Statistical information Solomon Islands 2022
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Solomon Islands - Introduction 2022
top of pageBackground:
Settlers from Papua arrived on Solomon Islands around 30,000 years ago. About 6,000 years ago, Austronesian settlers came to Solomon Islands and the two groups mixed extensively. Despite significant inter-island trade, no attempts were made to unite the islands into a single political entity. In 1568, Spanish explorer Alvaro de MENDANA became the first European to spot the islands. After a failed Spanish attempt at creating a permanent European settlement on the islands in the late 1500s, Solomon Islands remained free of European contact until 1767 when British explorer Philip CARTERET sailed by the islands. The islands were regularly visited by European explorers and American and British whaling ships into the 1800s, followed by missionaries in the 1850s.
Germany declared a protectorate over the northern Solomon Islands in 1885, and the UK established a protectorate over the southern islands in 1893. In 1899, Germany transferred its Solomon Islands to the UK in exchange for the UK relinquishing all claims in Samoa. The UK tried to encourage plantation farming, but few Europeans were willing to go to Solomon Islands and the UK left most services - such as education and medical services - to missionaries. In 1942, Japan invaded Solomon Islands and significant battles against Allied forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign proved a turning point in the Pacific war. World War II destroyed large parts of Solomon Islands and a nationalism movement emerged near the end of the war. By 1960, the British relented to allow for some local autonomy. The islands were granted self-government in 1976 and independence two years later under Prime Minister Sir Peter KENILOREA.
In 1999, longstanding ethnic tensions between ethnic Guale in Honiara and ethnic Malaitans in Honiara’s suburbs erupted in civil war, leading thousands of Malaitans to take refuge in Honiara and Guale to flee the city. In 2000, newly-elected Prime Minister Manasseh SOGAVARE focused on peace agreements and distributing resources equally among groups, but his actions bankrupted the government in 2001 and led to SOGAVARE’s ouster. In 2003, Solomon Islands requested international assistance to reestablish law and order. The Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, which ended in 2017, was generally effective in improving the security situation. In 2006, riots broke out in Honiara and the city’s Chinatown burned over allegations that the prime minister took money from China. SOGAVARE was reelected prime minister for a fourth time following elections in 2019 and that same year announced Solomon Islands would switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. In late November 2021, protestors, mostly from the island of Malaita, calling for SOGAVARE’s removal and more development in Malaita, sparked rioting in Honiara.
Germany declared a protectorate over the northern Solomon Islands in 1885, and the UK established a protectorate over the southern islands in 1893. In 1899, Germany transferred its Solomon Islands to the UK in exchange for the UK relinquishing all claims in Samoa. The UK tried to encourage plantation farming, but few Europeans were willing to go to Solomon Islands and the UK left most services - such as education and medical services - to missionaries. In 1942, Japan invaded Solomon Islands and significant battles against Allied forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign proved a turning point in the Pacific war. World War II destroyed large parts of Solomon Islands and a nationalism movement emerged near the end of the war. By 1960, the British relented to allow for some local autonomy. The islands were granted self-government in 1976 and independence two years later under Prime Minister Sir Peter KENILOREA.
In 1999, longstanding ethnic tensions between ethnic Guale in Honiara and ethnic Malaitans in Honiara’s suburbs erupted in civil war, leading thousands of Malaitans to take refuge in Honiara and Guale to flee the city. In 2000, newly-elected Prime Minister Manasseh SOGAVARE focused on peace agreements and distributing resources equally among groups, but his actions bankrupted the government in 2001 and led to SOGAVARE’s ouster. In 2003, Solomon Islands requested international assistance to reestablish law and order. The Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, which ended in 2017, was generally effective in improving the security situation. In 2006, riots broke out in Honiara and the city’s Chinatown burned over allegations that the prime minister took money from China. SOGAVARE was reelected prime minister for a fourth time following elections in 2019 and that same year announced Solomon Islands would switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. In late November 2021, protestors, mostly from the island of Malaita, calling for SOGAVARE’s removal and more development in Malaita, sparked rioting in Honiara.
