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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Fiji: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Fiji is placed 125th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 67.32 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 29.12 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
125th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- 67.32Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 29.12Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- 7.197Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
- —Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Fiji on health & wellbeing — 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 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
67.32
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Fiji: 67.32. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Melanesia
- 78.77 New Caledonia
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
29.12
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Fiji: 29.12. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Melanesia
- 17.14 Vanuatu
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Fiji’s is from 2021 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
7.197
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
Fiji: 7.197. Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Melanesia
- 7.197 Fiji
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Fiji, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
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.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
FijiWorld median
Fiji rose from 66.19 in 2000 to 67.32 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Fiji World median 2023 67.32 74.630 2022 67.15 74.313 2021 64.90 72.433 2020 66.92 73.063 2019 67.01 74.196 2018 66.96 74.081 2017 67.06 74.029 2016 66.66 74.013 2015 66.48 73.783 2014 66.58 73.330 2013 66.54 73.386 2012 65.81 73.210 2011 66.88 73.003 2010 66.78 72.827 2009 66.35 72.426 2008 66.32 72.264 2007 66.16 72.113 2006 66.13 72.027 2005 65.98 71.876 2004 65.84 71.477 2003 65.65 71.409 2002 65.49 71.173 2001 66.20 70.926 2000 66.19 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
FijiWorld median
Fiji rose from 22.63 in 2000 to 29.12 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Fiji World median 2024 29.12 14.5 2023 29.16 15.2 2022 28.94 14.7 2021 28.29 15.1 2020 27.21 15.3 2019 25.73 15.7 2018 24.15 16.3 2017 22.74 16.8 2016 21.63 17.5 2015 20.92 17.9 2014 20.63 18.3 2013 20.68 18.7 2012 21.02 18.8 2011 21.55 19.0 2010 22.18 19.2 2009 22.77 20.8 2008 23.24 20.7 2007 23.49 21.8 2006 23.50 22.8 2005 23.34 24.0 2004 23.09 25.9 2003 22.83 26.9 2002 22.66 28.0 2001 22.60 29.1 2000 22.63 30.4 Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Population in severe food insecurity (%) · lower is better
FijiWorld median
Fiji rose from 2 in 2019 to 8.5 in 2022; the world median went from 4.95 to 5.45.
Every year’s figures
Year Fiji World median 2024 — 4.9 2023 — 4.7 2022 9 5.4 2021 6 5.7 2020 4 5.6 2019 2 5.0 2018 — 4.2 2017 — 4.0 2016 — 3.4 2015 — 3.4
03In context
Fiji beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, 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 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 125th | 67.32 | 29.12 | 7.197 | — |
 Vanuatu | 129th | 71.48 | 17.14 | 28.9 | — |
 Solomon Islands | 145th | 70.53 | 20.01 | 31.69 | — |
 Papua New Guinea | 171st | 66.13 | 39.38 | 49.45 | — |
 New Caledonia | not placed | 78.77 | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Melanesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Fiji in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Fiji is ahead of the world, and behind
47 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, 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 median21
Statistics on which Fiji does better than the middle country measured.
Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two DaysUNICEF · 2025 · world median 82.999.182.9No earlier reading
Fiji: 99.1 · world median 82.9 · Newborns with a health check within 2 days of birth (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.3 to 99.9; higher is better.
Position 9th of 109 · derived.
Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 21.267.82221.26No earlier reading
Fiji: 7.822 · world median 21.26 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at most 2 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.169 to 63.08; lower is better.
Position 100th of 113 · derived, 1st = worst.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.45614.45No real change since 2013
Fiji: 6 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 193rd of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.999.796.9No earlier reading
Fiji: 99.7 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Fiji: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
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.
Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 37.5759.1637.57No earlier reading
Fiji: 59.16 · world median 37.57 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at least 5 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 8.089 to 85.88; higher is better.
Position 25th of 115 · derived.
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.
Early Initiation of BreastfeedingUNICEF · 2024 · world median 52.9563.2652.95No earlier reading
Fiji: 63.26 · world median 52.95 · Newborns put to the breast within one hour of birth (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.749 to 93.1; higher is better.
Position 41st of 136 · derived.
Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with DiarrhoeaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 41.553.941.5No earlier reading
Fiji: 53.9 · world median 41.5 · Children under 5 with diarrhoea given oral rehydration salts (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 9.9 to 95.4; higher is better.
Position 39th of 127 · derived.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8188.781No earlier reading
Fiji: 88.7 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 49th of 153 · derived.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.69130.21102.69▲ Improved since 2013
Fiji: 130.21 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
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.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.57165.5▲ Improved since 2018
Fiji: 71 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.6530.2446.65▲ Improved since 2013
Fiji: 30.24 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 117th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 PandemicAriel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset) · 2026 · world median 272.35216.7272.35No earlier reading
Fiji: 216.7 · world median 272.35 · Excess deaths per 100,000 people, March 2020 to the end of each country's data (at most December 2023). Ariel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from -264.9 to 1,013; lower is better.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4621.1727.46No real change since 2013
Fiji: 21.17 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 127th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
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.
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.
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.
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 median17
Statistics on which Fiji does worse than the middle country measured.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 414241▲ Improved since 2012
Fiji: 42 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Dietary Energy SupplyFAO · 2024 · world median 2,9822,9592,982▲ Improved since 2014
Fiji: 2,959 · world median 2,982 · Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1,757 to 3,962; higher is better.
Position 82nd of 155 · derived.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.7310.762No real change since 2013
Fiji: 0.731 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 111th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 2023 · world median 5.26.85.2▼ Worsened since 2013
Fiji: 6.8 · world median 5.2 · Population undernourished (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 54.2; lower is better.
Position 70th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.8377.7784.83▲ Improved since 2013
Fiji: 77.77 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher 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.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.57.3235.5No real change since 2014
Fiji: 7.323 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 66th of 163 · 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.
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.280.25▼ Worsened since 2014
Fiji: 0.28 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower 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.
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.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2554.271.25▼ Worsened since 2013
Fiji: 54.2 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 143rd of 196 · derived.
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 26.45826.4▼ Worsened since 2017
Fiji: 58 · world median 26.4 · Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 93.9; lower is better.
Position 33rd of 145 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7216.17133.7▼ Worsened since 2013
Fiji: 216.17 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 41st of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3912.1316.39▼ Worsened since 2013
Fiji: 12.13 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 222nd of 222 · derived.
No better end9
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1727.9516.17Moved since 2013
Fiji: 27.95 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.734.421.73Moved since 2014
Fiji: 4.42 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 59th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.554.754.55No real change since 2017
Fiji: 4.75 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8363.1657.83Moved since 2013
Fiji: 63.16 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6519.720.65No earlier reading
Fiji: 19.7 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8937.1138.89Moved since 2015
Fiji: 37.11 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 118th of 182 · 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.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.42235.4Moved since 2013
Fiji: 22 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.252541.25Moved since 2013
Fiji: 25 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
No current reading for Fiji
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“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
Health & Wellbeing among Fiji’s 16 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Fiji’s 14th 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 health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Fiji can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Oceania
Australia38th3/4 keysHighest in Melanesia
Fiji125th3/4 keys
Positions out of 200 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 health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
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 health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Fiji on health & wellbeing: 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 health & wellbeing?
Fiji is placed 125th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth, Under-Five Mortality Rate and Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Fiji?
67.32 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Fiji?
29.12 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How have Fiji’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 66.19 in 2000 to 67.32 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate rose from 22.63 in 2000 to 29.12 in 2024; Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity rose from 2 in 2019 to 8.5 in 2022.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Fiji?
No current reading is published for Fiji on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity and Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity. 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
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 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 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 47 statistics on this page come from 15 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
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Fiji: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/fiji/health