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General Information

Region		Melanesia
Population (000, 2025)		933^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		51.1^a
Capital city		Suva
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		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$)		2.3^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	4 682	4 432	5 442^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.5	-17	7.5^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 098.0	4 844.0	5 889.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	10	16.9	14.5^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	19.3	20.3	17.5^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	70.6	62.8	68^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	30.5	29.5	28.1^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	14.5	14	14.3^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	55	56.5	57.6^b
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	4.3	4.6	4.3
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	40.0 / 76.6	38.1 / 75.9	38.4 / 76.7
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	116	129	144^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	110	114	149^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	981	826ⁱ	1 133^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 268	1 731	3 096^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 286	-904ⁱ	- 1 963^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-163	-614	-866^k

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.1	0.3	0.5^a
Urban population (% of total population)	54.7	56.8^l	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.7^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.6	2.4	2.2^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	69.0 / 64.2	69.3 / 64.7	69.7 / 65.6^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	29.6 / 8.3	28.3 / 9.7	26.8 / 10.7^a
International migrant stock^o (000/% of total pop.)	13.8 / 1.5	14.1 / 1.5	14.4 / 1.5^d
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	19.9^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	3.3	5.3^p	3.6^p,b
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.8	...	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.0 / 101.7	108.6 / 116.5	108.5 / 115.3^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.8 / 101.0	99.6 / 102.9	105.7 / 112.4^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	80.3 / 70.6	84.4 / 70.7	90.2 / 77.6^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.2^q	3	2.1^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	14	19.6^r	9.1^r

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	42.5	68.6	79.3^b
Threatened species (number)	278	321	560^d
Forested area (% of land area)	60.6	62.4	63.1^k
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1.5 / 1.6	1.4 / 1.5	1.4 / 1.5^k
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	7	6	7^i,k
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	31	28	29^k
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	755	147	636^k
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^k
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	42.9 / 54.5	43.0 / 57.7	42.7 / 57.3^k
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.33	4.73	3.72^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2018
d		2024
e		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		2022
l		2019
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Including refugees.
p		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 August.
q		2014
r		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
s		Excluding nationals residing abroad.