Solomon Islands - Geography 2022
top of pageLocation: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea
Geographic coordinates: 8 00 S, 159 00 E
Map reference: Oceania
Area
Total: 28,896 km²
Land: 27,986 km²
Water: 910 km²
Comparative: slightly smaller than Maryland
Land boundaries
Total: 0 km
Coastline: 5,313 km
Maritime claims
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf:
200 nm
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
Climate: tropical monsoon; few temperature and weather extremes
Terrain: mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls
Elevation
Highest point: Mount Popomanaseu 2,335 m
Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
Natural resources: fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates, lead, zinc, nickel
Land use
Land use
Agricultural land: 3.9% (2018 est.)
arable land: 0.7% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 2.9% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 0.3% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 2.9% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 0.3% (2018 est.)
Forest: 78.9% (2018 est.)
Other: 17.2% (2018 est.)
Irrigated land: 0 km² (2022)
Major rivers
Major watersheds area km²
Total water withdrawal
Total renewable water resources: 44.7 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
Natural hazards: tropical cyclones, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis
Geography
Note: strategic location on sea routes between the South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea; Rennell Island, the southernmost in the Solomon Islands chain, is one of the world’s largest raised coral atolls; the island’s Lake Tegano, formerly a lagoon on the atoll, is the largest lake in the insular Pacific (15,500 hectares)
Solomon Islands - People 2022
top of pagePopulation
Distribution: most of the population lives along the coastal regions; about one in five live in urban areas, and of these some two-thirds reside in Honiara, the largest town and chief port: 702,694 (2022 est.)
Growth rate: 1.72% (2022 est.)
Below poverty line: 12.7% (2012 est.)
Nationality
Noun: Solomon Islander(s)
Adjective: Solomon Islander
Ethnic groups: Melanesian 95.3%, Polynesian 3.1%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 0.3% (2009 est.)
Languages: Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
Religions: Protestant 73.4% (Church of Melanesia 31.9%, South Sea Evangelical 17.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 11.7%, United Church 10.1%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.5%), Roman Catholic 19.6%, other Christian 2.9%, other 4%, unspecified 0.1% (2009 est.)
Demographic profile
Age structure
Age structure
0-14 years: 32.99% (male 116,397/female 109,604)
15-24 years: 19.82% (male 69,914/female 65,874)
25-54 years: 37.64% (male 131,201/female 126,681)
55-64 years: 5.04% (male 17,844/female 16,704)
65 years and over: 4.51% (male 14,461/female 16,417) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 74.8
Youth dependency ratio: 68.8
Elderly dependency ratio: 6
Potential support ratio: 16.5 (2021 est.)
Median age
Total: 23.5 years
Male: 23.2 years
Female: 23.7 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.72% (2022 est.)
Birth rate: 22.71 births/1000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate: 3.96 deaths/1000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate: -1.55 migrant(s)/1000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution: most of the population lives along the coastal regions; about one in five live in urban areas, and of these some two-thirds reside in Honiara, the largest town and chief port
Urbanization
Urban population: 26% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization: 3.57% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas
Population: 82,000 HONIARA (capital) (2018)
Environment
Current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying, exhibiting the effects of climate change and rising sea levels
International agreements party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling
International agreements signed but not ratified: Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions: 10.67 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions: 0.17 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions: 0.43 megatons (2020 est.)
Sex ratio
At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
Total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mothers mean age at first birth: 22.6 years (2015 est.)
Note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-29
Maternal mortality ratio: 104 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
Total: 20.02 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 23.89 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 15.96 deaths/1000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 76.7 years
Male: 74.05 years
Female: 79.49 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.87 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate: 29.3% (2015)
Drinking water source
Improved:
urban: 95% of population
rural: 65.9% of population
total: 73.1% of population
rural: 65.9% of population
total: 73.1% of population
Unimproved:
urban: 5% of population
rural: 34.1% of population
total: 26.9% of population (2020 est.)
rural: 34.1% of population
total: 26.9% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure: 4.8% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density: 0.19 physicians/1000 population (2016)
Hospital bed density: 1.4 beds/1000 population (2012)
Sanitation facility access
Improved:
urban: 95.6% of population
rural: 22.6% of population
total: 40.6% of population
rural: 22.6% of population
total: 40.6% of population
Unimproved:
urban: 4.4% of population
rural: 77.4% of population
total: 59.4% of population (2020 est.)
rural: 77.4% of population
total: 59.4% of population (2020 est.)
