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Fiji

Location

  • Geographical region: Melanesia, Oceania
  • SDG region: SDG Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)
  • Small Island Developing States

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 18,270 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 23% agriculture, 62% forest and 15% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 929,766 people (2022)
  • Population density: 49 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 55% lives in urban areas and 41% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 10,264,956,881 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 11,040 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 15% from agriculture, 53% from services and 18% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Fiji

  • Drinking water

    42 % of the population in Fiji uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    49 % of the population in Fiji uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

    87 % of the population in Fiji has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2022)
  • Wastewater

    40 % of domestic wastewater in Fiji is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    100 % of monitored water bodies in Fiji has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    35 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Fiji (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    0 % of the renewable water resources in Fiji is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)
  • Water management

    56 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Fiji (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2020) 
  • Transboundary

    n/a of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2020)
  • Ecosystems

    50 % of the water basins in Fiji is experiencing rapid changes in the area covered by surface waters (SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1, 2020)
  • Cooperation

    13 m$ is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Fiji in 2021 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    + is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Fiji (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Fiji, progress over time

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Fiji, by service level and location (2022)

Sanitation and hygiene

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Fiji, progress over time

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Fiji, by service level and location (2022)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Fiji, by service level and location (2022)

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Fiji (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Fiji, by source (2022)

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Fiji (2017-2020), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Fiji, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 2,592 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 31,530 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 102 m3 per capita (2005)

Environmental flow requirements: % of the renewable water resources ()

6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Fiji, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Fiji, by sector (2020)

Water-use efficiency for ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ only takes into account the proportion of gross value added that comes from irrigated agriculture, since that activity is associated with water withdrawal (other activities are rain-fed).

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Fiji, progress over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water resources management

6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Fiji, progress over time, by dimension

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation in Fiji, progress over time, by component

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

International cooperation and capacity-building

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Fiji, over time

6.a.1 Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Fiji in 2021, by sub-sector

Water and sanitation-related official development assistance includes water sector policy and governance, water supply, sanitation, water sector policy, water resources conservation, river basins development, waste management/disposal, education and training, agricultural water resources and hydroelectric power.

Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Fiji, by funding source (2016)

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Fiji (2017-2021)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in Fiji, progress over time, by sub-sector