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General Information

Region		Melanesia
Population (000, 2024)		929^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		50.8^a
Capital city		Suva
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		178.3^c
UN membership date		13 October 1970
Surface area (km2)		18 272^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98.5^a
National currency		Fiji Dollar (FJD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		2.2^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	4 682	4 432	4 980^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.7	-17	20^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 105.1	4 815.7	5 356.2^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	10	16.9	15.3^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	19.3	20.3	18.4^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	70.6	62.8	66.3^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	30.4	29.7	28.8^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	14.5	14	14.2^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	55.1	56.3	57^b
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	4.3	4.7	4.2
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	39.9 / 76.4	37.2 / 74.0	39.2 / 77.4
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	116	129	138^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	109	114	139^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	981	826	1 193^i,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 268	1 731	3 088^i,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 286	-904	- 1 894^i,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-163	-614	-866^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.1	0.3	0.5^a
Urban population (% of total population)	54.7	56.8^k	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.7^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.6	2.4	2.3^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	69.0 / 64.2	69.3 / 64.7	69.5 / 65.5^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	29.6 / 8.3	28.3 / 9.7	27.1 / 10.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	13.8 / 1.6ⁿ	14.1 / 1.6ⁿ	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0	~0.0^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	21.9	26.3	20.4^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	3.3	4.8^o	5.4^o,p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.8	...	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.8	5.6	5.6^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	96.4 / 99.8	108.8 / 114.5	105.5 / 110.5^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	96.1 / 96.3	97.1 / 102.2	77.6 / 98.8^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	81.9 / 70.9	86.4 / 70.9	84.8 / 71.4^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.2^q	2.2	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	14	19.6^r	9.1^r

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	42.5	83	85.2^b
Threatened species (number)	278	321	362^d
Forested area (% of land area)	60.6	62.4	62.8^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1.3 / 1.4	1.0 / 1.1ⁱ	1.1 / 1.2^i,p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	7	6	6^i,p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	27	22ⁱ	24^i,p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	755	147	636^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	11.2	11.2	11.2^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	52.5 / 27.1	52.5 / 27.0	52.5 / 27.0^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	42.9 / 54.5	43.0 / 57.7	42.7 / 57.3^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.33	4.51	13.98^p

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2018
d		2023
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
h		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		2019
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 August.
p		2021
q		2014
r		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
s		Excluding nationals residing abroad.