Hiv/Aids
Adult prevalence rate: NA
Major infectious diseases
Degree of risk: high (2020)
Food or water borne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
Vector borne diseases: malaria
Obesity adult prevalence rate: 22.5% (2016)
Alcohol consumption
Per capita total: 1.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita beer: 1.1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita wine: 0.06 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita spirits: 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
Total: 36.5% (2020 est.)
Male: 53.8% (2020 est.)
Female: 19.2% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 16.2% (2015)
Education expenditures: 12.8% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
Total population: NA
Male: NA
Female: NA
School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Youth unemployment
Rate ages 15-24 total: 1.3%
Rate ages 15-24 male: 1%
Rate ages 15-24 female: 1.6% (2013)
Solomon Islands - Government 2022
top of pageCountry name
Conventional long form: none
Conventional short form: Solomon Islands
Local long form: none
Local short form: Solomon Islands
Former: British Solomon Islands
Etymology: Spanish explorer Alvaro de MENDANA named the isles in 1568 after the wealthy biblical King SOLOMON in the mistaken belief that the islands contained great riches
Government type: parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Capital
Name: Honiara
Geographic coordinates: 9 26 S, 159 57 E
Time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Etymology: the name derives from "nagho ni ara," which in one of the Guadalcanal languages roughly translates as "facing the eastern wind"
Administrative divisions: 9 provinces and 1 city*; Central, Choiseul, Guadalcanal, Honiara*, Isabel, Makira and Ulawa, Malaita, Rennell and Bellona, Temotu, Western
Dependent areas
Independence: 7 July 1978 (from the UK)
National holiday: Independence Day, 7 July (1978)
Constitution
History: adopted 31 May 1978, effective 7 July 1978; note - in late 2017, provincial leaders agreed to adopt a new federal constitution, with passage expected in 2018, but it has been postponed indefinitely
Amendments: proposed by the National Parliament; passage of constitutional sections, including those on fundamental rights and freedoms, the legal system, Parliament, alteration of the constitution and the ombudsman, requires three-fourths majority vote by Parliament and assent of the governor general; passage of other amendments requires two-thirds majority vote and assent of the governor general; amended several times, last in 2018; note - a new constitution was drafted in mid-2009 and the latest version drafted in 2013
Legal system: mixed legal system of English common law and customary law
International law organization participation: has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt
Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: no
Citizenship by descentonly: at least one parent must be a citizen of the Solomon Islands
Dual citizenship recognized: no
Residency requirement for naturalization: 7 years
Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
Executive branch
Chief of state: King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor General David VUNAGI (since 8 July 2019)
Head of government: Prime Minister Manasseh SOGAVARE (since 24 April 2019)
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister
Elections and appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the advice of the National Parliament for up to 5 years (eligible for a second term); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually elected prime minister by the National Parliament; deputy prime minister appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister from among members of the National Parliament
Election results: Manasseh SOGAVARE elected prime minister on 24 April 2019
Legislative branch
Description: unicameral National Parliament (50 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)
Elections: last held on 3 April 2019 (next to be held in April 2023)
Election results: percent of vote by party - UDP 10.7%, DAP 7.8%, PAP 4.4%, independent 56.3%, other 20.8%; seats by party - DAP 7, UDP 5, PAP 3, KPSI 1, SIPFP 1, SIPRA 1, independent 32; composition - men 46, women 4, percent of women 8%
Judicial branch
Highest courts: Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and ex officio members including the High Court chief justice and its puisne judges); High Court (consists of the chief justice and puisne judges, as prescribed by the National Parliament)
Judge selection and term of office: Court of Appeal and High Court president, chief justices, and puisne judges appointed by the governor general upon recommendation of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, chaired by the chief justice and includes 5 members, mostly judicial officials and legal professionals; all judges serve until retirement at age 60
Subordinate courts: Magistrates' Courts; Customary Land Appeal Court; local courts
Political parties and leaders: Democratic Alliance Party or DAP [Steve ABANA]
