Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India, Suva
High CommissionFiji · Shri Suneet Mehta: High Commissioner
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In short
India’s high commission in Fiji records a reported community of 3,18,364 and a UN voting alignment with India of 44%. Led by High Commissioner, shri suneet mehta.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence3,18,364
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Fiji"
“PIOs 316,081 + NRIs 2,283 = 318,364”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
UN votes matching India’s
44%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Fiji”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 9 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to FijiUS dollars · as stated in the brief$96.3m
Bilateral Brief — Fiji
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial and Economic Relations” section
“Year Exports to India Import from India Balance of Trade 2020-21 1.33 46.90 45.57 2021-22 0.49 57.96 57.47 2022-23 0.10 80.02 79.92 2023-2024 1.19 76.28 75.09 2024 – 2025 1.54 84.67 83.13 2025 – 2026 2.56 96.26 98.82 (Source: Department of Commerce, GOI) in US$ Million”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from FijiUS dollars · as stated in the brief$2.6m
Bilateral Brief — Fiji
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial and Economic Relations” section
“Year Exports to India Import from India Balance of Trade 2020-21 1.33 46.90 45.57 2021-22 0.49 57.96 57.47 2022-23 0.10 80.02 79.92 2023-2024 1.19 76.28 75.09 2024 – 2025 1.54 84.67 83.13 2025 – 2026 2.56 96.26 98.82 (Source: Department of Commerce, GOI) in US$ Million”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$93.7m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Fijipersons · as stated in the brief3,00,000
Bilateral Brief — Fiji
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Background” section
“Fijiʼs population includes ~300,000 persons of Indian origin (37%) and ~2,300 Indian nationals (2024), mainly in IT, finance, education, healthcare, and hospitality.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2025
Bilateral Brief — Fiji
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Political Relations” section
“President Lalabalavu’s visit to India: Fijian President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu visited India from 9 to 24 November 2025 and was hosted by Madhusudhan Sai at Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (0)
MEA Treaties DatabaseMEA's treaties database returns no agreements recorded against this country.
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 38 sections, 13,836 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India – Fiji Bilateral Brief · Background: · Political Relations: · Defence Cooperation: · Commercial and Economic Relations: · Year.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 6% apart
- Overseas Indians3,18,364
- Indian community in Fiji3,00,000
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.