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Fiji

18.0S 175.0E · 20 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM · 10 OCTOBER 1970
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2013 – present · New Constitution, Democracy & the Climate Frontline
4 EVENTS
2013 · New constitution adopted 1 REF
2017 · Fiji presides over COP23 3 REFS
1970 – 2009 · Independence Tested: The Cycle of Coups
4 EVENTS
May & September 1987 · Rabuka's coups; Fiji becomes a republic 2 REFS
19 May 2000 · Speight hostage crisis 2 REFS
1916 – 1970 · Late Colony & the Road to Independence
2 EVENTS
1940 · Native Land Trust Board established 2 REFS
10 October 1970 · Independence from the United Kingdom 3 REFS
1874 – 1916 · Cession, Colony & the Girmitiyas
4 EVENTS
10 October 1874 · Deed of Cession to Britain 3 REFS
14 May 1879 · Arrival of the Leonidas — first girmitiyas 2 REFS
1643 – 1874 · European Contact & the Rise of Cakobau
4 EVENTS
1643 · Abel Tasman sights Fiji 1 REF
1854 · Cakobau converts to Christianity 2 REFS
c. 1000 BCE – 1643 CE · Lapita Voyagers & the Sea-Going Chiefdoms
2 EVENTS
c. 1000 BCE · Lapita settlement of Fiji 2 REFS
1st millennium BCE onward · Rise of Fijian chiefdoms 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Suva
Population
921,000
Area
18,272 km²
Region
Melanesia
Languages
English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
Currency
Fijian dollar ($)
Demonym
Fijian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$6.2 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$6,642’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.2%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
-1.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
119.0%’24 WB-WDI

Society

Population
933,000’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
67.5 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
59.5%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.3’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
62.7’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
77.8’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
63.2’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
55.9’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
62.2’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
59.2’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
3.6%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.81’15 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
29.1’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
91.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
42.1%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Education spending
4.2%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
110.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
98.1%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
75.0%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

Internet users
74.7%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
574’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
3.0%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
18,270 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
63.5%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
17.1%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
1.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
28.4%’22 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
2.3%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
1.1%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
1.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
95.9%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.3%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$78 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
4,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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