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Topic 06 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Fiji: Development & Human Capital
Is a country turning its resources into better lives?
Fiji is placed joint 85th of 196 countries on development & human capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Social Protection Coverage 65.6 (2025); Maternal Mortality Ratio 30.24 (2023).
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joint85th
of 196 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Fiji on development & human capital — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 2 of 3
Maternal Mortality Ratio
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
30.24
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Lower is better
Fiji: 30.24. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 0.11 (Cook Islands) to 992.83 (Nigeria); the world median is 46.65.
- World median
- 46.65
- Best in Melanesia
- 30.24 Fiji
Key 3 of 3
Human Development Index
UNDP Human Development Report Office
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.731
HDI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Ranked 111th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office
Fiji: 0.731. Across the 193 countries in this edition, values run from 0.388 (South Sudan) to 0.972 (Iceland); the world median is 0.762.
- World median
- 0.762
- Best in Melanesia
- 0.731 Fiji
02Over time
Which way Fiji is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Maternal Mortality Ratio
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births · lower is better
FijiWorld median
Fiji fell from 47.05 in 2000 to 30.24 in 2023; the world median went from 70.99 to 46.65.
Every year’s figures
Year Fiji World median 2023 30.24 46.7 2022 31.69 53.0 2021 67.88 76.6 2020 33.51 56.0 2019 33.91 48.4 2018 34.53 49.3 2017 34.19 47.2 2016 37.56 50.6 2015 37.08 51.9 2014 37.60 52.8 2013 39.88 53.3 2012 41.64 54.6 2011 38.82 55.0 2010 39.73 56.1 2009 41.31 56.3 2008 42.25 55.8 2007 42.95 56.8 2006 43.34 58.1 2005 44.47 60.1 2004 45.95 63.0 2003 47.14 66.8 2002 48.08 66.0 2001 45.88 68.1 2000 47.05 71.0 Human Development Index
HDI score (0–1) · higher is better
FijiWorld median
Fiji rose from 0.668 in 2000 to 0.731 in 2023; the world median went from 0.672 to 0.762.
Every year’s figures
Year Fiji World median 2023 0.731 0.7620 2022 0.726 0.7610 2021 0.705 0.7450 2020 0.718 0.7425 2019 0.727 0.7515 2018 0.728 0.7520 2017 0.725 0.7480 2016 0.719 0.7500 2015 0.715 0.7430 2014 0.712 0.7410 2013 0.708 0.7390 2012 0.698 0.7350 2011 0.701 0.7250 2010 0.697 0.7250 2009 0.693 0.7220 2008 0.690 0.7180 2007 0.686 0.7100 2006 0.684 0.7045 2005 0.681 0.6960 2004 0.679 0.6960 2003 0.673 0.6910 2002 0.670 0.6845 2001 0.670 0.6770 2000 0.668 0.6720
03In context
Fiji beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 196 countries on development & human capital, never a place within the region.
Fiji and Melanesia
Fiji has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 196; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Social Protection CoveragePopulation covered by at least one social protection benefit (%) | Maternal Mortality RatioMaternal deaths per 100,000 live births | Human Development IndexHDI score (0–1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | =85th | 65.6 | 30.24 | 0.731 |
 Vanuatu | 123rd | 57.4 | 100.05 | 0.621 |
 Solomon Islands | 151st | 17.2 | 122.59 | 0.584 |
 Papua New Guinea | 164th | 9.1 | 188.65 | 0.576 |
 New Caledonia | not placed | 72.6 | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Melanesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 196.
Placed either side on development & human capital
The countries immediately above and below Fiji in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Fiji is ahead of the world, and behind
41 more statistics filed under development & human capital, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median19
Statistics on which Fiji does better than the middle country measured.
Old-Age Pension CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 80.810080.8No earlier reading
Fiji: 100 · world median 80.8 · People above statutory pensionable age receiving an old-age pension (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Child MarriageUNICEF · 2025 · world median 17.1417.1No earlier reading
Fiji: 4 · world median 17.1 · Women 20–24 married before 18 (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.3; lower is better.
Position 122nd of 143 · derived, 1st = worst.
Country Policy and Institutional AssessmentWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.2463.5673.246▲ Improved since 2020
Fiji: 3.567 · world median 3.246 · IDA Resource Allocation Index (1 = low to 6 = high). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.617 to 4.225; higher is better.
Position 16th of 78 · derived.
Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 2025 · world median 0.0390.0060.039No real change since 2023
Fiji: 0.006 · world median 0.039 · MPI (0–1). Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.517; lower is better.
Position 87th of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 13.87.19713.8No earlier reading
Fiji: 7.197 · world median 13.8 · Children under 5 who are stunted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.518 to 52.8; lower is better.
Position 117th of 162 · derived, 1st = worst.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.217.40210.21▲ Improved since 2010
Fiji: 7.402 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 114th of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Cereal YieldFAO · 2023 · world median 3,0724,1093,072▲ Improved since 2013
Fiji: 4,109 · world median 3,072 · Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 23 to 29,147; higher is better.
Position 59th of 179 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919491▼ Worsened since 2015
Fiji: 94 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Coefficient of Human InequalityUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 17.0514.217.05No real change since 2021
Fiji: 14.2 · world median 17.05 · Coefficient of Human Inequality (%). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.865 to 43.08; lower is better.
Position 103rd of 169 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.93310.379.933▼ Worsened since 2013
Fiji: 10.37 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 84th of 193 · derived.
Employment Injury Protection CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 45.955.745.9No earlier reading
Fiji: 55.7 · world median 45.9 · Labour force covered in the event of a work injury (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1637.3278.163▲ Improved since 2013
Fiji: 7.327 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 109th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3413.8513.34▲ Improved since 2013
Fiji: 13.85 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 90th of 195 · derived.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.7442.8540.74No earlier reading
Fiji: 42.85 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 63rd of 136 · derived.
Productive Capacities IndexUNCTAD · 2022 · world median 46.6747.6346.67▲ Improved since 2012
Fiji: 47.63 · world median 46.67 · Productive Capacities Index (1–100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 17.8 to 71.02; higher is better.
Position 92nd of 195 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 909190▼ Worsened since 2015
Fiji: 91 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Disability Benefit CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 43.945.643.9No earlier reading
Fiji: 45.6 · world median 43.9 · People with severe disabilities receiving disability benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Inequality-adjusted Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.6090.6260.609▲ Improved since 2021
Fiji: 0.626 · world median 0.609 · IHDI (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.226 to 0.923; higher is better.
Position 81st of 169 · derived.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.350.351▲ Improved since 2013
Fiji: 0.35 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 85th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Behind the world median18
Statistics on which Fiji does worse than the middle country measured.
Statistical Performance IndicatorsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 69.367.6869.3No real change since 2016
Fiji: 67.68 · world median 69.3 · SPI overall score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 27.12 to 94.14; higher is better.
Position 102nd of 188 · derived.
Multidimensional Poverty MeasureWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.2524.9224.252No earlier reading
Fiji: 4.922 · world median 4.252 · Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.96; lower is better.
Position 73rd of 157 · derived, 1st = worst.
GDP per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 17,26513,96117,265▲ Improved since 2015
Fiji: 13,961 · world median 17,265 · GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,067 to 139,593; higher is better.
Position 107th of 185 · derived.
Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up EstimatesWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 2.13.642.1▼ Worsened since 2014
Fiji: 3.64 · world median 2.1 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP, World Bank line-up estimate (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 89.54; lower is better.
Violent Discipline of ChildrenUNICEF · 2025 · world median 75.880.575.8No earlier reading
Fiji: 80.5 · world median 75.8 · Children aged 1-14 experiencing violent discipline (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 37.6 to 94; lower is better.
Position 37th of 90 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.5090.564No earlier reading
Fiji: 0.509 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.
Position 104th of 172 · derived.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5464.5983.546No earlier reading
Fiji: 4.598 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 64th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Child and Family Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 23.7510.823.75No earlier reading
Fiji: 10.8 · world median 23.75 · Children or households with children receiving child or family cash benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Gender Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.9710.9480.971▼ Worsened since 2013
Fiji: 0.948 · world median 0.971 · Gender Development Index (1.000 = parity). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.407 to 1.038; higher is better.
Position 124th of 184 · derived.
Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 10092.5100▼ Worsened since 2014
Fiji: 92.5 · world median 100 · Rural population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.7 to 100; higher is better.
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 10095.9100▼ Worsened since 2014
Fiji: 95.9 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.
Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour BenefitsWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 18.6511.2818.65No earlier reading
Fiji: 11.28 · world median 18.65 · Benefits received as a share of beneficiaries' total income or consumption (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.455 to 90.86; higher is better.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.13414.998.134▼ Worsened since 2014
Fiji: 14.99 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 61st of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Under-Five Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 14.5429.1214.54▼ Worsened since 2014
Fiji: 29.12 · world median 14.54 · Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.26 to 115.65; lower is better.
