factbook.json/australia-oceania/fj.json

{
  "Introduction": {
    "Background": {
      "text": "Fiji became independent in 1970 after nearly a century as a British colony. Democratic rule was interrupted by two military coups in 1987 caused by concern over a government perceived as dominated by the Indian community (descendants of contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century). The coups and a 1990 constitution that cemented native Melanesian control of Fiji led to heavy Indian emigration; the population loss resulted in economic difficulties, but ensured that Melanesians became the majority. A new constitution enacted in 1997 was more equitable. Free and peaceful elections in 1999 resulted in a government led by an Indo-Fijian, but a civilian-led coup in May 2000 ushered in a prolonged period of political turmoil. Parliamentary elections held in August 2001 provided Fiji with a democratically elected government led by Prime Minister Laisenia QARASE. Reelected in May 2006, QARASE was ousted in a December 2006 military coup led by Commodore Voreqe BAINIMARAMA, who initially appointed himself acting president but in January 2007 became interim prime minister. Since taking power BAINIMARAMA has neutralized his opponents, crippled Fiji's democratic institutions, and initially refused to hold elections. In 2012, he promised to hold elections in 2014."
    }
  },
  "Geography": {
    "Location": {
      "text": "Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand"
    },
    "Geographic coordinates": {
      "text": "18 00 S, 175 00 E"
    },
    "Map references": {
      "text": "Oceania"
    },
    "Area": {
      "total": {
        "text": "18,274 sq km"
      },
      "land": {
        "text": "18,274 sq km"
      },
      "water": {
        "text": "0 sq km"
      }
    },
    "Area - comparative": {
      "text": "slightly smaller than New Jersey"
    },
    "Land boundaries": {
      "text": "0 km"
    },
    "Coastline": {
      "text": "1,129 km"
    },
    "Maritime claims": {
      "text": "measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines",
      "territorial sea": {
        "text": "12 nm"
      },
      "exclusive economic zone": {
        "text": "200 nm"
      },
      "continental shelf": {
        "text": "200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; rectilinear shelf claim added"
      }
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation"
    },
    "Terrain": {
      "text": "mostly mountains of volcanic origin"
    },
    "Elevation extremes": {
      "lowest point": {
        "text": "Pacific Ocean 0 m"
      },
      "highest point": {
        "text": "Tomanivi 1,324 m"
      }
    },
    "Natural resources": {
      "text": "timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydropower"
    },
    "Land use": {
      "agricultural land": {
        "text": "23.3% ++ arable land 9%; permanent crops 4.7%; permanent pasture 9.6%"
      },
      "forest": {
        "text": "55.7%"
      },
      "other": {
        "text": "21% (2011 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Irrigated land": {
      "text": "30 sq km (2003)"
    },
    "Total renewable water resources": {
      "text": "28.55 cu km (2011)"
    },
    "Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)": {
      "total": {
        "text": "0.08  cu km/yr (30%/11%/59%)"
      },
      "per capita": {
        "text": "100.1  cu m/yr (2005)"
      }
    },
    "Natural hazards": {
      "text": "cyclonic storms can occur from November to January"
    },
    "Environment - current issues": {
      "text": "deforestation; soil erosion"
    },
    "Environment - international agreements": {
      "party to": {
        "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands"
      },
      "signed, but not ratified": {
        "text": "none of the selected agreements"
      }
    },
    "Geography - note": {
      "text": "includes 332 islands; approximately 110 are inhabited"
    }
  },
  "People and Society": {
    "Nationality": {
      "noun": {
        "text": "Fijian(s)"
      },
      "adjective": {
        "text": "Fijian"
      }
    },
    "Ethnic groups": {
      "text": "iTaukei 56.8% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 37.5%, Rotuman 1.2%, other 4.5% (European, part European, other Pacific Islanders, Chinese)",
      "note": {
        "text": "a 2010 law replaces 'Fijian' with 'iTuakei' when referring to the original and native settlers of Fiji (2007 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Languages": {
      "text": "English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani"
    },
    "Religions": {
      "text": "Protestant 45% (Methodist 34.6%, Assembly of God 5.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 3.9%, and Anglican 0.8%), Hindu 27.9%, other Christian 10.4%, Roman Catholic 9.1%, Muslim 6.3%, Sikh 0.3%, other 0.3%, none 0.8% (2007 est.)"
