International Rankings of Solomon Islands 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Solomon Islands, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Solomon Islands, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	192	1045	0
Internet users - percent of population	203	11.92 %	2018
Internet users - total	176	78686	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	180	1.07	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	194	7104	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	177	71.75	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	169	478116	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	185	570.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	185	532.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	58	2.9 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	119	43.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	107	55.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	65	85.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	127	53.4	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	194	1.298 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	129	25.8 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	134	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	185	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	105	49.6 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	142	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	14	34.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	162	7.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	105	58.1 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	52	3.6 %	2017
Labor force	166	202500 US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	13	75 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	121	5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	151	20 %	2000
Population below poverty line	124	12.7	2012
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	188	1.783 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	172	2663 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	33	41 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	190	233500	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	196	95.790 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	9	92	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	33	8	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	193	38000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	190	103.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	157	1600	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	188	1577 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	172	0.17 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	164	0.43 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	159	10.67 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	181	3.9	2018
Land use - arable land	151	0.7	2018
Land use - forest	6	78.9	2018
Land use - other	131	17.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	157	0.3	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	1	20.27 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	94	44.700 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	28	3.57	2025
Urbanization - urban population	169	25.1	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	143	27986 sq km	0
Area - total	142	28896 sq km	0
Area - water	70	910143 sq km	0
Coastline	25	5313 km	0
Elevation - highest point	83	2335 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	147	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	181	3.9	2018
Land use - arable land	151	0.7	2018
Land use - forest	6	78.9	2018
Land use - other	131	17.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	157	0.3	2018
Total renewable water resources	93	44.700 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	37	19.82 %	5874
Age structure - 25-54 years	142	37.64 %	6681
Age structure - 55-64 years	163	5.04 %	6704
Birth rate	49	23.07 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	99	29.3 %	2015
Current Health Expenditure	65	4.5 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	185	3.97 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	110	6.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	42	15.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	28	77.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	30	71.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	38	95 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	26	32.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	20	26.4 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	31	5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	3	9.9 % of GDP	2010
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	55	1.4 beds/1,000 population	2012
Infant mortality rate - female	87	16.36 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	77	24.49 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	79	20.52 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	81	79.25 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	86	73.78 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	87	76.45 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	63	104	2017
Median age - female	127	23.7 years	2020
Median age - male	116	23.2 years	0
Median age - total	119	23.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	55	22.6	2015
Net migration rate	121	1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	59	22.5 %	2016
Physicians density	140	0.19 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	163	690598	2021
Population growth rate	53	1.75 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	33	95.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	14	78 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	11	60.9 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	74	4.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	18	1.06	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	21	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	15	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.88 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	47	2.92 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	140	1.6	2013
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	134	1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	140	1.3	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	28	3.57	2025
Urbanization - urban population	169	25.1	2021
Transportation
Airports	89	36	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	63	35	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	44	24	2013
Heliports	23	3	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	99	3.840 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	120	427806	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	156	34 km	2011
Roadways - total	138	1390 km	2011
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Solomon Islands on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Solomon Islands 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Solomon Islands 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.