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Fiji
Fiji is building a National Identity system with the Reserve Bank of Fiji and the Asian Development Bank. The Reserve Bank says it will be voluntary and use fingerprints, face and iris scans. A draft NID Bill went to public consultation from 27 March 2026. The central bank has declined to build a CBDC for now.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Fiji
- Program
- National Identity (NID) Programme / National Digital ID
- Status
- Being built or piloted
- National ID card
- ID card voluntary
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- Draft NID Bill (public consultation from 27 March 2026); no enacted law found
Cabinet approved the programme on 18 June 2024, and the RBF, government and ADB held an inception workshop in October 2024. The Reserve Bank said in March 2026 the ID will be voluntary and will use fingerprints, facial recognition and iris scans, with children's biometrics first taken at age five. Consultation on a draft NID Bill began 27 March 2026, and the concept paper says the law will cover privacy and data protection. The project was expected to take at least 36 months.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
In December 2024 the Reserve Bank of Fiji declined a bank CEO's call to develop a CBDC and chose to modernise its payment system. The governor calls the approach cautious and says it will keep watching other central banks.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-03-27Pushback
Public consultation opened on a draft NID Bill with privacy and data protection provisions. Reserve Bank of Fiji — National Identity programme ↗
- 2024-12Pushback
The Reserve Bank of Fiji declined a call to develop a CBDC. Human Rights Foundation CBDC Tracker — Fiji ↗
- 2024-06-18Rolling it out
Cabinet approved the National ID programme. Reserve Bank of Fiji — National Identity programme ↗
UN and WHO
How Fiji has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 73.4 · rank 62 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
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