Fiji vs Vanuatu

Fiji and Vanuatu 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 2.8 times as many people as Vanuatu: 933,154 against 335,169 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Fiji ($6,642) is 64% higher than in Vanuatu ($4,039) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Fiji (3.2%) than in Vanuatu (3.1%), a difference of 0.1 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Vanuatu (0.7%) than in Fiji (-1.4%), a difference of 2.1 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Fiji (5.3%) than in Vanuatu (5.1%), a difference of 0.2 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Vanuatu can expect to live 4.2 years longer than one born in Fiji: 71.7 years against 67.5 years in 2024.
• The population of Fiji is older: half of its people are over 27.7 years, against 20.1 years in Vanuatu in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Fiji (74.7% in 2024) than in Vanuatu (22.4% in 2015), a difference of 52.3 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Fiji (1.6 tonnes) are 84% higher than in Vanuatu (0.87 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Vanuatu (74.6%) than in Fiji (61.7%), a difference of 12.9 percentage points in 2024.