Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands economy is smaller than any U.S. metro area, at 69% of Eagle Pass, TX. US$ GDP rose 10.5% to US$1.7 billion in 2025, against real growth of +3.6%; the gap of 6.8 percentage points was mostly exchange-rate and price effects. The country held 182nd place, between Comoros and Grenada.

Services made up 46.9% of output, agriculture 29.7% and industry 23.4% as of 2024, with manufacturing at 10.1% of GDP. Inflation was 3.4% and unemployment 1.4%. Government gross debt stands at 29.6% of GDP, according to the IMF.

Local prices are high, so the PPP measure is weaker. GDP per capita is US$2,086, 159th of 196, but $2,788 international dollars in PPP terms, 183rd, or 24 places lower. With a population of 838,645, the economy is 4.2 times its 2000 size of US$420 million. The IMF projects GDP of US$2.4 billion by 2030, up 37%, which would place it 173rd. Honiara is the capital.