    },
    "Population": {
      "text": "909,389 (July 2015 est.)"
    },
    "Age structure": {
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "28.03% (male 130,251/female 124,633)"
      },
      "15-24 years": {
        "text": "16.73% (male 77,716/female 74,449)"
      },
      "25-54 years": {
        "text": "41.12% (male 191,393/female 182,571)"
      },
      "55-64 years": {
        "text": "8.04% (male 37,019/female 36,141)"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "6.07% (male 25,386/female 29,830) (2015 est.)"
      },
      "population pyramid": {
        "text": null
      }
    },
    "Dependency ratios": {
      "total dependency ratio": {
        "text": "52.8%"
      },
      "youth dependency ratio": {
        "text": "43.9%"
      },
      "elderly dependency ratio": {
        "text": "8.9%"
      },
      "potential support ratio": {
        "text": "11.2% (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Median age": {
      "total": {
        "text": "28.2 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "28 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "28.4 years (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Population growth rate": {
      "text": "0.67% (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Birth rate": {
      "text": "19.43 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Death rate": {
      "text": "6.04 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Net migration rate": {
      "text": "-6.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Urbanization": {
      "urban population": {
        "text": "53.7% of total population (2015)"
      },
      "rate of urbanization": {
        "text": "1.45% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Major urban areas - population": {
      "text": "SUVA (capital) 176,000 (2014)"
    },
    "Sex ratio": {
      "at birth": {
        "text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
      },
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
      },
      "15-24 years": {
        "text": "1.04 male(s)/female"
      },
      "25-54 years": {
        "text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
      },
      "55-64 years": {
        "text": "1.02 male(s)/female"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "0.85 male(s)/female"
      },
      "total population": {
        "text": "1.03 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Infant mortality rate": {
      "total": {
        "text": "9.94 deaths/1,000 live births"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "10.97 deaths/1,000 live births"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "8.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Life expectancy at birth": {
      "total population": {
        "text": "72.43 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "69.79 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "75.2 years (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Total fertility rate": {
      "text": "2.47 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Health expenditures": {
      "text": "4.1% of GDP (2013)"
    },
    "Physicians density": {
      "text": "0.43 physicians/1,000 population (2009)"
    },
    "Hospital bed density": {
      "text": "2 beds/1,000 population (2009)"
    },
    "Drinking water source": {
      "improved": {
        "text": " ++ urban: 99.5% of population ++ rural: 91.2% of population ++ total: 95.7% of population"
      },
      "unimproved": {
        "text": " ++ urban: 0.5% of population ++ rural: 8.8% of population ++ total: 4.3% of population (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Sanitation facility access": {
      "improved": {
        "text": " ++ urban: 93.4% of population ++ rural: 88.4% of population ++ total: 91.1% of population"
      },
      "unimproved": {
        "text": " ++ urban: 6.6% of population ++ rural: 11.6% of population ++ total: 8.9% of population (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
      "text": "0.13% (2014 est.)"
    },
    "HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS": {
      "text": "700 (2014 est.)"
    },
    "HIV/AIDS - deaths": {
      "text": "fewer than 100 (2014 est.)"
