What is the currency of Fiji?

The currency of Fiji is the Fijian dollar.

The Fijian dollar is abbreviated FJ$ or FJD and is divided into 100 cents. It is issued by the Reserve Bank of Fiji. The dollar has been Fiji’s currency since 1969, although an earlier Fijian dollar circulated briefly from 1867 to 1873. The international currency code is FJD, helping distinguish it from other dollar currencies.

The modern dollar replaced the Fijian pound on 15 January 1969 at a rate of 1 pound to 2 dollars. Fiji’s choice of the dollar was connected to decimalization and to the value of the new unit, which was closer to the U.S. dollar than to the pound sterling. This history explains why the Australian dollar and New Zealand dollar can look like plausible answers, but neither is Fiji’s official currency.

Current Fijian banknotes include $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100, while coins include 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents plus $1 and $2. Since 2013, Fiji’s notes and coins have featured local plants, animals, and cultural imagery rather than Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait. The Fijian dollar is therefore both a dollar currency and a distinct national currency.