International Rankings of Solomon Islands 2023, 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	59	0.2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	194	1000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	85	36 %	2021
Internet users - total	173	255600	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	187	7000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	82	67	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	172	470000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	186	537.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	186	514.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	58	2.9 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	88	78.192 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	174	757.000 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	191	413.657 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	201	1.298 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	133	25.8 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	135	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	187	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	107	49.6 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	145	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	75	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	167	7.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	112	58.1 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	66	37.1 %	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	197	619.460 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	172	3.84 %	2020
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	176	0.12 %	2021
Labor force	164	366000 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	13	75 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	125	5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	156	20 %	2000
Population below poverty line	127	12.7 %	2012
Public debt	183	11.46 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	201	1.703 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	176	0.2 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	163	2400 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	159	694.515 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	77	21.05 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	205	1.03 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	153	2.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	152	1.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	155	1.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	191	333000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	195	93.527 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	194	40000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	184	14.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	35	2.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	28	94.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	44	2.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	164	6.955 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	181	2200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	195	1577 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	176	0.17 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	168	0.43 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	162	10.67 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	186	3.9	2018
Land use - arable land	155	0.7	2018
Land use - forest	6	78.9	2018
Land use - other	134	17.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	159	0.3	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	1	20.27 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	98	44.700 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	29	3.57	2025
Urbanization - urban population	165	26	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	145	27986 sq km	0
Area - total	145	28896 sq km	0
Area - water	71	910143 sq km	0
Coastline	25	5313 km	0
Elevation - highest point	94	2335 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	160	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	186	3.9	2018
Land use - arable land	155	0.7	2018
Land use - forest	6	78.9	2018
Land use - other	134	17.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	159	0.3	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	103	1.1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	133	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	134	1.19 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	90	0.06 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	51	22.34 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	29	16.2 %	2015
Contraceptive prevalence rate	98	29.3 %	2015
Current health expenditure	72	4.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	40	64.1 %	2023
Death rate	189	3.95 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	34	16.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	35	74.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	35	68.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	40	95 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	24	34.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	14	26.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	25	5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	2	12.8 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	43	1.38 %	2023
Hospital bed density	57	1.4 beds/1,000 population	2012
Infant mortality rate - female	87	15.58 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	79	23.3 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	80	19.53 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	85	79.73 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	90	74.32 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	86	76.96 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	62	122 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	131	23.7 years	2020
Median age - male	121	23.2 years	0
Median age - total	124	23.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	57	22.6	2015
Net migration rate	130	1.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	60	22.5 %	2016
Physicians density	143	0.19 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	168	714766	2023
Population growth rate	49	1.69 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	31	95.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	14	77.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	14	59.4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	64	4.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	18	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	24	0.89 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	36	19.2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	7	53.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	12	36.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	49	2.82 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	29	3.57	2025
Urbanization - urban population	165	26	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	153	2.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	152	1.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	155	1.9	0
Transportation
Airports	90	36	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	65	351000	3280
Heliports	23	3	2021
Merchant marine - total	124	27	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	100	3.840 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	122	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	162	34 km	2011
Roadways - total	155	1390 km	2011
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Solomon Islands 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Solomon Islands 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.