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Fiji vs Vanuatu

100 shared metrics.

FijiLeads in 64

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VanuatuLeads in 36

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Fiji

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Fiji.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Fiji is scattered across roughly 300 islands and 540 islets, with only about 100 islands inhabited.

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Vanuatu

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Vanuatu.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the name means "Our land forever" in several of the Austronesian languages spoken on the islands.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Fiji leads in 64 of 100 shared metrics, while Vanuatu leads in 36.

Fiji's Scientific Publications is 13.5x that of Vanuatu (212.83 vs 14.7).

Fiji's Electricity Generation is 13.4x that of Vanuatu (1.1 TWh vs 0.08 TWh).

Fiji's Electric Generating Capacity is 9.9x that of Vanuatu (427.0K kW vs 39.0K kW).

Fiji's Mobile Subscriptions (%) is 5.4x that of Vanuatu (574 per 100 people vs 89.29 per 100 people).

Fiji's Homicide Rate is 5.1x that of Vanuatu (2.1 per 100k vs 0.33 per 100k).

Key Comparisons

Scientific PublicationsFiji leads

Fiji

212.83

Vanuatu

14.7

Electricity GenerationFiji leads

Fiji

1.1 TWh

Vanuatu

0.08 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityFiji leads

Fiji

427.0K kW

Vanuatu

39.0K kW

Mobile Subscriptions (%)Fiji leads

Fiji

574 per 100 people

Vanuatu

89.29 per 100 people

Homicide RateFiji leads

Fiji

2.1 per 100k

Vanuatu

0.33 per 100k

Air PassengersFiji leads

Fiji

2.15M

Vanuatu

359.3K

All Metrics

Scientific Publications

Fiji

212.83

Vanuatu

14.7

1348% higher

Electricity Generation

Fiji

1.1 TWh

Vanuatu

0.08 TWh

1337% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Fiji

427.0K kW

Vanuatu

39.0K kW

995% higher

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Fiji

574 per 100 people

Vanuatu

89.29 per 100 people

543% higher

Homicide Rate

Fiji

2.1 per 100k

Vanuatu

0.33 per 100k

514% higher

Air Passengers

Fiji

2.15M

Vanuatu

359.3K

500% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Fiji

$5,968,125,909.27

Vanuatu

$1,117,972,034.23

434% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Fiji

1.5 Mt CO2e

Vanuatu

0.29 Mt CO2e

428% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Fiji

0.81 per 1k

Vanuatu

0.16 per 1k

406% higher

Beer Consumption

Fiji

1.6 L/person/yr

Vanuatu

0.32 L/person/yr

390% higher

Women in Parliament (%)

Fiji

9.1%

Vanuatu

2.0%

364% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Fiji

$15,450.3

Vanuatu

$3,605.61

329% higher

GDP Growth Rate

Fiji

3.5%

Vanuatu

0.94%

275% higher

Tourism Revenue

Fiji

$236,000,000

Vanuatu

$67,000,000

252% higher

Population

Fiji

951.6K

Vanuatu

318.0K

199% higher

Urban Population (%)

Fiji

59.08%

Vanuatu

22.29%

165% higher

Forest Area

Fiji

11.6K km²

Vanuatu

4.4K km²

162% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Fiji

1.6 t/person/yr

Vanuatu

0.60 t/person/yr

159% higher

Broadband Access (%)

