Table 1.

Selected demographic (CIA, 2020a, 2020b), economic (World Bank, 2019) and health (WHO, 2018) data on Fiji and SVG

	Fiji	SVG
Region	South Pacific	Caribbean
Sub-region	Melanesia	Lower Antilles
Population	883,480	110,210
World Bank economic group	Upper middle income	Upper middle income
Major sectors	Agriculture, tourism, sugar processing, textiles, copra, gold mining, lumber	Agriculture (starch), tourism, food processing, cement, furniture, textiles
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)	11,004	12,307
GDP proportion from agriculture (%)	14	7
Labour force in agriculture (%)	44	26
Raised blood glucose, adults aged 18 + (%)	17	10
Obesity Adults aged 18 + (%) Adolescents aged 10–19 (%)	30 10	24 11
Raised blood pressure, adults aged 18 + (%)	20	23