Kiribati vs Solomon Islands

Kiribati and Solomon Islands compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Solomon Islands has about 6.1 times as many people as Kiribati: 838,645 against 136,488 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Kiribati ($2,559) is 23% higher than in Solomon Islands ($2,086) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Kiribati (4.2%) than in Solomon Islands (3.6%), a difference of 0.6 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Kiribati (6.5%) than in Solomon Islands (3.4%), a difference of 3.1 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Solomon Islands can expect to live 4.1 years longer than one born in Kiribati: 70.7 years against 66.6 years in 2024.
• The population of Kiribati is older: half of its people are over 22.7 years, against 20.3 years in Solomon Islands in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Kiribati (89.4%) than in Solomon Islands (29%), a difference of 60.4 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Kiribati (0.59 tonnes) are 55% higher than in Solomon Islands (0.38 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Solomon Islands (89.8%) than in Kiribati (1.3%), a difference of 88.5 percentage points in 2024.