    },
    "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
      "text": "35.9% (2014)"
    },
    "Education expenditures": {
      "text": "4.2% of GDP (2011)"
    }
  },
  "Government": {
    "Country name": {
      "conventional long form": {
        "text": "Republic of Fiji"
      },
      "conventional short form": {
        "text": "Fiji"
      },
      "local long form": {
        "text": "Republic of Fiji/Matanitu ko Viti"
      },
      "local short form": {
        "text": "Fiji/Viti"
      }
    },
    "Government type": {
      "text": "republic"
    },
    "Capital": {
      "name": {
        "text": "Suva (on Viti Levu)"
      },
      "geographic coordinates": {
        "text": "18 08 S, 178 25 E"
      },
      "time difference": {
        "text": "UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
      },
      "daylight saving time": {
        "text": "+1hr, begins fourth Sunday in October; ends third Sunday in January"
      }
    },
    "Administrative divisions": {
      "text": "14 provinces and 1 dependency*; Ba, Bua, Cakaudrove, Kadavu, Lau, Lomaiviti, Macuata, Nadroga and Navosa, Naitasiri, Namosi, Ra, Rewa, Rotuma*, Serua, Tailevu"
    },
    "Independence": {
      "text": "10 October 1970 (from the UK)"
    },
    "National holiday": {
      "text": "Fiji Independence Day, 10 October (1970)"
    },
    "Constitution": {
      "text": "several previous; latest signed into law September 2013 (2013)"
    },
    "Legal system": {
      "text": "common law system based on the English model"
    },
    "International law organization participation": {
      "text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
    },
    "Suffrage": {
      "text": "18 years of age; universal"
    },
    "Executive branch": {
      "chief of state": {
        "text": "President Ratu Epeli NAILATIKAU (since 30 July 2009)"
      },
      "head of government": {
        "text": "Prime Minister Voreqe \"Frank\" BAINIMARAMA (since 22 September 2014)"
      },
      "cabinet": {
        "text": "Cabinet appointed by the prime minister from among members of Parliament and is responsible to Parliament"
      },
      "elections/appointments": {
        "text": "under the constitution, president indirectly elected by the Great Council of Chiefs for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); in 2007, the Great Council of Chiefs was suspended from its role in electing the president and disestablished in 2012; prime minister appointed by the president"
      },
      "election results": {
        "text": "Ratu Epeli NAILATIKAU (independent) reappointed in November 2012; term ends in 2015"
      }
    },
    "Legislative branch": {
      "description": {
        "text": "unicameral Parliament (50 seats; members directly elected in a nationwide, multi-seat constituency by open-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms; the new constitution of 2013 restructured Parliament frome bicameral to unicameral"
      },
      "elections": {
        "text": "last held on 17 September 2014 (next to be held in 2019)"
      },
      "election results": {
        "text": "percent of vote by party - Fiji First 59.2%, SDL 28.2%, National Federation Party 5.5%, other 7.1%; seats by party - Fiji First 32, SDL 15, National Federation Party 3"
      }
    },
    "Judicial branch": {
      "highest court(s)": {
        "text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, all justices of the Court of Appeal, and judges appointed specifically as Supreme Court judges); Court of Appeal (consists of the court president, all puisne judges of the High Court, and judges specifically appointed to the Court of Appeal); High Court (chaired by the chief justice and includes a minimum of 10 puisne judges; High Court organized into civil, criminal, family, employment, and tax divisions); note - in 1987, the Supreme Court assumed functions formerly performed by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)"
      },
      "judge selection and term of office": {
        "text": "chief justice appointed by the president of Fiji on the advice of the prime minister following consultation with the parliamentary leader of the opposition; judges of the Supreme Court, the president of the Court of Appeal, the justices of the Court of Appeal, and puisne judges of the High Court appointed by the president of Fiji upon the nomination of the Judicial Service Commission after consulting with the cabinet minister and the committee of the House of Representatives responsible for the administration of justice; the chief justice, Supreme Court judges and justices of Appeal generally required to retire at age 70 but may be waived for one or more sessions of the court; puisne judges appointed for not less than 4 years nor more than 7 years with mandatory retirement at age 65"
      },
      "subordinate courts": {
        "text": "Magistrates' Court (organized into civil, criminal, juvenile, and small claims divisions)"
      }
    },
    "Political parties and leaders": {
