Solomon Islands vs Timor-Leste

Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Timor-Leste has about 1.7 times as many people as Solomon Islands: 1.4 million against 838,645 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Solomon Islands ($2,086) is 56% higher than in Timor-Leste ($1,341) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Timor-Leste (7%) than in Solomon Islands (3.6%), a difference of 3.4 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Solomon Islands (3.4%) than in Timor-Leste (0.4%), a difference of 3 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Timor-Leste (1.6%) than in Solomon Islands (1.4%), a difference of 0.2 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Solomon Islands can expect to live 2.8 years longer than one born in Timor-Leste: 70.7 years against 67.9 years in 2024.
• The population of Timor-Leste is older: half of its people are over 21 years, against 20.3 years in Solomon Islands in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Timor-Leste (35% in 2021) than in Solomon Islands (29% in 2024), a difference of 6 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Timor-Leste (0.5 tonnes) are 32% 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 Timor-Leste (71%), a difference of 18.8 percentage points in 2024.