Economic Overview and Key Statistics
Fiji is endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, and is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, though still with a large subsistence sector. The major revenue sources for Fiji are sugar exports making up one-third of industrial activity and a growing tourist industry comprising of between 300,000 to 400,000 tourists annually.
Some statistics sourced from the Fiji Government web site. For a more extensive range of information please visit their web site
Labor force
137,000 (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture, including subsistence agriculture 70% (2001 est.)
Unemployment rate:
7.6% (1999)
Industries
Tourism, sugar, clothing, copra, gold, silver, lumber, small cottage industries
Agriculture - products:
sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish
Exports:
$609 million f.o.b. (2002)
Exports - commodities:
Sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil
Exports - partners:
US 25.5%, Australia 19.7%, UK 10.7%, Japan 6.4%, Samoa 5.6% (2002)
Imports:
$835 million c.i.f. (2002)
Imports - commodities
Manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Australia 37.5%, New Zealand 17.2%, Singapore 16%, Japan 4.2%, China 4.1% (2002)
Currency: Fijian dollar (FJD)
Currency code: FJD
Exchange rates: Fijian dollars per US dollar
2003 - 1.9 2.13 (2000), 1.97 (1999)
2002 - 2.19
2001 - 2.28
2000
Fiscal year: calendar year