Kadere Party of Solomon Islands or KPSI [Peter BOYERS]
People's Alliance Party or PAP [Sir Nathaniel WAENA]
Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement or SIPRA [Manasseh MAELANGA]
Solomon Islands People First Party or SIPFP [Dr. Jimmie RODGERS]
United Democratic Party or UDP [Sir Thomas Ko CHAN]
Note: in general, Solomon Islands politics is characterized by fluid coalitions
International organization participation: ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, EITI (candidate country), ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Jane Mugafalu Kabui WAETARA (since 16 September 2022)
In the us chancery: 685 Third Avenue, 11th Floor, Suite 1102, New York, NY 10,017
In the us telephone: [1] (212) 599-6,192; [1] (212) 599-6,193
In the us FAX: [1] (212) 661-8,925
In the us email address and website:
simun@solomons.com
From the us embassy: the US does not have an embassy in the Solomon Islands; the US Ambassador to Papua New Guinea is accredited to the Solomon Islands
Flag description: divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green; blue represents the ocean, green the land, and yellow sunshine; the five stars stand for the five main island groups of the Solomon Islands
National symbols: national colors: blue, yellow, green, white
National anthem
Name: "God Save Our Solomon Islands"
Lyrics and music: Panapasa BALEKANA and Matila BALEKANA/Panapasa BALEKANA
Note: adopted 1978
National heritage
Total world heritage sites: 1 (natural)
Selected world heritage site locales:
Solomon Islands - Economy 2022
top of pageEconomy overview
Real gdp purchasing power parity:
$1.71 billion (2020 est.)
$1.78 billion (2019 est.)
$1.76 billion (2018 est.)
$1.78 billion (2019 est.)
$1.76 billion (2018 est.)
Note: data are in 2017 dollars
Real gdp growth rate:
3.5% (2017 est.)
3.5% (2016 est.)
2.5% (2015 est.)
3.5% (2016 est.)
2.5% (2015 est.)
Real gdp per capita:
$2,500 (2020 est.)
$2,700 (2019 est.)
$2,700 (2018 est.)
$2,700 (2019 est.)
$2,700 (2018 est.)
Note: data are in 2017 dollars
Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: NA
Government consumption: NA
Investment in fixed capital: NA
Investment in inventories: NA
Exports of goods and services: 25.8% (2011 est.)
Imports of goods and services: -49.6% (2011 est.)
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 34.3% (2017 est.)
Industry: 7.6% (2017 est.)
Services: 58.1% (2017 est.)
Agriculture products: oil palm fruit, sweet potatoes, coconuts, taro, yams, fruit, pulses, vegetables, cocoa, cassava
Industries: fish (tuna), mining, timber
Industrial production growth rate: 3.6% (2017 est.)
Labor force: 202,500 (2007 est.)
By occupation agriculture: 75%
By occupation industry: 5%
By occupation services: 20% (2000 est.)
Labor force
Unemployment rate: NA
Youth unemployment
Rate ages 15-24 total: 1.3%
Rate ages 15-24 male: 1%
Rate ages 15-24 female: 1.6% (2013)
Population below poverty line: 12.7% (2012 est.)
Gini index
Coefficient distribution of family income: 37.1 (2013 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10: NA
Highest 10: NA
Distribution of family income gini index
Budget
Revenues: $532.5 million (2017 est.)
Expenditures: $570.5 million (2017 est.)
Surplus or deficit: $-2.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Taxes and other revenues: 41% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Public debt:
9.4% of GDP (2017 est.)
7.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
7.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Revenue
From forest resources forest revenues: 20.27% of GDP (2018 est.)
From coal coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Inflation rate consumer prices:
0.5% (2017 est.)
0.5% (2016 est.)
0.5% (2016 est.)
Central bank discount rate
Commercial bank prime lending rate
Stock of narrow money
Stock of broad money
Stock of domestic credit
Market value of publicly traded shares
Current account balance:
-$54 million (2017 est.)
-$49 million (2016 est.)
-$49 million (2016 est.)
Exports:
$430 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$590 million (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$680 million (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$590 million (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$680 million (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
Partners: China 65%, Italy 9%, India 6% (2019)
Commodities: lumber, fish, aluminum, palm oil, cocoa beans (2019)
Imports:
$560 million (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$750 million (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$750 million (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$750 million (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$750 million (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
Partners: China 24%, Australia 13%, South Korea 12%, Singapore 12%, Malaysia 10% (2019)
Commodities: refined petroleum, fish, insulated wiring, broadcasting equipment, excavation machinery (2019)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$0 (31 December 2017 est.)
