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Melanesia — statistics

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

275 indicators ISO: SR_MEL
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 13.17M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 67 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 3.03 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 23.8 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 6.6 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 1.69 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 21.2 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 2.79M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 78.8 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 24 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 4 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 32.8 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 58.3 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -1,553 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 48.83 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 6.74M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 6.43M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 4.31M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 8.32M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 528,317 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 64.72 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 69.84 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 50.2 2024 UN DESA
Rural population people 10.37M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 128,055 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 0.99 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 7,747 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 801 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 62.9 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 26.5 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 559 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 1.34 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 126,100 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 1.36 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 3,800 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 72,110 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 12,318 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 3,538 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 21.73 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 30.2 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 29.3 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 36.8 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 171 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 3.8 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 13 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 1,651 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 191.5 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 24.3 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.44 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 57.5 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 255.4 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 170.5 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 41.8B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 3,248 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 5.11 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 75.23B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 5,845 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 3,115 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 3.83 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 5.92 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 32.1 2024 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 3.5 2024 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 17.3 2024 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 44.5 2024 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 69.5 2024 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 20.6 2024 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 21.7 2024 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 55.5 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 3.12 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 4,652 2025 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 3.84 2025 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 36.99B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 2,874 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 3.44 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.033 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 39.23B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 12.74B 2024 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 1.4B 2024 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 6.85B 2024 World Bank
Services value added US$ 17.66B 2024 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 12.09B 2024 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 1.82B 2024 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 3.78B 2024 World Bank
Gross national savings % 7.5 2022 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 3.45 2025 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 2,836 2025 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 70.43B 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 41.4 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 17.17 2024 World Bank
Government revenue % 18.49 2024 World Bank
Government expense % 21.61 2023 World Bank
Budget balance % -0.37 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 17.84B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 793M 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 897M 2024 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 1.64 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 0.85 2018 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 5,947 2018 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 34,565 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 3,658 2023 FAO
Food production index index 103.8 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 112 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 4.15 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 0.86 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.0358 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 113.6 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 21,968 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 455,770 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 9,448 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 101.7 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 76.88 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 407,160 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 3.94 2023 World Bank
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 13.1 2023 WHO
Land area km² 529,590 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 540,780 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 884 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 72,380 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 15.5 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 9.22 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.204 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 12 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.498 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 11.41 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 31.5 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Cobalt production t 4,570 2024 USGS
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 4.22M 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 75,842 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 202.6 2023 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 463,129 2019 UNCTAD
Logistics performance index score 2.68 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 23.7 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 61.6 2023 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.38 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 2.17 2022 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 312 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 0.55 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 12.79M 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 7.16M 2023 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 45,107 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 8.56 2009 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 734 2009 UNODC
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 150.9 2024 UNODC
Capacity of prisons and detention facilities people 288 2024 UNODC
Indicator Value Year Source
Arms imports M TIV 28,000,000 2021 SIPRI
Armed forces personnel since 1816 people 8,000 2022 SIPRI
Armed forces as a share of the population % 0.065 2022 SIPRI
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.589 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.928 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.559 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 34 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.43 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.