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Fiji — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Fiji, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.35%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +15.8% since 1991
Unemployment for Fiji was 5.35% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 5.40% in 2022. The lowest was 3.89% in 2005 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.43% per year.
Fiji ranks 90 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 48%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.05%, so Fiji sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 25%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.35%
First (1991)
4.62%
Change
+15.8%
Highest
5.40%
in 2022
Lowest
3.89%
in 2005
Average
4.62%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.43%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.35% |
| 2024 | 5.36% |
| 2023 | 5.32% |
| 2022 | 5.4% |
| 2021 | 5.23% |
| 2020 | 5.05% |
| 2019 | 4.66% |
| 2018 | 4.52% |
| 2017 | 4.42% |
| 2016 | 4.32% |
| 2015 | 4.29% |
| 2014 | 4.32% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.