🇸🇧 Solomon Islands Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇸🇧 Solomon Islands SB / SLB #139

Nomad Score 38.0

Cities 5

Region Malay Archipelago, Islands, Oceania, Oceania, Melanesia, Least Developed Countries

Currency SBD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Westminster system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 44/100

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.696

HDI 0.584

Homicide Rate (2008) 3.7/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 16.5/100k

Government Type Unitary Westminster system

Title	Name
Monarchy of Solomon Islands	Charles III
Governor-General of Solomon Islands	David Tiva Kapu

CPI Score (2026) 44 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

Electoral (2025) 0.696

Liberal 0.539

Participatory 0.429

Deliberative 0.395

Egalitarian 0.439

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).