Fiji vs Samoa

Fiji and Samoa compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Fiji has about 4.3 times as many people as Samoa: 933,154 against 219,306 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Fiji ($6,642) is 13% higher than in Samoa ($5,873) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Samoa (4.2%) than in Fiji (3.2%), a difference of 1 percentage point in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Samoa (2.2%) than in Fiji (-1.4%), a difference of 3.6 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Fiji (5.3%) than in Samoa (5%), a difference of 0.3 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Samoa can expect to live 4.3 years longer than one born in Fiji: 71.8 years against 67.5 years in 2024.
• The population of Fiji is older: half of its people are over 27.7 years, against 19.9 years in Samoa in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Fiji (74.7% in 2024) than in Samoa (21.2% in 2014), a difference of 53.5 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person are about the same in Fiji (1.6 tonnes) and Samoa (1.6 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Fiji (61.7%) than in Samoa (57.6%), a difference of 4.1 percentage points in 2024.