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Fiji vs Mongolia

Side-by-side comparison of Fiji and Mongolia from official statistics: size, economy, people, trade, natural resources, health, infrastructure and military, with world ranks, years and sources.

Fiji

East Asia & Pacific · nation age 56 years

NationsTree Index43.9114th of 196
Tree height2.2 m 
vs
14:18
indicators where each ranks higher

Mongolia

East Asia & Pacific · nation age 820 years

NationsTree Index50.985th of 196
Tree height5.1 m 
Open in the comparison tool Data as of 26 October 2026

In short

Mongolia scores 50.9 in the NationsTree Index (85th in the world) and Fiji scores 43.9 (114th), a gap of 7.0 points. Their trees are 2.2 m and 5.1 m tall; tree height grows with real GDP and is adjusted by the index.

Mongolia has 3.8 times the population of Fiji. Mongolia is 85 times larger than Fiji by land area. Mongolia has an economy 4.9 times the size of Fiji (GDP at purchasing power parity). Population: Fiji 933,154 and Mongolia 3.6 million (2025).

GDP per person at purchasing power parity is $20,798 in Mongolia and $16,338 in Fiji (2025, international dollars). People in Mongolia live on average 4.9 years longer (72.4 vs 67.5 years).

Of 32 indicators reported by both countries, Fiji ranks higher in the world on 14 and Mongolia on 18. Fiji is clearly stronger in environment & energy, tourism and institutions & safety. Mongolia is clearly stronger in society & health, land & people and trade.

As a nation, Mongolia is the older of the two (statehood since 1206, 820 years), compared with Fiji (since 1970). Over the last five years Mongolia improved faster (direction score 61 vs 52 out of 100).

Where they differ most

The indicators with the biggest gap in world position between Fiji and Mongolia.

Over time

How the two countries moved against each other, from the yearly data.

NationsTree IndexFijiMongolia
30405060 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025

Mongolia overtook Fiji in the NationsTree Index in 2020 and has stayed ahead since.

Mongolia overtook Fiji in GDP per person (PPP) in 2019 and has stayed ahead since.

Mongolia overtook Fiji in life expectancy in 2007 and has stayed ahead since.

Mongolia has been ahead of Fiji in GDP (PPP) and population in every year since 1990.

Strength by category

Average world percentile of the indicators in each category (0–100, direction taken into account). i

All indicators

Latest available value for each country with its year and world rank. Green: the better world position of the two, red: the weaker one.