$421 million (31 December 2016 est.)
$421 million (31 December 2016 est.)
Debt external:
$757 million (31 December 2017 est.)
$643 million (31 December 2016 est.)
$643 million (31 December 2016 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment at home
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad
Exchange rates:
Solomon Islands dollars (SBD) per US dollar
8.06126 (2020 est.)
8.10373 (2019 est.)
8.01282 (2018 est.)
7.9147 (2014 est.)
7.3754 (2013 est.)
8.06126 (2020 est.)
8.10373 (2019 est.)
8.01282 (2018 est.)
7.9147 (2014 est.)
7.3754 (2013 est.)
Solomon Islands - Energy 2022
top of pageElectricity
Access electrification total population: 66.7% (2018)
Access electrification urban areas: 76.7% (2018)
Access electrification rural areas: 63.5% (2018)
Installed generating capacity: 40,000 kW (2020 est.)
Consumption: 93.527 million kWh (2019 est.)
Exports: 0 kWh (2020 est.)
Imports: 0 kWh (2020 est.)
Transmission distribution losses: 14 million kWh (2019 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels: 94.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources solar: 2.7% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources wind: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources biomass and waste: 2.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Coal
Production: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)
Consumption: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)
Exports: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)
Imports: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)
Proven reserves: 0 metric tons (2019 est.)
Petroleum
Total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2021 est.)
Refined petroleum consumption: 2,200 bbl/day (2019 est.)
Crude oil and lease condensate exports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)
Crude oil and lease condensate imports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)
Crude oil estimated reserves: 0 barrels (2021 est.)
Crude oil
Refined petroleum
Products production: 0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products exports: 0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products imports: 1,577 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Natural gas
Production: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)
Consumption: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)
Exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)
Imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)
Proven reserves: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions: 333,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From coal and metallurgical coke: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From petroleum and other liquids: 333,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From consumed natural gas: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
Energy consumption per capita: 6.955 million Btu/person (2019 est.)
Solomon Islands - Communication 2022
top of pageTelephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 7,000 (2020 est.)
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2020 est.)
Mobile cellular total subscriptions: 478,116 (2019)
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 71 (2019)
Telephone system
Broadcast media: Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) does not broadcast television; multi-channel pay-TV is available; SIBC operates 2 national radio stations and 2 provincial stations; there are 2 local commercial radio stations; Radio Australia is available via satellite feed (since 2009) (2019)
Internet
Country code: .sb
Users total: 80,379 (2019 est.)
Users percent of population: 12% (2019 est.)
Broadband fixed subscriptions
Total: 1,000 (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 0.2 (2020 est.)
Solomon Islands - Military 2022
top of pageMilitary expenditures
Military and security forces: no regular military forces; the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force is responsible for internal and external security and reports to the Ministry of Police, National Security, and Correctional Services (2022)
Military service age and obligation
Space program
Terrorist groups
Solomon Islands - Transportation 2022
top of pageNational air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 6
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 427,806 (2018)
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 3.84 million (2018) mt-km
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: H4
Airports
Total: 36 (2021)
With paved runways total: 1
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 1 (2021)
With unpaved runways total: 35
With unpaved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 1
With unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m: 10
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 24 (2021)
Heliports: 3 (2021)
Pipelines
Railways
Roadways
Total: 1,390 km (2011)
Paved: 34 km (2011)
Unpaved: 1,356 km (2011)
Note: includes 920 km of private plantation roads
Waterways
Merchant marine
Total: 24
By type: general cargo 8, oil tanker 1, other 15 (2021)
Ports and terminals
Major seaport: Honiara, Malloco Bay, Viru Harbor, Tulagi
Solomon Islands - Transnational issues 2022
top of pageDisputes international: from 2003 to 2017, at the request of the Solomon Islands Governor-General, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), consisting of police, military, and civilian advisors drawn from 15 countries, assisted in reestablishing and maintaining civil and political order while reinforcing regional stability and security
Refugees and internally displaced persons
Illicit drugs
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