International Rankings of Solomon Islands 2022, 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	58	0.20	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	186	1000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	79	12.00 %	2019
Internet users - total	169	80379	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	1.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	176	7000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	101	71.00	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	166	478116	2019
Economy
Budget - expenditures	180	570.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	181	532.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	54	2.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	73	54.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	167	757.000 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	179	430.000 million US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	188	1.298 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	124	25.80 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	101	49.60 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	12	34.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	154	7.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	101	58.10 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	64	37 %	2013
Imports	185	560.000 million US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	51	3.60 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	80	0.50 %	2017
Labor force	162	202500 US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	12	75 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	117	5 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	142	20 %	2000
Population below poverty line	119	13 %	2012
Public debt	165	9.40 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	188	1.710 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	50	3.50 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	161	2500 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	31	41.00 % of GDP	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	140	1.60	2013
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	138	1.00	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	136	1.30	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	180	333000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	181	333000	2019
Electricity - consumption	187	93.527 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	185	40000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	177	14.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	35	2.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	25	94.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	42	2.70 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	159	6.955 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	172	2200 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	181	1577 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	156	11 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	172	4	2018
Land use - arable land	144	1	2018
Land use - forest	6	79	2018
Land use - other	124	17	2018
Land use - permanent crops	53	3	2018
Revenue from forest resources	1	20 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	92	44.700 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	28	3.57	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	158	26	2022
Geography
Area - land	139	27986 sq km	N/A
Area - total	138	28896 sq km	N/A
Area - water	111	910 sq km	N/A
Coastline	23	5313 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	80	2335 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	172	4	2018
Land use - arable land	144	1	2018
Land use - forest	6	79	2018
Land use - other	124	17	2018
Land use - permanent crops	53	3	2018
Population Density	173	25.11 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	35	19.82	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	134	37.64	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	153	5.04	N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	101	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	130	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	49	22.71 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	27	16 %	2015
Contraceptive prevalence rate	96	29.30 %	2015
Current health expenditure	63	5 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	169	3.96 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	125	6.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	34	16.50 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	32	74.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	33	68.80 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	39	95 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	23	34 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	14	27 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	23	5 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	1	13 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	56	1.40 beds/1,000 population	2012
Infant mortality rate - female	80	15.96 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	73	23.89 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	75	20.02 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	75	79 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	81	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	77	77 years	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	62	104.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	122	24 years	2020
Median age - male	114	23 years	N/A
Median age - total	113	24 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	56	23	2015
Net migration rate	117	1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	56	22.50 %	2016
Physicians density	138	0.19 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	159	702694	2022
Population growth rate	48	1.72 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	31	96 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	12	77 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	12	59 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	62	4 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.06	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	17	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	13	1.08	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.74 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	33	19 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	6	54 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	10	37 %	2020
Total fertility rate	46	2.87 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	28	3.57	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	158	26	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	140	1.60	2013
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	138	1.00	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	136	1.30	N/A
Transportation
Airports	89	36	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	63	35	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	44	24	2021
Heliports	20	3	2021
Merchant marine - total	118	24	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	97	3.840 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	118	427806	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	6.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	147	34 km	2011
Roadways - total	133	1390 km	2011

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Solomon Islands 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Solomon Islands 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.