Indicator Fiji Mongolia
Land & people
Surface area i km² 18,333153rd/216 · 2024 1,564,11618th/216 · 2024
Land area i km² 18,333153rd/216 · 2024 1,558,50118th/216 · 2024
Population i people 933,154161st/217 · 2025 3.6 m132nd/217 · 2025
Population growth i % 0.47%139th/217 · 2025 1.25%83rd/217 · 2025
Population density i people/km² 50.7152nd/216 · 2024 2.3215th/216 · 2024
Urban population i % 59.5%127th/217 · 2025 71.1%85th/217 · 2025
Population aged 0–14 i % 26.8%86th/217 · 2025 31.6%62nd/217 · 2025
Population aged 65+ i % 6.6%131st/217 · 2025 5.4%142nd/217 · 2025
Economy
GDP i USD $6.20 bn166th/210 · 2025 $25.37 bn123rd/210 · 2025
GDP (PPP) i intl. USD $15.25 bn157th/199 · 2025 $74.23 bn115th/199 · 2025
Real GDP (PPP, constant 2021 prices) i intl. USD 2021 $13.03 bn157th/199 · 2025 $63.43 bn115th/199 · 2025
GDP per person i USD $6,642122nd/210 · 2025 $7,108119th/210 · 2025
GDP per person (PPP) i intl. USD $16,338118th/199 · 2025 $20,798102nd/199 · 2025
GNI per person (Atlas) i USD $6,230117th/201 · 2025 $6,210118th/201 · 2025
GDP growth i % 3.2%107th/210 · 2025 6.8%21st/210 · 2025
Inflation i % -1.4%5th/180 · 2025 8.6%154th/180 · 2025
Unemployment i % 5.3%98th/187 · 2025 5.2%95th/187 · 2025
Central government debt i % of GDP 36.6%1994 43.3%20th/55 · 2024
General government gross debt i % of GDP 77.1%144th/189 · 2025 45.0%75th/189 · 2025
Government budget balance i % of GDP -2.4%88th/192 · 2025 2.2%23rd/192 · 2025
Main industries
Agriculture, forestry, fishing i % of GDP 14.0%56th/197 · 2025 8.9%75th/197 · 2025
Industry incl. construction i % of GDP 13.9%167th/200 · 2025 37.2%22nd/200 · 2025
Manufacturing i % of GDP 9.1%110th/192 · 2025 5.9%144th/192 · 2025
Services i % of GDP 57.0%108th/200 · 2025 44.3%171st/200 · 2025
Trade
Exports of goods & services i USD $3.25 bn145th/182 · 2024 $17.27 bn94th/182 · 2025
Imports of goods & services i USD $3.85 bn146th/182 · 2024 $15.89 bn101st/182 · 2025
Exports i % of GDP 54.4%47th/183 · 2024 68.1%32nd/183 · 2025
Imports i % of GDP 64.6%47th/183 · 2024 62.6%51st/183 · 2025
Trade openness i % of GDP 119.0%41st/183 · 2024 130.7%33rd/183 · 2025
Fuel exports i % of merchandise exports 0.1%133rd/170 · 2025 61.1%19th/170 · 2023
Manufactures exports i % of merchandise exports 15.6%116th/171 · 2025 1.7%164th/171 · 2023
Food exports i % of merchandise exports 55.4%23rd/171 · 2025 3.3%146th/171 · 2023
Ores & metals exports i % of merchandise exports 4.4%68th/171 · 2025 26.3%21st/171 · 2023
High-tech exports i % of manufactured exports 3.2%113th/168 · 2024 22.5%29th/168 · 2023
Current account balance i % of GDP -7.7%162nd/191 · 2025 -8.4%166th/191 · 2025
Foreign direct investment, inflows i % of GDP 4.2%51st/196 · 2025 10.8%15th/196 · 2025
Natural resources
Natural resource rents i % of GDP 2.3%92nd/209 · 2021 33.1%8th/209 · 2021
Oil rents i % of GDP 0.00%120th/197 · 2021 1.50%42nd/197 · 2021
Natural gas rents i % of GDP 0.00%100th/197 · 2021 0.00%100th/197 · 2021
Coal rents i % of GDP 0.00%68th/195 · 2021 4.89%2nd/195 · 2021
Mineral rents i % of GDP 1.13%44th/209 · 2021 26.57%3rd/209 · 2021
Forest rents i % of GDP 1.13%51st/209 · 2021 0.17%96th/209 · 2021
Arable land i % of land area 4.2%143rd/206 · 2024 0.7%191st/206 · 2024
Renewable freshwater per person i m³ 31,05218th/183 · 2022 10,13544th/183 · 2022
Tourism
International tourist arrivals i arrivals 168,000155th/194 · 2020 66,900176th/194 · 2020
Tourism receipts i USD $236.0 m118th/175 · 2020 $49.0 m155th/175 · 2020
Tourism receipts i % of exports 17.8%37th/168 · 2020 0.6%159th/168 · 2020
Outbound trips i departures 174,00094th/107 · 2019 —
Society & health
Life expectancy i years 67.5173rd/217 · 2024 72.4134th/217 · 2024
Under-5 mortality i per 1,000 births 29.1137th/196 · 2024 13.493rd/196 · 2024
Physicians i per 1,000 people 0.812015 4.1328th/174 · 2022
Hospital beds i per 1,000 people 1.92017 8.64th/145 · 2023
DPT immunization i % of children 12–23 months 94%66th/193 · 2024 96%48th/193 · 2024
Completed lower secondary, 25+ i % of adults 87.3%2017 92.8%39th/153 · 2024
Secondary enrolment i % gross 98.1%68th/173 · 2024 96.8%74th/173 · 2023
Social protection coverage (incl. pensions) i % of population 37.1%2013 92.6%2nd/55 · 2020
Old-age dependency ratio i % of working-age population 10.0%133rd/217 · 2025 8.6%141st/217 · 2025
Health spending i % of GDP 3.6%166th/193 · 2023 6.1%102nd/193 · 2023
Adult literacy i % — 98.6%17th/98 · 2024
Tertiary enrolment i % gross 75.0%42nd/150 · 2024 69.0%51st/150 · 2024
Human Development Index i index 0–1 0.731111th/193 · 2023 0.747104th/193 · 2023
Income inequality (Gini) i index 30.72019 31.432nd/108 · 2022
Extreme poverty i % of population 4.7%2019 0.4%27th/108 · 2022
Infrastructure & digital
Access to electricity i % of population 95.9%150th/215 · 2024 99.1%134th/215 · 2024
Safely managed drinking water i % of population 42.1%120th/150 · 2024 43.4%117th/150 · 2024
Safely managed sanitation i % of population 48.5%87th/144 · 2024 69.9%64th/144 · 2024
Internet users i % of population 74.7%114th/186 · 2024 85.1%83rd/186 · 2024
Mobile subscriptions i per 100 people 5741st/210 · 2024 14139th/210 · 2024
Fixed broadband i per 100 people 1.8160th/208 · 2024 15.899th/208 · 2024
Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) i score 1–5 2.20131st/164 · 2022 2.30117th/164 · 2022
Rail lines i route-km — 1,82154th/82 · 2021
Air passengers carried i passengers 2.2 m79th/161 · 2023 773,702106th/161 · 2023
Environment & energy
CO₂ emissions per person i t CO₂e 1.6280th/203 · 2024 7.85177th/203 · 2024
Renewable energy i % of final energy use 28.4%83rd/212 · 2022 3.0%174th/212 · 2021
Air pollution (PM2.5) i µg/m³ 6.421st/200 · 2023 42.7182nd/200 · 2023
Forest area i % of land area 61.7%28th/214 · 2024 9.1%169th/214 · 2024
Energy use per person i kg oil eq. 5842007 2,39648th/149 · 2024
Institutions & safety
Government effectiveness i score 0–100 63.262nd/205 · 2025 48.1125th/205 · 2025
Control of corruption i score 0–100 58.867th/207 · 2025 39.0128th/207 · 2025
Rule of law i score 0–100 65.577th/207 · 2025 56.7103rd/207 · 2025
Political stability i score 0–100 82.843rd/207 · 2025 75.574th/207 · 2025
Regulatory quality i score 0–100 56.190th/205 · 2025 54.697th/205 · 2025
Voice & accountability i score 0–100 61.788th/205 · 2025 62.087th/205 · 2025
Homicide rate i per 100,000 2.168th/145 · 2023 5.9101st/145 · 2023
Military
Military expenditure i USD $81.2 m141st/156 · 2025 $221.3 m124th/156 · 2025
Military expenditure i % of GDP 1.3%97th/156 · 2025 0.9%124th/156 · 2025
Military expenditure i % of government spending 4.2%102nd/154 · 2025 2.5%131st/154 · 2025
Armed forces personnel i people 4,000148th/170 · 2020 18,000110th/170 · 2020
Armed forces personnel i % of labour force 1.13%60th/168 · 2020 1.27%52nd/168 · 2020
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) i TIV 16.0 m96th/163 · 2024 3.0 m141st/163 · 2022
Science & innovation
R&D spending i % of GDP — 0.08%103rd/110 · 2022
Patent applications by residents i applications — 8972nd/137 · 2024
Scientific articles i articles 218125th/197 · 2023 277117th/197 · 2023

