Solomon Islands · Honiara · 738.8K people · australia-oceania
Governmentparliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realmArea28.9K km²Active conflicts1CIA· Jan 2026
Stability Score?How the stability score is computedA weighted composite of seven pillars— conflict intensity, event volatility, arms activity, economic health, market stress, sanctions exposure, and humanitarian proxy. Each pillar is scored 0–100 (higher = healthier). The composite is weighted (conflict 25%, economy 20%, events 15%, the rest 10% each) and recomputed daily from strategic events, World Bank indicators, arms-transfer data, and sanctions records.
arms imports: 5total value usd: $238.1Mconflict amplified: yes
Economic Health
84/100 · 20% wt
gdp growth pct: 3.00%inflation pct: 4.32%unemployment pct: 1.44%
Market Stress
50/100 · 10% wt
total signals 30d: 0negative signals 30d: 0
Sanctions Exposure
100/100 · 10% wt
sanctioned entities: 0is sanctioning power: no
Humanitarian Proxy
68/100 · 10% wt
life expectancy: 70.7literacy rate: —
Risk matrix5 enterprise-decision dimensions · derived from the 7 stability pillars · higher = more risk
Political
32Moderate
Security
34Moderate
Economic
30Moderate
Regulatory
0Stable
Operational
31Moderate
Risk dimensions are derived from the 7 stability pillars. Higher score = more risk (inverted from the stability score, where higher = healthier). Operational is a weighted composite intended for enterprise-decision use.
Latest dispatches10 in country corpus · sources come online as coverage grows
Geopolitical Economics
Gold Rush or Growth Trap? Solomon Islands Bets on Mining to Build a Stronger Economy
Solomon Islands is shifting from logging to gold mining to drive economic growth, with minerals now accounting for 53 percent of exports compared to 4 percent in 2019. While mining could boost GDP by 70.
DevdiscourseSolomon Islands
Climate & Humanitarian Crisis
Landmark geohazards meetings in Honiara aimed at strengthening and resourcing Pacific unified early warning systems
EEAS
Geopolitical Conflict
Key Pacific leader pushes for ‘united front’ against China’s missile tests
The Age - Politics / Federal
Geopolitical Conflict
Key Pacific leader pushes for ‘united front’ against China’s missile tests
Politics / Federal
Geopolitical Economics
China, Solomon Islands advance seaweed blue carbon cooperation
CGTN
MINISTER LILO: SI REAL GDP GROWTH UP TO 3.5% - Solomon Star News
This profile draws from four data tiers. Baseline facts (geography, languages, religion) are from the CIA World Factbook snapshot of January 2026 — the final snapshot before the website was retired. Economic indicators refresh daily from the World Bank. Events, conflicts, dispatches, and entity mentions flow continuously from our continuous intelligence graph — sources come online as we add them. Intelligence briefs are generated daily under ICD 203 analytic-tradecraft standards.
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