Solomon Islands Solomon Islands

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  • Capital: Honiara
  • Population: 707,851
  • Surface Area: 28,900 km2
  • Currency: Solomon Islands dollars
  • Religion: Mostly Christianity
  • Belongs to: ACP, IMF, UN, PIF

Solomon Islands, is a country located at Melanesia, it has an area of 28,900 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Solomon Islands, with a population of 707,851 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a moderate population density, 24 people per km2.

It's capital is Honiara and its currency is Solomon Islands dollars

Solomon Islands is holding the 179 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 255 millions of euros (269 millions of dollars), ( 16.92% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €361 euros per inhabitant$380 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Solomon Islands, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.564 points in 2021, leaving it in 155th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Solomon Islands are business, you must know it's in the 136th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Solomon Islands, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Solomon Islands Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€1,517M
Annual GDP [+]2022$1,597M
GDP per capita [+]2022€2,143
GDP per capita [+]2022$2,256
Debt (M.€.) [+]2022255
Debt ($M) [+]2022269
Debt (%GDP) [+]202216.92%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€361
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$380
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-62
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-66
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-4.12%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022506.1
Expenditure ($M) [+]2022533.4
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020171.6
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2020195.8
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202031.89%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]201743.4
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]201749.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20177.17%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202233.53%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€715
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$754
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€248
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$283
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€64
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$72
Corruption Index [+]202242
Fragile States Index [+]201883.1
Labour
NMW [+]2022$204.0
Business
Doing Business [+]2020136º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202118.6%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201928,910
Exports [+]2021€313.8M
Exports [+]2021$371.2M
Exports % GDP [+]202122.75%
Imports [+]2021€475.2M
Imports [+]2021$562.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202134.45%
Trade balance [+]2021€-161.3M
Trade balance [+]2021$-190.8M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-11.70%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202124
Remittance received ($M) [+]201720.0
% Immigrant [+]20200.36%
% Emigrant [+]20200.62%
Birth Rate [+]202129.79‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201792.4
Crude death rate [+]20215.03‰
Fertility Rate [+]20213.98
% risk of poverty [+]201312.7%
Population [+]2021707,851
Immigrant stock [+]20202,520
Emigrant stock [+]20204,270
HDI [+]20210.564
Life expectancy [+]202170.35
Suicides [+]201546
Suicide rate [+]20157.66
Number of homicides [+]200819
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20083.68
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.50
Consumption GWh [+]202196
Generation GWh [+]2021115
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/2024199
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/202425,954
Fully vaccinated [+]10/31/2022254,352
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/2024281.13
Doses administered [+]10/31/2022625,956