Polynopsis

Cost to send money from Australia to Fiji

By Polynopsis team · Last updated

Sending AUD 200 from Australia to Fiji cost 4.35% of the amount on average in Q3 2025, across 26 services surveyed by the World Bank. The lowest cost was -3.17% (WorldRemit) and the highest 20.93%. AUD 200 is the World Bank's standard amount for this corridor, set as the equivalent of US$200. A negative cost means the exchange rate offered was better than the World Bank's interbank reference rate by more than the fee. A year earlier, in Q3 2024, the average was 4.78%.

Average total cost (US$200 equivalent)4.35%
Average total cost (US$500 equivalent)3.26%
Average FX margin2.27%
Money transfer operators3.55% across 21 services
Banks7.71% across 5 services
Surveyed19 Aug 2025 to 10 Sep 2025, 11 providers

Every service surveyed, cheapest first

Total cost is the fee plus the FX margin, as a share of AUD 200. A negative FX margin or total cost means the rate offered was better than the World Bank's interbank reference rate on the day surveyed.

ProviderTypePay byReceive asSpeedFeeFX marginTotal cost
WorldRemitMoney Transfer OperatorBank account transferMobile walletLess than one hourAUD 1.49-3.91%-3.17%
KlickEx PacificMoney Transfer OperatorBank account transferMobile walletNext dayAUD 5.00-2.32%0.18%
Orbit RemitMoney Transfer OperatorBank account transferBank account2 daysAUD 1.001.99%2.49%
ANZ BankBankBank account transferBank account3-5 daysAUD 0.002.69%2.69%
WorldRemitMoney Transfer OperatorCredit cardMobile walletLess than one hourAUD 1.492.04%2.79%
WorldRemitMoney Transfer OperatorDebit cardMobile walletLess than one hourAUD 1.492.04%2.79%
RemitlyMoney Transfer OperatorBank account transferBank account3-5 daysAUD 2.491.79%3.04%
RemitlyMoney Transfer OperatorDebit cardBank account3-5 daysAUD 2.491.82%3.07%
RemitlyMoney Transfer OperatorCredit cardBank account3-5 daysAUD 2.491.82%3.07%
RemitlyMoney Transfer OperatorBank account transferMobile walletLess than one hourAUD 2.492.11%3.36%
RemitlyMoney Transfer OperatorDebit cardMobile walletLess than one hourAUD 2.492.11%3.36%
RiaMoney Transfer OperatorBank account transferBank accountLess than one hourAUD 2.892.24%3.69%
RiaMoney Transfer OperatorCredit cardBank accountLess than one hourAUD 2.892.24%3.69%
RiaMoney Transfer OperatorDebit cardBank accountLess than one hourAUD 2.892.24%3.69%
Commonwealth BankBankBank account transferBank account2 daysAUD 0.003.86%3.86%
Western UnionMoney Transfer OperatorCashCashLess than one hourAUD 5.001.75%4.25%
MoneyGramMoney Transfer OperatorDebit cardCashLess than one hourAUD 2.992.85%4.35%
RemitlyMoney Transfer OperatorCredit cardMobile walletLess than one hourAUD 4.492.11%4.36%
WestpacBankBank account transferBank account3-5 daysAUD 0.004.90%4.90%
Western UnionMoney Transfer OperatorBank account transferCashLess than one hourAUD 5.002.99%5.49%
Western UnionMoney Transfer OperatorCredit cardCashLess than one hourAUD 5.002.99%5.49%
Western UnionMoney Transfer OperatorDebit cardCashLess than one hourAUD 5.002.99%5.49%
MoneyGramMoney Transfer OperatorCredit cardCashLess than one hourAUD 5.992.85%5.85%
ANZ BankBankBank account transferBank account2 daysAUD 7.002.69%6.19%
Rocket RemitMoney Transfer OperatorBank account transferMobile walletLess than one hourAUD 3.995.18%7.18%
WestpacBankBank account transferOwn/partner Bank account2 daysAUD 32.004.93%20.93%

How the cost has moved

The average was 9.74% in Q2 2016, the first quarter in this series with data for the corridor, and 4.35% in Q3 2025.

0%2%4%6%8%10%UN 2030 global target: 3%2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Average total cost of sending the US$200 equivalent, by quarter surveyed. Gaps are quarters with no data in the World Bank dataset.

The UN target

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to bring the global average cost of sending remittances below 3% by 2030 and to remove corridors costing more than 5%. The World Bank measures the 5% test on the average of the three cheapest qualifying services in each corridor, not on the corridor average. source In this corridor the three cheapest services surveyed averaged -0.17% (a plain average, without the World Bank's qualifying rules).

Related

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to send money from Australia to Fiji?

Sending AUD 200 from Australia to Fiji cost 4.35% of the amount on average in Q3 2025, across 26 services surveyed by the World Bank. The lowest cost was -3.17% (WorldRemit) and the highest 20.93%. AUD 200 is the World Bank's standard amount for this corridor, set as the equivalent of US$200. A negative cost means the exchange rate offered was better than the World Bank's interbank reference rate by more than the fee. A year earlier, in Q3 2024, the average was 4.78%.

Which service cost least from Australia to Fiji?

In the World Bank's Q3 2025 survey the lowest total cost was -3.17% of AUD 200, from WorldRemit. Costs change with exchange rates, so check current prices with each provider.

Where Polynopsis fits

The companies surveyed here move money across borders every day, and many of them prefund payout partners in the receiving country. Polynopsis is liquidity software for those companies: one live position across their banks, payout partners and wallets, with a warning before a corridor runs dry.

Data: World Bank, Remittance Prices Worldwide (complete dataset, licensed CC BY 4.0). Averages and charts are worked out by Polynopsis from that dataset. Services without a US$200 quote are left out of the averages, so a few corridors differ slightly from the World Bank site. Each corridor uses the local send amount the World Bank set as the equivalent of US$200; where that amount is now worth much less than US$200, fixed fees make the percentage cost higher.

Know where all your money is.

Polynopsis gives cross-border payment teams one live position across every bank, payout partner, exchange and wallet, including money in flight, and warns before a corridor runs dry.

About Polynopsis

Polynopsis is liquidity management software for cross-border payment companies. The name joins poly, many, and synopsis, a seeing together: one live view of money spread across many banks, payout partners, exchanges and stablecoin wallets, including money in flight, with a warning before any corridor runs dry.

Why it is called Polynopsis · About Polynopsis · Glossary · Corridor runway calculator