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Human development index — Solomon Islands

Human development index in the Solomon Islands in 2023 — 0.584 index. Ranked 156 in the world out of 193. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 5.4%.

2023 0.584 index +0.17% vs 2022
World rank 156of 193
Period maximum 0.584 index2023
Period minimum 0.539 index2002

Trend over time

1999–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Solomon Islands, 1999–20230.520.540.560.580.61999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 0.554 index2000: 0.547 index2001: 0.542 index2002: 0.539 index2003: 0.543 index2004: 0.548 index2005: 0.553 index2006: 0.553 index2007: 0.552 index2008: 0.556 index2009: 0.557 index2010: 0.564 index2011: 0.567 index2012: 0.57 index2013: 0.576 index2014: 0.575 index2015: 0.576 index2016: 0.578 index2017: 0.581 index2018: 0.582 index2019: 0.583 index2020: 0.579 index2021: 0.577 index2022: 0.583 index2023: 0.584 index
Change over the period: +0.03 (+5.42%) Average annual rate: 0.22 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands 0.584 index
World 0.756 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.789 index
Melanesia computed 0.589 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Solomon Islands, by year Solomon Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.584 +0.001 +0.17%
2022 0.583 +0.006 +1.04%
2021 0.577 −0.002 −0.35%
2020 0.579 −0.004 −0.69%
2019 0.583 +0.001 +0.17%
2018 0.582 +0.001 +0.17%
2017 0.581 +0.003 +0.52%
2016 0.578 +0.002 +0.35%
2015 0.576 +0.001 +0.17%
2014 0.575 −0.001 −0.17%
2013 0.576 +0.006 +1.05%
2012 0.57 +0.003 +0.53%
2011 0.567 +0.003 +0.53%
2010 0.564 +0.007 +1.26%
2009 0.557 +0.001 +0.18%
2008 0.556 +0.004 +0.72%
2007 0.552 −0.001 −0.18%
2006 0.553 +0 +0%
2005 0.553 +0.005 +0.91%
2004 0.548 +0.005 +0.92%
2003 0.543 +0.004 +0.74%
2002 0.539 −0.003 −0.55%
2001 0.542 −0.005 −0.91%
2000 0.547 −0.007 −1.26%
1999 0.554 — —

Melanesia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

FJ Fiji 0.731 VU Vanuatu 0.621 SB Solomon Islands 0.584 PG Papua New Guinea 0.576
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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