Extreme poverty rate in Fiji

4.7% of people in Fiji lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2019.

Measure: Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 2002 to 2019 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Fiji is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Fiji, 2019 4.7% % of population
Change from 2013 +3.1percentage points 2013: 1.6%
World, 2024 10.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Fiji (2019).

Extreme poverty rate in Fiji over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period FijiWorld
2024 – 10.1%
2023 – 10.5%
2022 – 10.9%
2021 – 11.3%
2020 – 11.4%
2019 4.7% –
2018 – 11.1%
2017 – 11.8%
2016 – 12.6%
2015 – 13.4%
2014 – 14.5%
2013 1.6% 15.5%
2012 – 17.8%
2011 – 19.1%
2010 – 21.0%
2009 – 23.1%
2008 3.8% 24.1%
2007 – 25.3%
2006 – 27.0%
2005 – 28.3%
2004 – 30.3%
2003 – 32.2%
2002 5.4% 33.7%
2001 – 35.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 1.6% in 2013, a change of +3.1 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 5.4%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.DDAY · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 to 2019 for Fiji
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform