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Solomon Islands

8.0S 159.0E · 25 EVENTS · 8 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM · 7 JULY 1978
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1978 – present · Tensions, Recovery and Great-Power Attention
10 EVENTS
1998–2003 · The Tensions 2 REFS
November 2021 · Honiara riots 2 REFS
1952 – 1978 · The Road to Independence
4 EVENTS
1976 · Internal self-government 2 REFS
7 July 1978 · Independence from the United Kingdom 3 REFS
1942 – 1952 · Guadalcanal and the Turning of the Pacific War
3 EVENTS
7 August 1942 · US landings on Guadalcanal 2 REFS
February 1943 · Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal 2 REFS
1850 – 1941 · Blackbirding, Missions and the Protectorate
4 EVENTS
1860s–1900s · The blackbirding labour trade 2 REFS
1871 · Killing of Bishop Patteson 2 REFS
1568 – 1850 · Mendaña and the King's Gold
2 EVENTS
1568 · Mendaña reaches and names the islands 2 REFS
1595 · Mendaña's failed colony 2 REFS
Antiquity – 1568 · Settlement of a Thousand Tongues
2 EVENTS
c. 30,000+ years ago · Papuan settlers reach the islands 1 REF
c. 1000 BCE · Arrival of the Lapita 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Honiara
Population
648,000
Area
28,896 km²
Region
Melanesia
Languages
English
Currency
Solomon Islands dollar ($)
Demonym
Solomon Islander
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$1.7 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$2,086’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.6%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
3.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
111.4%’24 WB-WDI

Society

Population
839,000’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
70.7 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
31.3%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.5’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
62.6’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
78.7’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
34.5’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
40.9’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
59.6’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
45.0’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
5.4%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.24’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
20.0’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
78.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO

Education

Education spending
8.3%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
81.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
49.0%’12 WB-UNESCO

Technology

Internet users
29.0%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
62’22 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
1.4%’18 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
27,990 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
90.1%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
3.9%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.4’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
50.1%’22 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
18.4%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
18.4%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
81.5%’24 WB-WDI

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