Questions and answers

Which has more people, Fiji or Mongolia?

Mongolia has the larger population: 3.6 m (2025) compared with 933,154 for Fiji (2025). Source: World Bank, SP.POP.TOTL.

Which is bigger by area, Fiji or Mongolia?

Mongolia is larger: 1,564,116 km² (2024) compared with 18,333 km² for Fiji (2024). Source: World Bank, AG.SRF.TOTL.K2.

Which economy is larger, Fiji or Mongolia?

Mongolia has the larger economy at purchasing power parity: $74.23 bn intl. (2025) compared with $15.25 bn intl. for Fiji (2025). Source: World Bank, NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD.

Which is richer per person, Fiji or Mongolia?

Mongolia has the higher GDP per person (PPP): $20,798 intl. (2025) compared with $16,338 intl. for Fiji (2025). Source: World Bank, NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD.

Where do people live longer, in Fiji or Mongolia?

Mongolia has the higher life expectancy at birth: 72.4 years (2024) compared with 67.5 years for Fiji (2024). Source: World Bank, SP.DYN.LE00.IN.

Which spends more on the military, Fiji or Mongolia?

Mongolia spends more on the military: $221.3 m (2025) compared with $81.2 m for Fiji (2025). Source: World Bank, MS.MIL.XPND.CD.

Which ranks higher in the NationsTree Index, Fiji or Mongolia?

Mongolia: 50.9 points (85th in the world); Fiji: 43.9 points (114th). The index combines foundations, economic strength, quality of life, problems and 5-year direction from public statistics.

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Sources

World Bank World Development Indicators and Worldwide Governance Indicators, compiling UN agencies, the IMF, WHO, SIPRI and national statistical offices; every row links to its world ranking with the source series. See Sources & licences and Methodology.

Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Fiji vs Mongolia — country comparison. https://nationstree.org/compare/fiji-vs-mongolia. Data as of 26 October 2026.

Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Fiji vs Mongolia — country comparison. https://nationstree.org/compare/fiji-vs-mongolia. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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