Solomon Islands
- Region
- Oceania · Melanesia
- Capital
- Honiara
- Population
- 838,645 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
- Currency
- Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)
- Official languages
- English
- Spoken languages
- Melanesian pidgin (lingua franca in much of the country), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 28,896 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- IMF, WTO
Political stability
79 / 100
Economic stability
45 / 100
Population stability
36 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- wood, fish, gold, precious metal ore, palm oil (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, plastic products, fish, broadcasting equipment, iron structures (2023)
- Natural resources
- fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates, lead, zinc, nickel
- Primary route
- Feeder services to Australian and Asian hubs
- Secondary route
- Transpacific connections via Fiji hubs
The xin.bz view
- Solomon Islands sits on the drying western side of the Pacific split — freshwater management tightens now, though later in the event improved western-equatorial productivity can bring tuna catches back toward its waters.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño Is Redrawing the Pacific's Water and Fishery Map — Just as Oceania Becomes More Valuable to Global Food, Energy and Critical-Mineral Supply
Australia's 28M t wheat crop and El Niño fire signature, Pacific islands splitting into dry west and wet center, tuna revenue moving between EEZs, New Zealand's west–east water divide, and Australian LNG and rare earths gaining strategic value.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.