Fiji
Capital: Suva · Upper middle income · Pop. 928,784
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Fiji, 42.11% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 537,673 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 48.5% use safely managed sanitation services and 92.75% have at least a basic service (2024).
Fiji has about 31,052 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 0% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 59% of Fiji's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Fiji have safe drinking water?
42.11% of Fiji's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 537,673 people do not.
Does Fiji have enough freshwater?
Fiji has roughly 31,052 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 0% of it annually (low stress).