Fiji
Country in Oceania
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 933.2K (2025). World rank 161 of 216; in Oceania, 4 of 19. Area: 18,272 km². World rank 157 of 249; in Oceania, 6 of 27. Life expectancy: 67.5 years (2024). World rank 172 of 216 (1 = best); in Oceania, 13 of 19. From 2015 to 2025: population 918.6K → 933.2K, GDP $4.7B → $6.2B, and GDP per person $5,098 → $6,642.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Fiji
- Local name
- Fiji
- Capital
- Suva
- Region
- Oceania
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Wiliame Katonivere
- Head of government
- Sitiveni Rabuka
- Independence
- October 10, 1970
- Women in parliament
- 9.1% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 933,154 2025
- Area
- 18,272 km²
- GDP
- $6.2B 2025
- GDP per person
- $6,642 2025
- Life expectancy
- 67.5 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
- Currency
- Fijian Dollar (FJD)
- Time zones
- UTC+12
- Calling code
- +679
- Emergency numbers
- 000, 911, 919
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- I
- Mains voltage
- 240 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,129
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 17% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Tomanivi, 1,324 m
- Lowest point
- Pacific Ocean, 0 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 26
- Warmest month in the capital
- February, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- August, 24°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,592 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 51.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.5% 2025
- Living in cities
- 59.5% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -3.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 26.8% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 66.5% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 6.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 69.5 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 65.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.3 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 17.9 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 9.5 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 45%, Hindu 27.9%, other Christian 10.4%, Catholic 9.1%, and Muslim 6.3% (2007)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 65.5 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 58.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 63.2 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 56.1 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 61.7 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $16,338 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.2% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $6,230 2025
- Inflation
- -1.4% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 40 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 14.1% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 13.9% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 57% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5.4% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 15.2% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 38.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 54.4% 2024
- Imports, share of GDP
- 64.6% 2024
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -7.8% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +4.2% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 7.1% 2024
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 24% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 30.7 2019
- Living on under $3 a day
- 4.7% 2019
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 110% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 98.1% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 75% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.3% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 3.6% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $213 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 8.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.8 2015
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 3.9 2019
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.9 2017
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 91% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 23.5 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 29.1 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 30 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 16.6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 65.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 25.8% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 95.6% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 92.8% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 61% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.1 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 13.5 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 8.3 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 82.8 2025
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 6.5 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 3 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 61.7% 2024
- Protected areas
- 1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 31,052 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 0.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 74.7% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 574 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 1.8 2024
- Internet domain
- .fj
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 95.9% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 28.4% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 60.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 39.9% 2021
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 2,154,560 2023
- Airports
- 26 2025
- Railways, km
- 597 2008
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 218 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 2 1980
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 3.2% 2024