Type 1 diabetes in Fiji
T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF Western Pacific region · Upper-Middle-Income country
An estimated 125 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Fiji in 2025. Each year about 9 people are newly diagnosed and 4 people with T1D die. A further 71 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
125
New diagnoses this year
9
Deaths this year
4
Missing people
71
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
43.1years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Fiji?
125 people in Fiji are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 13.3 per 100,000 people. That is lower than the Western Pacific average of 43.1 per 100,000 and lower than the global average of 115.5. Fiji has the 184th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 22nd-largest of the 33 countries in the IDF Western Pacific region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Fiji, another 57 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Fiji?
The number of people living with T1D in Fiji went from 42 in 2000 to 125 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 195 by 2040 (+56%).
| Year | Living with T1D | New diagnoses | Deaths | Missing people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
| 2010 | 71 | 6 | 2 | 43 |
| 2020 | 103 | 8 | 3 | 61 |
| 2025 | 125 | 9 | 4 | 71 |
| 2030 (projected) | 149 | 11 | 5 | 84 |
| 2040 (projected) | 195 | 11 | 6 | 118 |
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Fiji?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Fiji today is expected to live to 43.1, compared with 69.1 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 26.0 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 31.9 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 13.9 years.
| Level of care | Healthy years restored | Healthy years of life | Healthy years still lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current level of care | – | 37.2 | 31.9 |
| + Timely diagnosis for everyone | +3.1 | 40.3 | 28.7 |
| + Insulin and test strips for everyone | +8.9 | 49.2 | 19.9 |
| + Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone | +6.0 | 55.2 | 13.9 |
How does Fiji compare?
| 2025 | Fiji | Western Pacific | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| People living with T1D per 100,000 | 13.3 | 43.1 | 115.5 |
| New diagnoses per 100,000 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 6.2 |
| Missing people per 100 living with T1D | 56.8 | 30.7 | 43.0 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D | 43.1 | 56.4 | 51.3 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population | 69.1 | 79.1 | 77.0 |
Type 1 diabetes in other Western Pacific countries
- Macao478 living with T1D
- Papua New Guinea351 living with T1D
- Laos146 living with T1D
- Brunei Darussalam141 living with T1D
- Timor-Leste52 living with T1D
- Solomon Islands30 living with T1D
- French Polynesia14 living with T1D
- New Caledonia14 living with T1D
More data
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.