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Government debt in Fiji

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Fiji's government debt is 78.70 % — #92 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

78.70%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.8 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Fiji over time

91.50 %63.10 %34.70 %91.50 % · 202234.70 % · 19991992: 44.30 %1993: 45.90 %1994: 48.80 %1995: 49.10 %1996: 50.30 %1997: 54.40 %1998: 37.90 %1999: 34.70 %2000: 35.90 %2001: 41.90 %2002: 44.50 %2003: 46.40 %2004: 45.90 %2005: 45.30 %2006: 50.30 %2007: 46.40 %2008: 47.90 %2009: 51.50 %2010: 53.40 %2011: 51.00 %2012: 48.60 %2013: 47.40 %2014: 46.20 %2015: 44.30 %2016: 44.60 %2017: 43.40 %2018: 45.80 %2019: 49.50 %2020: 65.80 %2021: 86.70 %2022: 91.50 %2023: 82.90 %2024: 79.10 %2025: 78.70 %19922009202578.70 %
34 official observations, 1992 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#92 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
26 %
32 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.40 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
12.80 pp
peak 91.50 % in 2022
Full series
▲ 34.40 pp
since 1992

vs median 54.55 %: +24.15 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Fiji: ahead of 26 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtFiji 78.70 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Fiji is ahead of 26 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Fiji
90 Malawi78.40 %−0.30 pp
91 South Africa78.60 %−0.10 pp
92 Fiji78.70 %—
93 Argentina80.30 %+1.60 pp
94 Austria80.50 %+1.80 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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