Fiji: health and care

How many HIV cases are there in Fiji?

Fiji recorded 2,016 new HIV cases in 2025, the highest annual number since reporting began, according to the Fiji HIV Surveillance Report 2025 from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services. By the end of 2025 Fiji had reported a cumulative total of 5,676 cases. New cases rose from 245 in 2022 to 415 in 2023 and 1,583 in 2024.

The figures count cases diagnosed and reported, so wider testing raises them as well as new infections do. The ministry links the rise to expanded testing, better reporting and ongoing transmission, and declared an HIV outbreak in 2025. The report breaks cases down by division, age and sex.

Official sources: Ministry of Health: Fiji HIV Surveillance Report 2025 (PDF) · Ministry of Health: HIV surveillance report page

What is the life expectancy in Fiji?

Life expectancy at birth in Fiji was 67.5 years in 2024, according to World Bank data updated on 8 October 2026. The same source puts infant mortality at 23.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024.

These are modelled estimates drawn from UN population data, not counts from Fiji's own registers. The Fiji Bureau of Statistics publishes registered births and deaths in its vital statistics section, including the National Vital Statistics Report 2020-2022, and its homepage shows 9,117 deaths in 2023. Life expectancy shows how long a baby born now would live if today's death rates stayed the same.

Official sources: World Bank: life expectancy at birth, Fiji · Fiji Bureau of Statistics: vital statistics

How much does Fiji spend on health?

Fiji's 2026-2027 budget provides $647 million for the health sector, of which $477 million goes to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, according to the 2026-2027 Budget Address. The ministry's allocation pays the salaries of doctors, nurses and allied health staff, medicines and medical supplies, and biomedical equipment.

The sector total is wider than the ministry alone and covers other health-related spending across government. Line-by-line amounts are in the Budget Estimates on the Ministry of Finance's budget documents page. Budget figures are plans; spending outturns appear later in the fiscal performance reports.

Official sources: Ministry of Finance: 2026-2027 Budget Address (PDF) · Ministry of Finance: budget documents

How long do people live in Fiji?

67.5 years: that is life expectancy at birth in Fiji for 2024, according to the UN Population Division. That is the highest since at least 2005. East Asia & Pacific median: 71.5 years; Fiji is 23rd highest of 30. Of 193 countries with 2024 data, 149th highest.

What is the infant mortality rate in Fiji?

The UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation puts the infant mortality rate in Fiji at 23.5 per 1,000 in 2024. No year since 2005 has been higher. East Asia & Pacific median: 13.9 per 1,000; Fiji is 6th highest of 30. Of 192 countries with 2024 data, 59th highest.

What is the maternal mortality rate in Fiji?

30.0 per 100,000: that is the maternal mortality ratio in Fiji for 2023, according to the WHO. It is the bottom of the series, which starts in 2005. It is 23rd highest of 30 in East Asia & Pacific, where the median is 82.0 per 100,000. World rank, highest first: 117th of 192.

What share of GDP does Fiji spend on health care?

The latest figure from the WHO, for 2023, is 3.6% of GDP. The peak was 7.1% of GDP in 2021 and the low 3.1% of GDP in 2011. East Asia & Pacific median: 5.9% of GDP; Fiji is 25th highest of 29. World rank, highest first: 164th of 191.

How much of health care in Fiji do patients pay for?

8.3%: that is out-of-pocket health spending in Fiji for 2023, according to the WHO. The peak was 25.3% in 2011 and the low 8.0% in 2022. Across East Asia & Pacific the middle value was 12.2%, and Fiji placed 20th highest of 29. World rank, highest first: 176th of 191.

What is the doctor to patient ratio in Fiji?

0.81 per 1,000: that is the number of doctors per 1,000 people in Fiji for 2015, according to the WHO. In 2003 the figure was 0.44 per 1,000. It is 10th highest of 17 in East Asia & Pacific, where the median is 1.3 per 1,000. World rank, highest first: 85th of 122.

How many hospital beds does Fiji have?

The latest figure from the WHO, for 2017, is 1.9 per 1,000. Its high point since 2005 was 2009, at 2.2 per 1,000; its low point was 2014, at 1.9 per 1,000. Across East Asia & Pacific the middle value was 2.3 per 1,000, and Fiji placed 10th highest of 16. Worldwide: 87th of 138.

What is the measles vaccination rate in Fiji?

91.0%: that is measles vaccination among children aged 12 to 23 months in Fiji for 2024, according to WHO and UNICEF. The peak was 99.0% in 2014 and the low 90.0% in 2005. It is 15th highest of 30 in East Asia & Pacific, where the median is 91.0%. Worldwide: 87th of 191.