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Fiji

0.4% annual new-conflict probability
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How to read these probabilities: Scores estimate the probability of a new armed conflict starting within the next 12 months. Ongoing conflicts can have a saturation effect, reducing the modelled probability of an additional conflict onset. A low or falling score does not imply less severe ongoing fighting or a safer country. Existing conflicts are assessed through scenario analysis.

Population

933.15K

GDP

$6.2B

Currency

FJD

Capital

Suva

Land area

18.27K km²

Official languages

English, Fiji Hindi, Fijian

Risk assessment

Risk profile

The 12-month probability of a new armed-conflict onset in Fiji is 0.4%, representing a minimal risk. Fiji has experienced coups and episodes of political violence, notably in 1987, 2000, and 2006, so military intervention and institutional disruption remain relevant historical considerations. Its relatively small population, established state institutions, and limited internal armed-group presence otherwise support a low likelihood of sustained violence.

Recent reporting provides no indication of organised armed activity or an interstate threat reaching Fiji. The only Fiji-linked report concerns a Fijian relief pilot witnessing a stabbing aboard a Flydubai flight connected to an incident outside Fiji; it does not indicate violence on Fijian territory. No prediction market for Fiji was identified.

The main uncertainty is whether political or security tensions could again produce military intervention or organised domestic violence, particularly during a severe constitutional or economic crisis. Risk would rise most clearly with a coup attempt, armed attacks between political factions, or a foreign military action reaching Fiji; continued peaceful political competition and effective security-sector restraint would support the current minimal level.

Strategic reasoning

  • Fiji’s coup history shows that political crises have previously produced military takeovers and violence, but the absence of a significant persistent insurgency or armed opposition limits the conditions for a new conflict onset.
  • Current evidence does not identify a domestic armed actor, foreign adversary, or escalation on Fijian territory. The reported stabbing involving a Fiji-linked pilot occurred abroad and is not an onset event in Fiji.

Critical indicators

  • On 30 September 2026, reporting on a Flydubai attack described a Fijian relief pilot alerting passengers after his wife heard screams; the stabbing occurred outside Fiji and involved non-Fijian principals, making it only incidental context.
  • Fiji’s coups in 1987, 2000, and 2006 remain the clearest historical precedents for domestic political violence and military intervention, supporting continued attention to institutional crises despite no current armed mobilisation.

Probability trend

How the Fiji estimate has moved

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Current conflicts

Source: UCDP

No active conflicts in Fiji.

Regional context

Fiji compared with its neighbours and region

Fiji ranks number 144 of 195 in new conflict outbreak risk.

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