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Solomon Islands — statistics

All indicators in the section for the Solomon Islands — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

300 indicators Region: East Asia & Pacific Subregion: Melanesia Income group: Lower middle income ISO: SLB
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 838,645 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 70.7 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 3.51 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 26.7 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 5.1 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 2.35 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 31.3 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 262,574 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 68.7 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 28.6 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3.7 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 36.6 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 67.3 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people 1,631 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 48.87 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 428,775 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 409,870 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 306,588 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 501,289 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 30,767 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 69.36 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 72.18 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 49.4 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 29.3 2015 UN DESA
Rural population people 576,071 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 123 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 0.1 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 100 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.1 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 100 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 1,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 250 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 223 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 18.73 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 40.6 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 16.4 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 20 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 123 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 19.6 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 68.2 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 23.5 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 8.2 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 16.5 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 79 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 281.2 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 32.7 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.64 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 57.4 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 183.8 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 144.4 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 1.75B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 2,086 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 3.62 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 2.34B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 2,788 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 2,020 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 3.36 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 4.99 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 23.4 2024 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 10.1 2024 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 29.7 2024 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 46.9 2024 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 81.9 2024 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 26.2 2024 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 19.5 2024 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 2.5 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 3 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 3,124 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 3 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 1.53B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 1,828 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 1.21 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.001 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 1.75B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 370M 2024 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 160M 2024 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 471M 2024 World Bank
Services value added US$ 743M 2024 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 1.3B 2024 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 415M 2024 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 308M 2024 World Bank
Gross national savings % 1.1 2024 World Bank
Consumer price index index 164.87 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 3 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 2,821 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 2.34B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 6.232 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 34.9 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 23.27 2024 World Bank
Government revenue % 25.42 2024 World Bank
Government expense % 28.89 2022 World Bank
Budget balance % -2.9 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 596M 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 32.97M 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 52.88M 2024 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 2.08 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 1.09 2018 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 444 2018 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 2,753 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,901 2023 FAO
Food production index index 100.5 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 101.7 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 3.9 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 0.82 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.0287 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 0 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 1,092 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 23,000 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 1,448 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 108 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 90.06 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 25,208 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 0.2 2025 World Bank
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 9.8 2023 WHO
Land area km² 27,990 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 28,900 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 45 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 57,229 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 1.9 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 17.86 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 50.1 2022 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.005 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 5.6 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 157,418 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 6,974 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 9.1 2023 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 128,036 2019 UNCTAD
Logistics performance index score 2.8 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 29.04 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 62.1 2022 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.11 2022 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.89 2022 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 81 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 1.92 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 2.54M 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 484,835 2022 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 836 2022 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Arms imports M TIV 7,000,000 2021 SIPRI
Armed forces personnel since 1816 people 0 2022 SIPRI
Armed forces as a share of the population % 0 2022 SIPRI
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.584 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.927 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.478 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 43 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.42 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

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