grid living5/5
6 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #70 ~$1,165/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: recommended, never required

No national law requires a child to be vaccinated here. The schedule is an offer, not a duty.

If you skip them: Nothing. No national law requires it.

Exemptions: Not needed: there is no mandate to be exempt from.

Source: Georgetown AMP EID, survey of national legislation, 2024

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Reports your account balances abroad (CRS)

No extradition treaty with the US

No tax on crypto capital gains

No income tax or capital gains tax of any kind.

4 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

10 real places in Vanuatu

Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.

Efate (Port Vila area)

~$1,150/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Port Vila

~$1,500/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Malekula (Lakatoro)

~$1,000/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Luganville

~$1,350/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Espiritu Santo (Luganville)

~$1,100/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Pentecost (Vanuatu)

~$1,000/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Espiritu Santo (Luganville area)

~$1,050/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Lenakel (Tanna)

~$1,150/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Espiritu Santo (Port Olry)

~$1,350/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

Sola (Vanua Lava)

~$1,000/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 3/5

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Country-level estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.