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Solomon Islands

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Solomon Islands is a country. The capital city is Honiara, located in the Melanesia region of Oceania. It has a land area of 27,990 km², a population of 800,005 people and uses the currency Solomon Islands dollar. The Prime Minister is Manasseh Sogavare.

Key facts

currency: Solomon Islands dollar
capital city: Honiara
region: Melanesia
continent: Oceania
land area: 27,990 km²
population: 800,005 people
political leader: Manasseh Sogavare (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 15.39 % of GDP
expense: 27.05 % of GDP
GDP: 1,633,319,401.19 current US$
inflation: 5.89 annual %
self-employed workers: 64.38 % of total employment
tax revenue: 20.67 % of GDP
unemployment: 1.46 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 63.24 % of total employment
democracy score: 0.00
democracy type: Unknown
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 1,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 42.50 % of population
net migration: 1,636 people
press freedom: 0.00
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 8.00 %
birth rate: 29.32 per 1,000 people
death rate: 4.89 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 106.35 current US$
health expenditure: 4.76 % of GDP
hospital beds: 1.40 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 71
suicide mortality rate: 14.70 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 1,200.00 km²
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 0.42 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 76.00 % of population
fertility rate: 3.92 births per woman
forest area: 25,215 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 0.72 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 16.30
methane emissions: 0.28 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.03 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 390,932 people
male population: 409,073 people
renewable energy consumption: 50.10 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 28,414.50 km²
rural population: 591,708 people
urban land area: 37.83 km²
urban population: 208,297 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.80 % of total population

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Solomon Islands is one of the countries in Oceania, countries in Melanesia and 194 countries in our database.

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