Position 60th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2623.5212.26▼ Worsened since 2014
Fiji: 23.52 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 59th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8585.0352.858▼ Worsened since 2014
Fiji: 5.035 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 56th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Completeness of Birth RegistrationUNICEF · 2025 · world median 98.486.698.4No earlier reading
Fiji: 86.6 · world median 98.4 · Children under 5 whose birth is registered (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.7 to 100; higher is better.
Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 74.6367.3274.63▼ Worsened since 2013
Fiji: 67.32 · world median 74.63 · Years a newborn would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 54.46 to 86.37; higher is better.
Position 176th of 222 · derived.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Unemployment Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 000No earlier reading
Fiji: 0 · world median 0 · Unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
No better end3
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Net Official Development Assistance ReceivedOECD Development Assistance Committee · 2023 · world median 2.5793.6822.579Moved since 2013
Fiji: 3.682 · world median 2.579 · Net ODA received (% of GNI). OECD Development Assistance Committee, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -0.001 to 101.78.
Position 52nd of 130 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 11.269.13511.26Moved since 2015
Fiji: 9.135 · world median 11.26 · Manufacturing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.481 to 43.97.
Position 83rd of 132 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Children with Functional DifficultiesUNICEF · 2024 · world median 139.413No earlier reading
Fiji: 9.4 · world median 13 · Children aged 5-17 with a functional difficulty (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.9 to 35.2.
No current reading for Fiji
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Foundational ID Ownership, GNI per Capita (PPP) (last 2021), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day (last 2019), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day (last 2019), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day (last 2019), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day (last 2019), Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day (last 2019) and Prosperity Gap (last 2019). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Development & Human Capital among Fiji’s 16 topics
Development & Human Capital is Fiji’s 9th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Peace & Security19th of 1774/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability36th of 1864/4 keys
- Energyjoint 42nd of 1652/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions50th of 1944/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture57th of 1843/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation56th of 1762/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 79th of 1984/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge85th of 1984/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 85th of 1963/3 keys
- Poverty & Inequality80th of 1593/3 keys
- Gender & Equality102nd of 1833/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience108th of 1933/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade105th of 1774/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing125th of 2003/4 keys
- Digital & Technology137th of 1984/4 keys
- Work & Labour130th of 1824/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on development & human capital
The three countries placed highest of 196, and the leaders Fiji can most readily be measured against.
1
Cook IslandsPolynesia
1st of 196 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Benedict Adam · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
NorwayNorthern Europe
2nd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
DenmarkNorthern Europe
3rd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: User:Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Oceania
Cook Islands1st2/3 keysHighest in Melanesia
Fiji=85th3/3 keys
Positions out of 196 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Fiji and development & human capital
On development & human capital
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On development & human capital
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita, each from its own publisher and year.
08Questions
Fiji on development & human capital: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Fiji rank on development & human capital?
Fiji is placed joint 85th of 196 countries on Development & Human Capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Social Protection Coverage, Maternal Mortality Ratio and Human Development Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Social Protection Coverage figure for Fiji?
65.6 in 2025 (population covered by at least one social protection benefit (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 52.1.
What is the latest Maternal Mortality Ratio figure for Fiji?
30.24 in 2023 (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births), according to UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG). The world median in the same edition was 46.65.
How have Fiji’s development & human capital figures changed?
Maternal Mortality Ratio fell from 47.05 in 2000 to 30.24 in 2023; Human Development Index rose from 0.668 in 2000 to 0.731 in 2023.
Which development & human capital statistics are missing for Fiji?
No current reading is published for Fiji on Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Foundational ID Ownership, GNI per Capita (PPP), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day and Prosperity Gap. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Poverty lines, inequality and aid received are published here as context rather than as keys, often because they cover fewer countries or are measured too rarely. Development is also not the same as economic size or growth, which belong to Economy & Innovation.
How the Development & Human Capital standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The development & human capital method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Social Protection Coverage — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Maternal Mortality Ratio — UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Human Development Index — UNDP Human Development Report Office, CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 41 statistics on this page come from 13 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Fiji’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Fiji (banner) — Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cook Islands — Benedict Adam, CC BY 2.0
- Norway — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Denmark — User:Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Fiji: Development & Human Capital — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/fiji/development