Fiji: Poverty - Asian Development Bank
WEBIn Fiji, 24.1% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2019. In Fiji, the proportion of employed population below $1.90 purchasing power parity/day in 2022 was 2.3%. For every 1,000 babies born in Fiji in 2021, 28 died before their 5th birthday.
258,000 people lived under the Basic Needs Poverty Line …
WEBSep 14, 2021 · The Fiji Bureau of Statistics 2019-2020 Household Income and Expenditure Survey confirms 29.9 percent of Fijians, or about 258,000 individuals in 45,724 households, lived under the Basic Needs...
Fiji - Country Snapshot - Action on Poverty
WEBPoverty rate: 29.9%. Over 250,000 people remain trapped below the poverty line in Fiji. Rural and remote island communities are particularly vulnerable, due to lack of access to clean water, sanitation, health care, and other government services.
WEBFiji had a poverty rate of 24.1 percent in 2019/2020 as defined by the national standards of living. The 2019-20 House-hold Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) estimated the incidence of ex-treme poverty at 1.3 percent, which is in line with other UMICs. Extreme poverty is low but Fiji's standard of living is be-low its UMIC peers.
WEBFiji is committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It aims to halve its poverty rate by 2030. Poverty persists as a significant challenge. Approximately 24.1% of Fijians live below the Basic Needs Poverty Line, revealing economic hardship alongside moderate average incomes. Multidimensional
WEBThese aggregated national poverty levels disguise a large sub-national variation in poverty. In Fiji the Northern division comes out as poorest (54%), followed by the Western Division (40%). In contrast, the Central division (23%) is the least poor division, with much lower poverty incidence.
Fiji | Data - World Bank Data
WEBFiji Global Economic Prospects examines trends for the world economy and how they affect developing countries. The report includes country-specific three-year forecasts for major macroeconomic indicators, including commodity and financial markets.
Poverty and Inequality Platform - World Bank
WEBLearn more about poverty, shared prosperity and inequality trends in Fiji using the Poverty and Equity Brief. Poverty and Equity Briefs are two-page country summaries that provide an overview of recent developments in poverty reduction, along with the latest data of key development indicators.
WEBBased on these estimates, 1.5 percent of the population in Fiji (14 thousand people in 2021) is multidimensionally poor while an additional 7.4 percent is classified as vulnerable to multidimensional poverty (68 thousand people in 2021).
WEBBe-fore the onset of the global pandemic, Fiji’s poverty rate was 17.8 percent and 55.5 per-cent based on the lower and upper middle-income poverty lines, respectively. The COVID-19 pandemic presented Fiji with an economic crisis of unprecedented scale.