Fiji's international tourism, number of departures was 174,000 in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 39.2% from 125,000 in 2009 (3.36% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 174,000 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 125,000 | 2009 |
| Highest | 174,000 | 2018 |
| Lowest | 68,000 | 1995 |
| Average since 2010 | 152,143 | 2010–2019 |
| First recorded | 68,000 | 1995 |
Since 1995 it is up 155.88% from 68,000 in 1995 (3.99% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 3 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2019, Fiji's international tourism, number of departures did not change 0% on 2018 (from 174,000 to 174,000).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2018), the average change was +4.4% and a typical year strayed about 6.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.5% in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.6% in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2019, Fiji had the 20th highest value of the 21 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 174,000 | 2019 |
| World | 2.03 billion | 2019 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 415.49 million | 2019 |
| Upper middle income | 444.87 million | 2019 |
Closest to Fiji in the 2019 ranking
- Uruguay — 17th of 21: 2.2 million
- Cyprus — 18th of 21: 1.58 million
- Ecuador — 19th of 21: 1.52 million
- Sierra Leone — 21st of 21: 122,000
What this measures
International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.
Limitations: Tourism can be either domestic or international. The data refers to international tourism, where the traveler's country of residence differs from the visiting country. International tourism consists of inbound (arrival) and outbound (departures) tourism. The data are from the World Tourism Organization (WTO), a United Nations agency. The data on inbound and outbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals and departures, not to the number of people traveling.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 22 values
| Year | International tourism, number of departures |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 174,000 |
| 2018 | 174,000 |
| 2017 | 169,000 |
| 2016 | 156,000 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 132,000 |
| 2011 | 132,000 |
| 2010 | 128,000 |
| 2009 |
International tourism, number of departures in nearby economies
- Australia — 2.83 million (2020)
- Cambodia — 326,000 (2020)
- China — 20.33 million (2020)
- French Polynesia — 12,000 (2020)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 8.26 million (2020)
- Indonesia — 2.92 million (2020)
- Japan — 3.17 million (2020)
- Korea, Rep. — 4.28 million (2020)
- Lao PDR — 707,000 (2020)
- Macao SAR, China
More private sector & trade data for Fiji
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 70.62% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$3.25 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$1.13 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 72.48% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$2.99 billion (2023)
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 63.28% (2023)
- Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) — 0% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Fiji's international tourism, number of departures?
- 174,000 in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 155.88% from 68,000 in 1995 (3.99% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 174,000 in 2018 and the lowest 68,000 in 1995.
- How does Fiji rank?
- 20th highest of 21 economies with data for 2019.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, number of departures unusual for Fiji?
- In 2019, Fiji's international tourism, number of departures did not change 0% on 2018 (from 174,000 to 174,000). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2018), the average change was +4.4% and a typical year strayed about 6.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.DPRT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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