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