      "text": "FijiFirst [Aiyaz SAYED-KHAIYUM] ++ Fiji Labor Party or FLP [Mahendra CHAUDHRY] ++ Fiji United Freedon Party or FUFP [Jagath KARUNARATNE] ++ National Federation Party or NFP [Dalip KUMAR] (primarily Indian) ++ Peoples Democratic Party or PDP [Adi Sivia QORO] ++ Social Democratic Liberal Party or SODELPA [Pio TABAIWALU]"
    },
    "Political pressure groups and leaders": {
      "text": "Group Against Racial Discrimination or GARD [Dr. Anirudk SINGH] (suports restoration of a democratic government) ++ Viti Landowners Association"
    },
    "International organization participation": {
      "text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, CP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OPCW, PCA, PIF, Sparteca (suspended), SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
    },
    "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
      "chief of mission": {
        "text": "Ambassador Winston THOMPSON (since 20 April 2009)"
      },
      "chancery": {
        "text": "2000 M Street NW, Suite 710, Washington, DC 20036"
      },
      "telephone": {
        "text": "[1] (202) 466-8320"
      },
      "FAX": {
        "text": "[1] (202) 466-8325"
      },
      "consulate(s)": {
        "text": "Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Francisco"
      }
    },
    "Diplomatic representation from the US": {
      "chief of mission": {
        "text": "Ambassador Judith CEFKIN (since 3 February 2015); note - also accredited to Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu"
      },
      "embassy": {
        "text": "158 Princes Rd, Tamavua"
      },
      "mailing address": {
        "text": "P. O. Box 218, Suva"
      },
      "telephone": {
        "text": "[679] 331-4466"
      },
      "FAX": {
        "text": "[679] 330-8685"
      }
    },
    "Flag description": {
      "text": "light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the blue symbolizes the Pacific ocean and the Union Jack reflects the links with Great Britain; the shield - taken from Fiji's coat of arms - depicts a yellow lion above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George; the four quarters depict stalks of sugarcane, a palm tree, bananas, and a white dove"
    },
    "National symbol(s)": {
      "text": "Fijian canoe; national color: light blue"
    },
    "National anthem": {
      "name": {
        "text": "\"God Bless Fiji\""
      },
      "lyrics/music": {
        "text": "Michael Francis Alexander PRESCOTT/C. Austin MILES (adapted by Michael Francis Alexander PRESCOTT)"
      },
      "note": {
        "text": "adopted 1970; known in Fijian as \"Meda Dau Doka\" (Let Us Show Pride); adapted from the hymn, \"Dwelling in Beulah Land,\" the anthem's English lyrics are generally sung, although they differ in meaning from the official Fijian lyrics"
      }
    }
  },
  "Economy": {
    "Economy - overview": {
      "text": "Fiji, endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, is one of the most developed and connected of the Pacific island economies. Earnings from the tourism industry, with an estimated 692,630 tourists visiting in 2014, and remittances from Fijian’s working abroad are the country’s largest foreign exchange earners. Fiji's sugar remains a significant industry and a major export. The sugar industry reforms since 2010 have improved productivity and returns, but the industry faces the complete withdrawal of European Union preferential prices by 2017. Fiji’s trade imbalance continues to widen with increased imports and sluggish performance of domestic exports. The return to parliamentary democracy and successful elections in September 2014 have boosted investor confidence. Private sector investment in 2014 reached 15% of GDP, compared to 13% in 2013."
    },
    "GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
      "text": "$7.293 billion (2014 est.) ++ $7.007 billion (2013 est.) ++ $6.696 billion (2012 est.)",
      "note": {
        "text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
      }
    },
    "GDP (official exchange rate)": {
      "text": "$4.212 billion (2014 est.)"
    },
    "GDP - real growth rate": {
      "text": "4.1% (2014 est.) ++ 4.6% (2013 est.) ++ 1.8% (2012 est.)"
    },
    "GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
      "text": "$8,200 (2014 est.) ++ $7,900 (2013 est.) ++ $7,600 (2012 est.)",
      "note": {
        "text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
      }
    },
    "Gross national saving": {
      "text": "16.2% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 7.4% of GDP (2013 est.) ++ 20.1% of GDP (2012 est.)"
    },
    "GDP - composition, by end use": {
      "household consumption": {
        "text": "81.2%"
      },
      "government consumption": {
        "text": "14.9%"
      },
      "investment in fixed capital": {
        "text": "21.4%"
      },
      "investment in inventories": {
        "text": "0%"
      },
      "exports of goods and services": {
        "text": "51.6%"
      },
      "imports of goods and services": {
        "text": "-69.1% ++  (2014 est.)"
