International Rankings of Solomon Islands 2024, 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	0.20	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	194	1000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	85	36.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	173	255600	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	196	7000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	81	67.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	174	474000	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	186	537.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	186	514.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	58	2.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	89	78.192 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	174	757.000 million US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	98	8.03	N/A
Exports	190	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	25.80 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	107	49.60 % of GDP	2011
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	14	34.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	167	7.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	112	58.10 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	66	37 %	2013
Imports	198	619.460 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	173	3.84 %	2020
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	177	0.12 %	2021
Labor force	164	366000 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	127	13 %	2012
Public debt	189	11.46 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	201	1.703 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	176	0.20 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	159	2400 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	83	3	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	159	694.515 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	77	21.05 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	206	1.03 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	153	2.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	152	1.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	155	1.90 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	191	333000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	192	333000	2019
Electricity - consumption	195	93.527 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	194	40000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	184	14.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	35	75	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	36	76	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	43	79	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	35	2.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	28	94.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	44	2.70 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	164	6.955 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	181	2200 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	195	1577 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	169	8 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	186	4	2018
Land use - arable land	155	1	2018
Land use - forest	6	79	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	3	2018
Revenue from forest resources	1	20 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	98	44.700 billion cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	29	3.57	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	165	26	2023
Geography
Area - land	144	27986 sq km	N/A
Area - total	146	28896 sq km	N/A
Area - water	115	910 sq km	N/A
Coastline	26	5313 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	89	2335 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	186	4	2018
Land use - arable land	155	1	2018
Land use - forest	6	79	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	3	2018
Population Density	192	25.54 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	103	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	134	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	51	22.30 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	23	16 %	2015
Contraceptive prevalence rate	98	29.30 %	2015
Current health expenditure	72	4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	40	64 %	2023
Death rate	86	4.00 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	6.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	34	16.50 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	35	74.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	35	68.80 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	40	95 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	24	34 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	14	27 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	25	5 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	2	13 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	44	1.38 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	84	15.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	74	23.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	76	19.50 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	54	80 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	62	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	60	77 years	2023
Maternal mortality ratio	62	122.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	129	25 years	N/A
Median age - male	121	25 years	N/A
Median age - total	116	25 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	57	23	2015
Net migration rate	73	1.50 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	60	22.50 %	2016
Physicians density	143	0.19 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	167	714766	2023
Population growth rate	48	1.69 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	31	96 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	14	77 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	14	59 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	64	4 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	18	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	24	0.89 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	53	2.82 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	29	3.57	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	165	26	2023
Transportation
Airports	94	35	2024
Heliports	65	1	2024
Merchant marine - total	122	25	2023
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	6.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	130	34 km	2011
Roadways - total	111	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.

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