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Unemployment rate in Fiji

How hard is it to have a job there?

Fiji's unemployment rate is 5.35 % — #64 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.35%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Fiji over time

5.40 %4.64 %3.89 %5.40 % · 20223.89 % · 20052000: 4.70 %2001: 4.69 %2002: 4.77 %2003: 4.74 %2004: 4.70 %2005: 3.89 %2006: 3.96 %2007: 4.11 %2008: 4.19 %2009: 4.31 %2010: 4.34 %2011: 4.41 %2012: 4.38 %2013: 4.36 %2014: 4.32 %2015: 4.29 %2016: 4.32 %2017: 4.42 %2018: 4.52 %2019: 4.66 %2020: 5.05 %2021: 5.22 %2022: 5.40 %2023: 5.32 %2024: 5.36 %2025: 5.35 %2000201220255.35 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#64 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
48 %
60 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.01 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
0.06 pp
peak 5.40 % in 2022
Full series
▲ 0.65 pp
since 2000

vs median 5.25 %: +0.09 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Fiji: ahead of 48 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentFiji 5.35 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Fiji is ahead of 48 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Fiji
62 Mongolia5.23 %−0.11 pp
63 Brunei5.28 %−0.07 pp
64 Fiji5.35 %—
65 Slovakia5.36 %+0.01 pp
66 Pakistan5.42 %+0.07 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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