      }
    },
    "GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
      "agriculture": {
        "text": "12.7%"
      },
      "industry": {
        "text": "18.2%"
      },
      "services": {
        "text": "69.1% (2014 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Agriculture - products": {
      "text": "sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (manioc, tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish"
    },
    "Industries": {
      "text": "tourism, sugar, clothing, copra, gold, silver, lumber, small cottage industries"
    },
    "Industrial production growth rate": {
      "text": "2.5% (2014 est.)"
    },
    "Labor force": {
      "text": "345,700 (2014 est.)"
    },
    "Labor force - by occupation": {
      "agriculture": {
        "text": "70%"
      },
      "industry and services": {
        "text": "30% (2001 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Unemployment rate": {
      "text": "8.8% (2014 est.)"
    },
    "Population below poverty line": {
      "text": "31% (2009 est.)"
    },
    "Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
      "lowest 10%": {
        "text": "2.6%"
      },
      "highest 10%": {
        "text": "34.9% (2009 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Budget": {
      "revenues": {
        "text": "$1.369 billion"
      },
      "expenditures": {
        "text": "$1.451 billion (2014 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Taxes and other revenues": {
      "text": "32.8% of GDP (2014 est.)"
    },
    "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
      "text": "-1.9% of GDP (2014 est.)"
    },
    "Public debt": {
      "text": "49.7% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 51.4% of GDP (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Fiscal year": {
      "text": "calendar year"
    },
    "Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
      "text": "0.1% (2014 est.) ++ 3.4% (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Central bank discount rate": {
      "text": "1.75% (31 December 2010) ++ 3% (31 December 2009)"
    },
    "Commercial bank prime lending rate": {
      "text": "5.71% (31 December 2014 est.) ++ 5.84% (31 December 2013 est.)"
    },
    "Stock of narrow money": {
      "text": "$1.864 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $1.849 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
    },
    "Stock of broad money": {
      "text": "$3.078 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $2.953 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
    },
    "Stock of domestic credit": {
      "text": "$2.773 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $2.585 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
    },
    "Market value of publicly traded shares": {
      "text": "$452.5 million (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $392.2 million (31 December 2011) ++ $418.8 million (31 December 2010 est.)"
    },
    "Current account balance": {
      "text": "-$354.6 million (2014 est.) ++ -$581.4 million (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Exports": {
      "text": "$1.188 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.38 billion (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Exports - commodities": {
      "text": "sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil"
    },
    "Exports - partners": {
      "text": "US 11.8%, Australia 10%, UK 6.4%, Samoa 6.2%, Tonga 5.5% (2014)"
    },
    "Imports": {
      "text": "$2.241 billion (2014 est.) ++ $2.692 billion (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Imports - commodities": {
      "text": "manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals"
    },
    "Imports - partners": {
      "text": "Singapore 18.4%, South Korea 14%, NZ 13.7%, China 13.1%, Australia 12.9% (2014)"
    },
    "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
      "text": "$911 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $936.9 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
    },
    "Debt - external": {
      "text": "$587.4 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $569.6 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
    },
    "Stock of direct foreign investment - at home": {
      "text": "$3.889 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $3.581 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
    },
    "Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad": {
      "text": "$50.08 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $49.65 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
    },
    "Exchange rates": {
      "text": "Fijian dollars (FJD) per US dollar - ++ 1.9877 (2014 est.) ++ 1.8979 (2013 est.) ++ 1.79 (2012 est.) ++ 1.7932 (2011 est.) ++ 1.9183 (2010 est.)"
    }
  },
  "Energy": {
    "Electricity - production": {
      "text": "857.5 million kWh (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - consumption": {
      "text": "777.6 million kWh (2011 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - exports": {
      "text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - imports": {
      "text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
      "text": "245,100 kW (2011 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
      "text": "49% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
      "text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
      "text": "45.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
      "text": "5.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
    },
    "Crude oil - production": {
      "text": "30 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Crude oil - exports": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
    },
    "Crude oil - imports": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
    },
    "Crude oil - proved reserves": {
      "text": "0 bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - production": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
      "text": "11,380 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - exports": {
      "text": "692 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - imports": {
      "text": "10,050 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas - production": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas - consumption": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas - exports": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas - imports": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas - proved reserves": {
      "text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
    },
    "Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
      "text": "1.543 million Mt (2012 est.)"
