Least Developed Country Category: Solomon Islands Profile

* Data from the 2021 triennial review

Solomon Islands Country Profile in PDF

LDC status

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Inclusion: 1991

Graduation: Scheduled to graduate in 2027

Reports and resolutions

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Inclusion

CDP report: 1991
GA resolution: A/RES/46/206

Graduation

CDP report: 2015, 2018, 2023
ECOSOC resolution: E/RES/2018/27, E/RES/2023/10
GA resolution: A/RES/73/133, A/RES/77/323
Impact assessment: 2018
Vulnerability profile: 2018
Country statements: 2018 CDP EGM, 2018 CDP Plenary
Monitoring reports: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2023 CDP crisis assessment

Gross national income (GNI) per capita*

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Value:

$ 1,843

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Thresholds

Inclusion: $ 1,018
Graduation: $ 1,222
Income-only graduation: $ 2,444

Human assets index (HAI)*

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Index:

73.8

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 60 or below
Graduation: 66 or above

HAI indicators

Under-five mortality rate
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio
stat Value: 19.7 stat Value: 53.3
Index: 94.1 Index: 48.2
Source: UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation Source: CDP
Prevalence of stunting
Adult literacy rate
stat Value: 29.5 stat Value: 76.6
Index: 46.1 Index: 68.8
Source: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Source: UNESCO
Maternal Mortality Rate
Gender parity index for gross secondary school enrolment
stat Value: 104 stat Value: 0.96
Index: 91.7 Index: 93.9
Source: UN IAG for Maternal Mortality Source: CDP

Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*

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Index:

45.1

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 36 or above
Graduation: 32 or below

EVI indicators

Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones
stat Value: 25.9 stat Value: 17.9
Index: 42.1 Index: 51.0
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: CIESIN
Remoteness and landlockedness
Share of population living in drylands
stat Value: 77.3 stat Value: 0.0
Index: 84.1 Index: 0.0
Source: CDP Source: CDP
Merchandise export concentration
Instability of agricultural production
stat Value: 0.66 stat Value: 4.5
Index: 66.3 Index: 16.0
Source: UNCTAD Source: FAO
Instability of exports of goods and services
Victims of disasters
stat Value: 13.9 stat Value: 1.34
Index: 27.9 Index: 73.6
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: EM-DAT