Country
Solomon Islands
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Honiara
- ISO code
- SB · SLB
68 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 839K
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 2,382 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 70.7 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.4 t CO₂
Population
- Population 839K 2025 163rd of 214
- Population density 29 people/km² 2024 169th of 212
- Population growth 2.35 % per year 2025 32nd of 214
- Natural increase 21.8 per 1,000 people 2023 37th of 228
- Net migration 1.9 per 1,000 people 2025 48th of 214
- Fertility rate 3.51 births per woman 2024 44th of 214
- Urban population 31.3 % 2025 191st of 214
- Median age 20.3 years 2023 187th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.7 % 2025 171st of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.1 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 174th of 214
- Children under 15 36.6 % 2025 45th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 70.7 years 2024 147th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 72.2 years 2024 153rd of 214
- Life expectancy, men 69.4 years 2024 135th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 2.8 years 2024 203rd of 214
- Infant mortality 16.4 per 1,000 births 2024 76th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 20.0 per 1,000 births 2024 74th of 195
- Maternal mortality 123 per 100,000 births 2023 58th of 193
- Health spending per person 111 USD 2023 139th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 153 $ (PPP) 2023 166th of 191
- Physicians 0.24 per 1,000 people 2023 145th of 179
- Hospital beds 2.7 per 1,000 people 1992 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 78 % 2024 150th of 191
- Undernourishment 27.0 % 2024 13th of 165
- Tobacco use 38.4 % 2024 8th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,166 kcal per day 2023 168th of 175
- Meat supply 15.6 kg per person per year 2023 151st of 175
Economy
- GDP 1.7B USD 2025 172nd of 185
- GDP per capita 2,086 USD 2025 151st of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 2,382 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 174th of 184
- GDP growth 3.6 % 2025 83rd of 185
- GDP per capita growth 1.2 % 2025 125th of 185
- Inflation 3.4 % 2025 75th of 169
- Unemployment 1.4 % 2025 173rd of 181
- Youth unemployment 2.8 % 2025 173rd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 7.0 % 2013 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 111 % of GDP 2024 45th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 37.1 2012 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Extreme poverty 40.3 % 2012 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Agriculture in the economy 29.7 % of GDP 2024 12th of 187
- Women in the labour force 82.3 % 2025 2nd of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.584 2023 155th of 192
- Literacy rate 76.6 % 1999 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Education spending 8.5 % of GDP 2022 4th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 49 % 2012 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 66 % 2023 126th of 135
- Women in parliament 6.0 % 2025 172nd of 183
- Homicide rate 3.7 per 100,000 people 2008 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.3 Mt CO₂ 2024 181st of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.4 t CO₂ 2024 166th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.36 t CO₂ 2024 184th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 187th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 0.8 t CO₂e 2024 190th of 201
- Forest area 89.8 % of land 2024 5th of 208
- Arable land 0.8 % of land 2024 184th of 205
- Renewable energy 49.1 % of final energy 2021 50th of 210
- Renewable electricity 9.1 % of electricity 2024 150th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 9.1 % of electricity 2024 47th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 600 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 53rd of 193
- Electricity generation per person 134 kWh 2024 170th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 9.8 µg/m³ 2023 157th of 199
Solomon Islands on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldSolomon Islands dollar (SBD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+11Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType G, I · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world1 national dish
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Volcano & earthquake map7 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)