    }
  },
  "Communications": {
    "Telephones - fixed lines": {
      "total subscriptions": {
        "text": "74,700"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "8 (2014 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Telephones - mobile cellular": {
      "total": {
        "text": "876,200"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "97 (2014 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Telephone system": {
      "general assessment": {
        "text": "modern local, interisland, and international (wire/radio integrated) public and special-purpose telephone, telegraph, and teleprinter facilities; regional radio communications center"
      },
      "domestic": {
        "text": "telephone or radio telephone links to almost all inhabited islands; most towns and large villages have automatic telephone exchanges and direct dialing; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 100 per 100 persons"
      },
      "international": {
        "text": "country code - 679; access to important cable links between US and Canada, as well as between NZ and Australia; satellite earth stations - 2 Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean) (2011)"
      }
    },
    "Broadcast media": {
      "text": "Fiji TV, a publicly traded company, operates a free-to-air channel, as well as Sky Fiji and Sky Pacific multi-channel pay-TV services; state-owned commercial company, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Ltd, operates 6 radio stations - 2 public broadcasters and 4 commercial broadcasters with multiple repeaters; 5 radio stations with repeaters operated by Communications Fiji, Ltd; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2009)"
    },
    "Radio broadcast stations": {
      "text": "AM 13, FM 40, shortwave 0 (1998)"
    },
    "Television broadcast stations": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Internet country code": {
      "text": ".fj"
    },
    "Internet users": {
      "total": {
        "text": "331,700"
      },
      "percent of population": {
        "text": "36.7% (2014 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Transportation": {
    "Airports": {
      "text": "28 (2013)"
    },
    "Airports - with paved runways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "4"
      },
      "over 3,047 m": {
        "text": "1"
      },
      "1,524 to 2,437 m": {
        "text": "1"
      },
      "914 to 1,523 m": {
        "text": "2 (2013)"
      }
    },
    "Airports - with unpaved runways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "24"
      },
      "914 to 1,523 m": {
        "text": "5"
      },
      "under 914 m": {
        "text": " ++ 19 (2013)"
      }
    },
    "Railways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "597 km"
      },
      "narrow gauge": {
        "text": "597 km 0.600-m gauge"
      },
      "note": {
        "text": "belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during the harvest season, which runs from May to December (2008)"
      }
    },
    "Roadways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "3,440 km"
      },
      "paved": {
        "text": "1,686 km"
      },
      "unpaved": {
        "text": "1,754 km (2011)"
      }
    },
    "Waterways": {
      "text": "203 km (122 km are navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges) (2012)"
    },
    "Merchant marine": {
      "total": {
        "text": "11"
      },
      "by type": {
        "text": "passenger 4, passenger/cargo 4, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 2"
      },
      "foreign-owned": {
        "text": "2 (Australia 2) (2010)"
      }
    },
    "Ports and terminals": {
      "major seaport(s)": {
        "text": "Lautoka, Levuka, Suva"
      }
    }
  },
  "Military": {
    "Military branches": {
      "text": "Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Forces, Naval Forces (2011)"
    },
    "Military service age and obligation": {
      "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; mandatory retirement at age 55 (2013)"
    },
    "Manpower available for military service": {
      "males age 16-49": {
        "text": "233,240"
      },
      "females age 16-49": {
        "text": "222,587 (2010 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Manpower fit for military service": {
      "males age 16-49": {
        "text": "183,730"
      },
      "females age 16-49": {
        "text": "188,325 (2010 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
      "male": {
        "text": "8,403"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "8,039 (2010 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Military expenditures": {
      "text": "1.47% of GDP (2012) ++ 1.44% of GDP (2011) ++ 1.47% of GDP (2010)"
    }
  },
  "Transnational Issues": {
    "Disputes - international": {
      "text": "none"
    }
  }
}