Solomon Islands: GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Solomon Islands' GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) rose 28.58 on 2024 (from 2,354 to 2,382).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −14.97 and a typical year strayed about 124.57 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 226.16 in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 440.76 in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 49.98 a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Solomon Islands had the 175th highest value of the 185 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Solomon Islands in the 2025 ranking

• Haiti — 172nd of 185: 2,678
• Burkina Faso — 173rd of 185: 2,625
• Chad — 174th of 185: 2,481
• Sudan — 176th of 185: 1,873
• Niger — 177th of 185: 1,861
• Liberia — 178th of 185: 1,693

What this measures

This indicator provides values for gross domestic product (GDP) per person expressed in constant international dollars, converted by purchasing power parities (PPPs). PPPs account for the different price levels across countries and thus PPP-based comparisons of economic output are more appropriate for comparing the output of economies and the average material well-being of their inhabitants than exchange-rate based comparisons. Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2021. The PPP conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator. PPPs convert different currencies to a common currency and, in the process of conversion, equalize their purchasing power by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries, thereby allowing volume or output comparisons of GDP and its expenditure components.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 36 values

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) in nearby economies

• Australia — 60,194 (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 78,985 (2025)
• Cambodia — 7,300 (2025)
• China — 25,067 (2025)
• Fiji — 13,961 (2025)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 68,725 (2025)
• Indonesia — 15,091 (2025)
• Japan — 48,283 (2025)
• Kiribati — 3,364 (2025)
• Korea, Rep.

More economic policy & debt data for Solomon Islands

• Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$191.86 million (2023)
• Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$23.39 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$175.09 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$243.66 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$243.66 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$243.66 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$243.66 million (2023)
• Net ODA received per capita (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Solomon Islands's GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)?

2,382 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 1.25% from 2,353 in 1990. The highest value was 2,997 in 1995 and the lowest 1,961 in 2002.

How does Solomon Islands rank?

175th highest of 185 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) unusual for Solomon Islands?

In 2025, Solomon Islands' GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) rose 28.58 on 2024 (from 2,354 to 2,382). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −14.97 and a typical year strayed about 124.57 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Comparison Program (ICP), World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/icp/data, note: This information is for ICP’s PPPs utilized in WDI, publisher: International Comparison Program (ICP), date accessed: May 30, 2024, date published: May 30, 2024; The Eurostat PPP Progr… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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