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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 old70.7years
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 old20.0per 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 old123per 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 old31.7% 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 old5.36% 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 old3.51births 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 old76.6% 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 old81.8% 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 old8.29% 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 old2,086current 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 old2,788international $
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 old40.3% 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 old37.1index, 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 old1.4% 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 old3.4% 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 old81.5% 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 old29.0% 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 old0.38t 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 old838.6kpeople
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.