Population
828.9K
Unitary Westminster system
GDP per capita, PPP
$3,732
in 2031
Passport power
#72
84 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
5
Top: Gizo
Country overview
- Official name
- Solomon Islands
- Capital
- Honiara
- Continent
- Oceania / Melanesia
- Area
- 28,896 km²
- Population
- 828.9K
- Density
- 21.2/km²
- Government
- Unitary Westminster system
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .sb
- Calling code
- +677
- Timezone
- UTC+11:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #72 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 84
- Total accessible
- 119
Culture and society
- Languages
- English
- Religions
- Christianity 97.4%, Folk religion 1.2%, Others 1.4%
- Currencies
- $ SBD — Solomon Islands dollar
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.584
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $3,732
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 70.7 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 29.0%
- Gini index (2012)
- 37.1
- Inflation (2031)
- 3.0%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 1.4%
- Urban population (2025)
- 31.3%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 7.0 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2008)
- 3.7/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.42