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Solomon Islands

East Asia & Pacific · Lower middle income · capital Honiara

Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

70.7years

Ranks 149 of 217 in 2024

5% below world median · 3% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

20.0per 1,000 live births

Ranks 123 of 196 in 2024

34% above world median · 16% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

123per 100,000 live births

Ranks 136 of 194 in 2023

1.6× above world median · 50% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2015 · 11 years old

31.7% of under-5s

Ranks 19 of 32 in 2015

5% above world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 32 countries reporting in 2015 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

5.36% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

15% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

3.51births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

85% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

1999 · 27 years old

76.6% of adults 15+

Ranks 7 of 9 in 1999

15% below world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 9 countries reporting in 1999 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

81.8% gross

Ranks 126 of 134 in 2024

18% below world median · 18% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2023 · 3 years old

8.29% of GDP

Ranks 3 of 121 in 2023

1.3× above world median · 1.2× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

2,086current US$

Ranks 152 of 186 in 2025

74% below world median · 69% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

2,788international $

Ranks 175 of 185 in 2025

86% below world median · 83% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2012 · 14 years old

40.3% of population

Ranks 82 of 87 in 2012

27.8× above world median · 3.2× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 87 countries reporting in 2012 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2012 · 14 years old

37.1index, 0–100

Ranks 52 of 87 in 2012

5% above world median · 3% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 87 countries reporting in 2012 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

1.4% of labour force

Ranks 9 of 182 in 2025

72% below world median · 53% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

3.4% per year

Not ranked — no better end

11% above world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

81.5% of population

Ranks 169 of 215 in 2024

19% below world median · 19% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

29.0% of population

Ranks 166 of 182 in 2024

65% below world median · 66% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

0.38t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

85% below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

838.6kpeople

Not ranked — no better end

87% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Solomon Islands has no figure in this dataset for Military spending, Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

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