Fiji vs Papua New Guinea

Fiji scores 43.9 in the NationsTree Index (114th in the world) and Papua New Guinea scores 29.5 (164th), a gap of 14.5 points. Their trees are 2.2 m and 4.0 m tall; tree height grows with real GDP and is adjusted by the index.

Papua New Guinea has 12 times the population of Fiji. Papua New Guinea is 25 times larger than Fiji by land area. Papua New Guinea has an economy 3.7 times the size of Fiji (GDP at purchasing power parity). Population: Fiji 933,154 and Papua New Guinea 10.8 million (2025).

GDP per person at purchasing power parity is $16,338 in Fiji and $5,215 in Papua New Guinea (2025, international dollars). People in Fiji live on average 1.2 years longer (67.5 vs 66.3 years).

Of 29 indicators reported by both countries, Fiji ranks higher in the world on 20 and Papua New Guinea on 9. Fiji is clearly stronger in institutions & safety, tourism and society & health. Papua New Guinea is clearly stronger in natural resources and land & people.

As a nation, Fiji is the older of the two (statehood since 1970, 56 years), compared with Papua New Guinea (since 1975). Over the last five years Papua New Guinea improved faster (direction score 72 vs 52 out of 100).