Solomon Islands — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Solomon Islands, 1967–2025.
GDP per capita for Solomon Islands was 2,086 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 58 years, from 1967 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2,278 in 2018. The lowest was 153 in 1967 (about 13.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.60% per year.
Solomon Islands ranks 174 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 82%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Solomon Islands sits below it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 34 of 36 economies; Myanmar (1,489) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 67% in 1971.
Data highlights
From its 1967 level: doubled by 1974; grown tenfold by 2009. Doubling roughly every 15 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 100th of 125 in 1967 → 112th of 163 in 1980 → 145th of 192 in 1990 → 138th of 204 in 2000 → 160th of 212 in 2010 → 164th of 210 in 2020 → 152nd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1967 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,086.19 | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 1,933.56 | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 1,882.64 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,877.78 | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 2,043.44 | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 2,063.33 | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 2,223.66 | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 2,278.2 | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 2,143.58 | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 2,082.62 | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 2,045.48 | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 2,164.95 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,161.39 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 2,066.26 | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 1,924.06 | +14.2% |
| 2010 | 1,685.15 | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 1,554.71 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1,525.85 | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 1,390.15 | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 1,255.62 | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 1,144.49 | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 986.07 | +10.1% |
| 2003 | 895.98 | +18.4% |
| 2002 | 756.89 | -17.0% |
| 2001 | 911.79 | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 953.17 | -15.9% |
| 1999 | 1,133.62 | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 1,091.89 | -15.5% |
| 1997 | 1,292.24 | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,289.33 | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 1,220.18 | +13.2% |
| 1994 | 1,078.04 | +30.1% |
| 1993 | 828.87 | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 763.86 | +14.7% |
| 1991 | 665.83 | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 648.33 | +20.5% |
| 1989 | 538.1 | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 567.02 | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 514.67 | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 505.82 | -13.7% |
| 1985 | 586.02 | -11.8% |
| 1984 | 664.7 | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 686.26 | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 755.89 | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 785.83 | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 767.85 | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 657.86 | +31.6% |
| 1978 | 500.06 | +15.1% |
| 1977 | 434.41 | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 401.08 | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 371.72 | -14.2% |
| 1974 | 433.44 | +48.8% |
| 1973 | 291.25 | +32.7% |
| 1972 | 219.5 | -20.8% |
| 1971 | 277.11 | +67.1% |
| 1969 | 165.86 | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 166.89 | +8.8% |
| 1967 | 153.45 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Solomon Islands’s GDP per capita in 1968?
166.89 (1968). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Solomon Islands’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Solomon Islands’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1967 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1259.5% in total — about 4.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 2,086.19; 2024: 1,933.56; 2023: 1,882.64; 2022: 1,877.78; 2021: 2,043.44. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.