country profile

Fiji

East Asia & PacificUpper middle income933K population

Last updated August 4, 2026

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Progressing readiness

Composite GEFRI Score

Access & Parity is a strength, but Innovation lags

Fiji shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (63rd percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.

68.84Composite score
Global percentile
63rd
Global rank
#66
Regional rank
#12
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Advanced readiness
Infrastructure
77.75
50th percentileGlobal avg. 70.44
Advanced readiness
Human Capital
78.56
67th percentileGlobal avg. 66.18
Severely underprepared
Innovation
40.79
39th percentileGlobal avg. 48.64
Emerging readiness
Governance
58.79
72nd percentileGlobal avg. 47.07
Advanced readiness
Access & Parity
88.31
67th percentileGlobal avg. 60.85

Country profile

Fiji shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Most dimension scores sit close to global norms, without a single dimension standing far above the rest.

Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned. Strong tertiary enrollment expands future talent pipelines and strengthens national innovation potential.

R&D investment remains modest, affecting long-term innovation potential. Girls outperform boys in secondary pathways, adding pressure to address male dropout risks.

Regionally, Fiji leads most clearly in School Access and Gender Parity, sitting well above the peer average.

Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.

Key insights

Sits above the global median at the 63rd percentile.

Places 66th worldwide.

Holds a regional position of 12th within East Asia & Pacific.

Scores range from Access & Parity (88.3) to Innovation (40.8), reflecting variation across dimensions.

Leads regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.

Regional peers: East Asia & Pacific

Composite GEFRI Score

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
71Singapore87.75
82Korea, Rep.87.61
93Australia87.58
124Japan86.42
145New Zealand86.25
166Hong Kong SAR, China85.13
PalauMicrostate73.62
NauruMicrostate72.35
517Thailand71.65
528Brunei Darussalam71.24
GuamMicrostate70.43
569China70.26
New CaledoniaMicrostate69.53
American SamoaMicrostate69.29
5910Malaysia69.27
Northern Mariana IslandsMicrostate69.27
6511Macao SAR, China68.91
6612Fiji68.84
7013Mongolia68.44
French PolynesiaMicrostate67.53
7414Indonesia67.24
7515Viet Nam67.00
TongaMicrostate62.06
SamoaMicrostate61.69
9116Philippines60.80
TuvaluFCSMicrostate59.38
Marshall IslandsFCSMicrostate56.13
10917Vanuatu54.76
KiribatiFCSMicrostate49.99
11818Timor-LesteFCS47.72
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.FCSMicrostate47.06
12419Cambodia44.53
12520Korea, Dem. People's Rep.44.29
13521Solomon IslandsFCS40.40
14222MyanmarFCS37.14
14323Lao PDR36.90
15624Papua New GuineaFCS31.85