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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 · READ THE BED →
1998–2003 · The Tensions 2 REFS
November 2021 · Honiara riots 2 REFS
1952 – 1978 · The Road to Independence
4 EVENTS · READ THE BED →
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 · READ THE BED →
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 · READ THE BED →
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 · READ THE BED →
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 · READ THE BED →
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
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
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
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($1.7 B), superseding 2024 ($1.6 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($2,086), superseding 2024 ($1,934) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (3.6%), superseding 2024 (3.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (3.4%), superseding 2024 (4.3%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2024 value revised by the publisher: 111.4% → 111.4% — +0.00 points → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (81.5%), superseding 2023 (81.3%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (839,000), superseding 2024 (819,000) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (31.3%), superseding 2024 (30.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14