🇫🇯 Fiji Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇫🇯 Fiji FJ / FJI #151

Nomad Score 53.0

Cities 13

Region Remote Work Friendly Countries, Islands, Oceania, Oceania, Melanesia

Currency FJD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 55/100

Press Freedom (2025) 71.2/100 #40

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.507

HDI 0.731

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Fiji	Naiqama Lalabalavu
Prime Minister of Fiji	Sitiveni Rabuka

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 55 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 71.2 / 100

Global Rank #40 / 180

Rank Change +4 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #31 68.3

Economic #29 61.0

Legal #65 67.7

Social #55 71.2

Safety #53 87.7

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.507

Liberal 0.398

Participatory 0.265

Deliberative 0.406

Egalitarian 0.370

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	71.2	40	68.3	61.0	67.7	71.2	87.7
2024	71.2	44	59.3	64.7	69.0	74.4	88.9
2023	59.3	89	53.1	45.1	56.0	62.9	79.3
2022	56.9	102	44.9	39.8	58.3	64.0	77.6
2021	72.1	55	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	72.6	52	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	72.8	52	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	73.5	57	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	71.4	67	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	70.6	80	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	68.7	93	-	-	-	-	93.1
2014	67.4	107	-	-	-	-	-
2013	67.3	107	-	-	-	-	-
2012	55.0	118	-	-	-	-	-
2010	52.8	149	-	-	-	-	-
2009	60.0	152	-	-	-	-	-
2008	16.0	79	-	-	-	-	-
2007	33.5	107	-	-	-	-	-
2006	14.0	58	-	-	-	-	-
2005	14.0	60	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index