Fiji

3.0 per 100 people

Vanuatu

1.2 per 100 people

143% higher

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Fiji

42.11%

Vanuatu

19.2%

119% higher

Comparison of Fiji and Vanuatu across 100 metrics
				Winner
Scientific Publications	212.83	14.7	1348% higher	Fiji
Electricity Generation	1.1 TWh	0.08 TWh	1337% higher	Fiji
Electric Generating Capacity	427.0K kW	39.0K kW	995% higher	Fiji
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	574 per 100 people	89.29 per 100 people	543% higher	Fiji
Homicide Rate	2.1 per 100k	0.33 per 100k	514% higher	Fiji
Air Passengers	2.15M	359.3K	500% higher	Fiji
GDP (Nominal)	$5,968,125,909.27	$1,117,972,034.23	434% higher	Fiji
Total CO2 Emissions	1.5 Mt CO2e	0.29 Mt CO2e	428% higher	Fiji
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.81 per 1k	0.16 per 1k	406% higher	Fiji
Beer Consumption	1.6 L/person/yr	0.32 L/person/yr	390% higher	Fiji
Women in Parliament (%)	9.1%	2.0%	364% higher	Fiji
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$15,450.3	$3,605.61	329% higher	Fiji
GDP Growth Rate	3.5%	0.94%	275% higher	Fiji
Tourism Revenue	$236,000,000	$67,000,000	252% higher	Fiji
Population	951.6K	318.0K	199% higher	Fiji
Urban Population (%)	59.08%	22.29%	165% higher	Fiji
Forest Area	11.6K km²	4.4K km²	162% higher	Fiji
CO2 Per Capita	1.6 t/person/yr	0.60 t/person/yr	159% higher	Fiji
Broadband Access (%)	3.0 per 100 people	1.2 per 100 people	143% higher	Fiji
Safe Drinking Water (%)	42.11%	19.2%	119% higher	Fiji
Insufficient Physical Activity	15.72% of adults	7.5% of adults	109% higher	Fiji
Tourist Arrivals	168.0K	82.4K	104% higher	Fiji
Sanitation Access (%)	92.75%	47.81%	94% higher	Fiji
Solar Electricity Share	0.87%	12.5%	93% lower	Vanuatu
Population Density	50.58 /km²	26.28 /km²	92% higher	Fiji
Firms Making Informal Payments	2.3% of firms	27.41% of firms	92% lower	Vanuatu
Merchant Fleet Size	74	338	78% lower	Vanuatu
Forest Coverage (%)	63.5%	36.28%	75% higher	Fiji
Alcohol Consumption	3.6 L/adult/yr	2.0 L/adult/yr	75% higher	Fiji
Child Mortality	29.1 per 1k births	16.8 per 1k births	73% higher	Fiji
Internet Users (%)	79%	46%	72% higher	Fiji
Firms Asked for Bribes	6.9% of firms	23.48% of firms	71% lower	Vanuatu
Obesity Rate	33.84%	19.95%	70% higher	Fiji
Teen Birth Rate	21.17 per 1k	66.22 per 1k	68% lower	Vanuatu
Infant Mortality	23.8 per 1k births	14.2 per 1k births	68% higher	Fiji
Death Rate	6.6 per 1k	4.0 per 1k	64% higher	Fiji
Electricity Access (%)	99.3%	61.6%	61% higher	Fiji
Inflation Rate	4.5%	11.2%	60% lower	Vanuatu
Milk Consumption per Person	40.2 kg/person/yr	25.21 kg/person/yr	59% higher	Fiji
Road Traffic Death Rate	5.3 per 100k	12.5 per 100k	58% lower	Vanuatu
Health Spending Per Capita	$212.89	$135.43	57% higher	Fiji
Coastline Length	1.1K km	2.5K km	55% lower	Vanuatu
Average Weekly Work Hours	37.33 hrs/week	24.7 hrs/week	51% higher	Fiji
Elderly Population (%)	6.5%	4.3%	51% higher	Fiji
Land Area	18.3K km²	12.2K km²	50% higher	Fiji
GNI Per Capita	$5,820	$3,890	50% higher	Fiji
Suicide Rate	8.3 per 100k	15.73 per 100k	47% lower	Vanuatu
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.2% of GDP	7.6% of GDP	44% lower	Vanuatu
Electricity Carbon Intensity	278.26 gCO2/kWh	500 gCO2/kWh	44% lower	Vanuatu
Firms with Female Top Manager	22.47% of firms	39.69% of firms	43% lower	Vanuatu
Median Age	27.7 years	20.1 years	37% higher	Fiji
Informal Employment Share	45.7% of employed people	72.36% of employed people	37% lower	Vanuatu
Liberal Democracy Index	0.40	0.62	36% lower	Vanuatu
Youth Unemployment Rate	15.21% of youth labor force	11.34% of youth labor force	34% higher	Fiji
Government Debt (% GDP)	47.5% of GDP	71.7% of GDP	34% lower	Vanuatu
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	15 days/yr	33% lower	Vanuatu
Dependency Ratio	50.56% of working-age pop.	74.25% of working-age pop.	32% lower	Vanuatu
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	32% higher	Fiji
Electoral Democracy Index	0.51	0.73	30% lower	Vanuatu
Youth Population (%)	27.09%	38.31%	29% lower	Vanuatu
Highest Elevation	1.3K m	1.9K m	29% lower	Vanuatu
Birth Rate	15.63 per 1k	20.36 per 1k	23% lower	Vanuatu
Food Waste per Person	142.04 kg/person/yr	184.11 kg/person/yr	23% lower	Vanuatu
Spirits Consumption	1.4 L/person/yr	1.1 L/person/yr	22% higher	Fiji
Meat Consumption per Person	43.85 kg/person/yr	36.03 kg/person/yr	22% higher	Fiji
Human Development Index	0.73	0.62	18% higher	Fiji
Corruption Perceptions Index	55 pts	47 pts	17% higher	Fiji
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	20.54% of GDP	17.57% of GDP	17% higher	Fiji
Airports	26	31	16% lower	Vanuatu
Unemployment Rate	4.3%	5.1%	15% lower	Vanuatu
Freedom of Expression Index	0.72	0.85	15% lower	Vanuatu
Renewable Energy (%)	28.4%	25%	14% higher	Fiji
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	48.81 per 100k	56.56 per 100k	14% lower	Vanuatu
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.6% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	14% lower	Vanuatu
Political Corruption Index	0.29	0.33	13% lower	Vanuatu
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	12.42 µg/m³	14.08 µg/m³	12% lower	Vanuatu
Agricultural Land (%)	17.06%	15.34%	11% higher	Fiji
Fertility Rate	2.2 children/woman	2.5 children/woman	11% lower	Vanuatu
Women's Political Empowerment	0.64	0.71	10% lower	Vanuatu
Firms Hit by Power Outages	84.89% of firms	77.28% of firms	10% higher	Fiji
Protected Land (%)	3.9%	4.2%	7% lower	Vanuatu
Life Expectancy	67.3 years	71.5 years	6% lower	Vanuatu
Women in Senior Management	34.89% of managers	36.21% of managers	4% lower	Vanuatu
Hypertension Prevalence	36.1% of adults	37.4% of adults	3% lower	Vanuatu
Tobacco Use Prevalence	25.4% of adults	24.8% of adults	2% higher	Fiji
Seafood Consumption per Person	28.89 kg/person/yr	28.57 kg/person/yr	1% higher	Fiji
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Fiji
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Fiji
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Fiji
Capital Elevation	0 m	59 m	ranked lower	Vanuatu
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Fiji
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Fiji
Irrigated Land	40 km²	0 km²	ranked higher	Fiji
Land Border Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	Fiji
Official Languages Count	3.0	3.0	equal	Fiji
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-9.5% of GDP	-10.4% of GDP	ranked higher	Fiji
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	1.0 sites	equal	Fiji
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Fiji
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	4.2 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Fiji
Border Neighbors	0	0	ranked higher	Fiji

