Solomon Islands
Country in Oceania
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 838.6K (2025). World rank 163 of 216; in Oceania, 5 of 19. Area: 28,896 km². World rank 144 of 249; in Oceania, 4 of 27. GDP: $1.7B (2025). World rank 192 of 210; in Oceania, 8 of 19. From 2015 to 2025: population 639.4K → 838.6K, GDP $1.3B → $1.7B, and GDP per person $2,045 → $2,086.
State
- Official name
- Solomon Islands
- Local name
- Solomon Islands
- Capital
- Honiara
- Region
- Oceania
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Charles III
- Head of government
- Jeremiah Manele
- Independence
- July 7, 1978
- Women in parliament
- 6% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 838,645 2025
- Area
- 28,896 km²
- GDP
- $1.7B 2025
- GDP per person
- $2,086 2025
- Life expectancy
- 70.7 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD)
- Time zones
- UTC+11
- Calling code
- +677
- Emergency numbers
- 911, 988, 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- G, I
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 5,313
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 4.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Popomanaseu, 2,335 m
- Lowest point
- Pacific Ocean, 0 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 26
- Warmest month in the capital
- December, 27°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 26°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 3,028 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 29 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.4% 2025
- Living in cities
- 31.3% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +1.6K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.3% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 36.6% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 59.8% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 72.2 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 69.4 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 3.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 26.7 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 5.1 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 73.4%, Catholic 19.6%, other 4%, and other Christian 2.9% (2009)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 61.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 44.9 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 35.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 39.1 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 69.1 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $2,788 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $2,020 2025
- Inflation
- +3.4% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 75 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 29.7% 2024
- Industry, share of GDP
- 23.4% 2024
- Services, share of GDP
- 46.9% 2024
- Unemployment
- 1.4% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 2.8% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 82.3% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 40.6% 2024
- Imports, share of GDP
- 70.8% 2024
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -4.2% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +3.9% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 6% 2024
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 23.3% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 37.1 2012
- Living on under $3 a day
- 40.3% 2012
Education
- Adult literacy
- 76.6% 1999
- Primary school enrolment
- 81.8% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 49.1% 2012
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 8.3% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 5.4% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $111 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 3.2% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.2 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 2 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.8 1992
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 78% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 16.4 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 20 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 123 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 12% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 56.9% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 38.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 71.6% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 34.7% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 14% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 3.7 2008
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 16.5 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 19.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 78.7 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and tropical cyclones
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 9.8 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.4 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 0.8 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 89.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 0.2% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 57,229 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 29% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 62 2022
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0.1 2022
- Internet domain
- .sb
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 81.5% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 50.1% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 6.6% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 93.4% 2021
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 157,418 2023
- Airports
- 36 2025
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 15 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 1.4% 2018