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Solomon Islands — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Solomon Islands, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.43%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -27.2% since 1991
Unemployment for Solomon Islands was 1.43% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.70% in 2002. The lowest was 0.69% in 2013 (about 2.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.93% per year.
Solomon Islands ranks 179 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 96%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.05%, so Solomon Islands sits below it. It peaked in 2002 and has fallen 47% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 94%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.43%
First (1991)
1.97%
Change
-27.2%
Highest
2.70%
in 2002
Lowest
0.69%
in 2013
Average
1.60%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.93%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.43% |
| 2024 | 1.44% |
| 2023 | 1.44% |
| 2022 | 1.48% |
| 2021 | 0.88% |
| 2020 | 0.87% |
| 2019 | 0.75% |
| 2018 | 0.72% |
| 2017 | 0.73% |
| 2016 | 0.74% |
| 2015 | 0.74% |
| 2014 | 0.73% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. 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.