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Analysis

Fiji leads in 64 of 100 shared metrics, while Vanuatu leads in 36.

Fiji's Scientific Publications is 13.5x that of Vanuatu (212.83 vs 14.7).

Fiji's Electricity Generation is 13.4x that of Vanuatu (1.1 TWh vs 0.08 TWh).

Fiji's Electric Generating Capacity is 9.9x that of Vanuatu (427.0K kW vs 39.0K kW).

Fiji's Mobile Subscriptions (%) is 5.4x that of Vanuatu (574 per 100 people vs 89.29 per 100 people).

Fiji's Homicide Rate is 5.1x that of Vanuatu (2.1 per 100k vs 0.33 per 100k).

Key Comparisons

Scientific PublicationsFiji leads

Fiji

212.83

Vanuatu

14.7

Electricity GenerationFiji leads

Fiji

1.1 TWh

Vanuatu

0.08 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityFiji leads

Fiji

427.0K kW

Vanuatu

39.0K kW

Mobile Subscriptions (%)Fiji leads

Fiji

574 per 100 people

Vanuatu

89.29 per 100 people

Homicide RateFiji leads

Fiji

2.1 per 100k

Vanuatu

0.33 per 100k

Air PassengersFiji leads

Fiji

2.15M

Vanuatu

359.3K

Scientific Publications

212.83

14.7

Electricity Generation

1.1 TWh

0.08 TWh

Electric Generating Capacity

427.0K kW

39.0K kW

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

574 per 100 people

89.29 per 100 people

Homicide Rate

2.1 per 100k

0.33 per 100k

Air Passengers

2.15M

359.3K

GDP (Nominal)

$5,968,125,909.27

$1,117,972,034.23

Total CO2 Emissions

1.5 Mt CO2e

0.29 Mt CO2e

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.81 per 1k

0.16 per 1k

Beer Consumption

1.6 L/person/yr

0.32 L/person/yr

Women in Parliament (%)

9.1%

2.0%

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$15,450.3

$3,605.61

GDP Growth Rate

3.5%

0.94%

Tourism Revenue

$236,000,000

$67,000,000

Population

951.6K

318.0K

Urban Population (%)

59.08%

22.29%

Forest Area

11.6K km²

4.4K km²

CO2 Per Capita

1.6 t/person/yr

0.60 t/person/yr

Broadband Access (%)

3.0 per 100 people

1.2 per 100 people

Safe Drinking Water (%)

42.11%

19.2%

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Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Scientific Publications

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Homicide Rate

Air Passengers

GDP (Nominal)

Total CO2 Emissions

Doctors (per 1,000)

Beer Consumption

Women in Parliament (%)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

GDP Growth Rate

Tourism Revenue

Population

Urban Population (%)

Forest Area

CO2 Per Capita

Broadband Access (%)

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Tourist Arrivals

Sanitation Access (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Population Density

Firms Making Informal Payments

Merchant Fleet Size

Forest Coverage (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Child Mortality

Internet Users (%)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Obesity Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Infant Mortality

Death Rate

Electricity Access (%)

Inflation Rate

Milk Consumption per Person

Road Traffic Death Rate

Health Spending Per Capita

Coastline Length

Average Weekly Work Hours

Elderly Population (%)

Land Area

GNI Per Capita

Suicide Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Firms with Female Top Manager

Median Age

Informal Employment Share

Liberal Democracy Index

Youth Unemployment Rate

Government Debt (% GDP)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Dependency Ratio

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Electoral Democracy Index

Youth Population (%)

Highest Elevation

Birth Rate

Food Waste per Person

Spirits Consumption

Meat Consumption per Person

Human Development Index

Corruption Perceptions Index

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Airports

Unemployment Rate

Freedom of Expression Index

Renewable Energy (%)