2008-2009 Household Income and Expenditure Survey [HIES]

The 2008-2009 HIES was planned and conducted by the Household Survey Unit of the Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics [FIBOS].

Household surveys are a convenient and perhaps the only means of obtaining socio-economic information needed for the formulation of Government’s economic and social plans and policies.

Key objectives of the survey are:

  • to revise the weights for the Consumer Price Index [CPI]
  • to update consumption data in National Accounts
  • to provide data for Poverty Analysis


    • The HIES also provides other important information. A measure of living standards in the urban and rural areas on the basis of household consumption expenditure is an example. Similarly information relating to housing conditions and availability. The Preliminary Report on the Poverty and Household Incomes in Fiji in 2008-2009 [2008-2009 HIES Report result by Professor Wadan Narsey, Toga Raikoti and Epeli Waqavonovono is available from our library or you may download.

    Poverty and Household Incomes in Fiji in 2008-2009 [in pdf]

    DETAILED 2008-2009 HIES TABLES (IN PDF FORMAT):