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Topic 04 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Solomon Islands: Education & Knowledge
How far does a country's schooling carry its children?
Solomon Islands is placed 134th of 198 countries on education & knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Out-of-School Rate, Primary 30.14 (2024); Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary 53.64 (2024).
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Education & Knowledge
134th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- 30.14Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2024Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
- 53.64Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2024Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
- —Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025No reading for this country
- 8.293Government Spending on Education, 2023Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Solomon Islands on education & knowledge — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Out-of-School Rate, Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Solomon Islands’s is from 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
30.14
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
Lower is better
Solomon Islands: 30.14. Across the 192 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.004 (United Arab Emirates) to 65.6 (Equatorial Guinea); the world median is 3.691.
- World median
- 3.691
- Best in Melanesia
- 2.393 Fiji
Key 2 of 4
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Solomon Islands’s is from 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
53.64
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
Higher is better
Solomon Islands: 53.64. Across the 187 countries at their latest reading, values run from 3.411 (Yemen) to 100 (United Arab Emirates); the world median is 85.9.
- World median
- 85.9
- Best in Melanesia
- 89.52 Fiji
Key 3 of 4
Upper Secondary Completion Rate
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
No reading
Upper secondary completion rate (%)
Higher is better
UIS publishes no 2025 figure for Solomon Islands, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 164 countries in this edition, values run from 2.13 (South Sudan) to 99.27 (South Korea); the world median is 64.87.
- World median
- 64.87
- Best in Melanesia
- 58.98 Fiji
Key 4 of 4
Government Spending on Education
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0
8.293
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Higher is better
Solomon Islands: 8.293. Across the 123 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Somalia) to 16.39 (Kiribati); the world median is 3.709.
- World median
- 3.709
- Best in Melanesia
- 8.293 Solomon Islands
02Over time
Which way Solomon Islands is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Out-of-School Rate, Primary
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%) · lower is better
Solomon IslandsWorld median
Solomon Islands rose from 26.28 in 2005 to 30.14 in 2024; the world median went from 4.571 to 3.691.
Every year’s figures
Year Solomon Islands World median 2024 30.14 3.691 2023 32.40 3.393 2022 — 3.002 2021 — 3.330 2020 — 2.678 2019 12.09 2.758 2018 9.80 2.439 2017 — 2.907 2016 — 2.954 2015 2.84 3.052 2014 2.78 3.904 2013 1.75 3.413 2012 — 3.408 2011 — 3.626 2010 — 3.491 2009 — 3.577 2008 — 3.878 2007 20.72 4.029 2006 21.18 4.338 2005 26.28 4.571 2004 — 3.791 2003 — 4.412 2002 — 4.144 2001 — 4.051 2000 — 8.642 Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%) · higher is better
Solomon IslandsWorld median
Solomon Islands fell from 57.72 in 2013 to 53.64 in 2024; the world median went from 88 to 85.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Solomon Islands World median 2024 54 85.9 2023 46 87.6 2022 — 87.7 2021 — 87.0 2020 48 88.3 2019 63 88.8 2018 56 89.6 2017 — 87.4 2016 — 87.9 2015 61 88.2 2014 60 89.2 2013 58 88.0 2012 — 85.4 2011 — 86.2 2010 — 86.1 2009 — 84.8 2008 — 85.8 2007 — 86.7 2006 — 84.0 2005 — 82.2 2004 — 81.8 2003 — 78.3 2002 — 80.0 2001 — 80.8 2000 — 66.3 Government Spending on Education
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) · higher is better
Solomon IslandsWorld median
Solomon Islands rose from 7.333 in 2007 to 8.293 in 2023; the world median went from 4.172 to 3.709.
Every year’s figures
Year Solomon Islands World median 2023 8.29 3.7092 2022 8.49 4.0570 2021 8.33 4.2611 2020 9.64 4.4056 2019 — 4.1407 2018 — 4.2159 2017 — 4.1401 2016 — 4.2342 2015 — 4.2386 2014 — 4.2005 2013 — 4.3493 2012 — 4.0348 2011 — 3.9987 2010 7.48 4.1396 2009 6.66 4.6638 2008 6.90 4.4226 2007 7.33 4.1717 2006 — 4.0593 2005 — 4.0557 2004 — 3.9745 2003 — 4.1595 2002 — 4.0173 2001 — 4.1002 2000 — 3.8861
03In context
Solomon Islands beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on education & knowledge, never a place within the region.
Solomon Islands and Melanesia
Solomon Islands has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Out-of-School Rate, PrimaryOut-of-school rate, primary age (%) | Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before PrimaryChildren one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%) | Upper Secondary Completion RateUpper secondary completion rate (%) | Government Spending on EducationGovernment expenditure on education (% of GDP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fiji | 85th | 2.393 | 89.52 | 58.98 | 4.247 |
 Vanuatu | 106th | 2.531 | 80.62 | 11.32 | 7.581 |
| Solomon Islands | 134th | 30.14 | 53.64 | — | 8.293 |
 Papua New Guinea | 172nd | 4.003 | 65.31 | 14.24 | 0.782 |
 New Caledonia | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Melanesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
- Fiji85th
- Vanuatu106th
- Solomon Islands134th
- Papua New Guinea172nd
- New Caledonianot placed
Placed either side on education & knowledge
The countries immediately above and below Solomon Islands in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Solomon Islands is ahead of the world, and behind
12 more statistics filed under education & knowledge, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Solomon Islands does better than the middle country measured.
Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of PrimaryUIS · 2023 · world median 43.886.3543.8No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 86.35 · world median 43.8 · Pupils at the end of primary reaching minimum proficiency in mathematics (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.8 to 93.42; higher is better.
Academic Freedom IndexV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.6190.90.619▲ Improved since 2015
Solomon Islands: 0.9 · world median 0.619 · Academic freedom index (0–1). V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.019 to 0.978; higher is better.
Position 19th of 176 · derived.
Behind the world median10
Statistics on which Solomon Islands does worse than the middle country measured.
Intergenerational Persistence in EducationWorld Bank Group · 2017 · world median 0.4460.4560.446No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 0.456 · world median 0.446 · Correlation between own and parents' years of schooling, born 1980–89 (0–1). World Bank Group, 2017 edition, data for 2017.
Published values in that edition run from 0.123 to 0.66; lower is better.
Position 71st of 153 · derived, 1st = worst.
Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of PrimaryUIS · 2023 · world median 60.0852.7860.08No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 52.78 · world median 60.08 · Pupils at the end of primary reaching minimum proficiency in reading (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 98.78; higher is better.
Adult Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 93.9976.693.99No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 76.6 · world median 93.99 · Adults 15+ who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 26.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 128th of 172 · derived.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3411.3113.34▼ Worsened since 2013
Solomon Islands: 11.31 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 153rd of 195 · derived.
Pre-Primary Net Enrolment RateUIS · 2024 · world median 65.9333.5465.93▼ Worsened since 2014
Solomon Islands: 33.54 · world median 65.93 · Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.779 to 99.85; higher is better.
Position 98th of 120 · derived.
Youth Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 98.2284.5798.22No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 84.57 · world median 98.22 · 15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 36.7 to 100; higher is better.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.9335.889.933▼ Worsened since 2013
Solomon Islands: 5.88 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 159th of 193 · derived.
Harmonized Test ScoresWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 414.32350.52414.32▼ Worsened since 2017
Solomon Islands: 350.52 · world median 414.32 · Harmonized test score (TIMSS-equivalent points; 300 = minimum, 625 = advanced attainment). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 304.92 to 575.27; higher is better.
Position 152nd of 172 · derived.
Learning-Adjusted Years of SchoolWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 7.9414.6757.941▼ Worsened since 2017
Solomon Islands: 4.675 · world median 7.941 · Learning-adjusted years of school (0–14). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.207 to 12.81; higher is better.
Position 152nd of 172 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.667.90198.66▲ Improved since 2018
Solomon Islands: 7.901 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
No current reading for Solomon Islands
Bachelor's or Higher Attainment (last 2015), Female Share of Researchers, Female Share of STEM Graduates, Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment, Government Funding per Primary Student, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Learning Poverty, Lower Secondary Completion Rate, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Lower Secondary, Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age (last 2023), Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Primary Completion Rate, Primary Schools with Electricity (last 2023), Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary (last 2019), Qualified Teachers in Primary Education (last 2019), Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, Scholarly Articles (last 2024), School Life Expectancy, Secondary School Enrolment (last 2012), Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes, Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, Trust in Scientists, Upper Secondary Attainment (last 2015), Upper Secondary Completion Rate and Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Education & Knowledge among Solomon Islands’s 15 topics
Education & Knowledge is Solomon Islands’s 7th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability7th of 1862/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 39th of 1824/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 39th of 1773/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties83rd of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade77th of 1773/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 121st of 1944/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge134th of 1983/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 125th of 1762/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing145th of 2003/4 keys
- Gender & Equality137th of 1833/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital151st of 1963/3 keys
- Energy129th of 1652/3 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 174th of 1933/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture170th of 1844/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 185th of 1984/4 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on education & knowledge
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Solomon Islands can most readily be measured against.
1
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia
1st of 198 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
GreeceSouthern Europe
2nd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: User:Ggia derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
PolandEastern Europe
3rd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich) · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
Moldova7th4/4 keysHighest in Oceania
Australia18th3/4 keysHighest in Melanesia
Fiji85th4/4 keysThis page
Solomon Islands134th3/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Solomon Islands on education & knowledge: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Solomon Islands rank on education & knowledge?
Solomon Islands is placed 134th of 198 countries on Education & Knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Out-of-School Rate, Primary, Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary and Government Spending on Education). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Out-of-School Rate, Primary figure for Solomon Islands?
30.14 in 2024 (out-of-school rate, primary age (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 3.691.
What is the latest Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary figure for Solomon Islands?
53.64 in 2024 (children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 85.9.
How have Solomon Islands’s education & knowledge figures changed?
Out-of-School Rate, Primary rose from 26.28 in 2005 to 30.14 in 2024; Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary fell from 57.72 in 2013 to 53.64 in 2024; Government Spending on Education rose from 7.333 in 2007 to 8.293 in 2023.
Which education & knowledge statistics are missing for Solomon Islands?
No current reading is published for Solomon Islands on Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, Female Share of Researchers, Female Share of STEM Graduates, Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment, Government Funding per Primary Student, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Learning Poverty, Lower Secondary Completion Rate, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Lower Secondary, Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Primary Completion Rate, Primary Schools with Electricity, Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, Scholarly Articles, School Life Expectancy, Secondary School Enrolment, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes, Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, Trust in Scientists, Upper Secondary Attainment, Upper Secondary Completion Rate and Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
How much children actually learn is only partly covered. International test scores exist for a limited group of countries, and they are published here as context rather than used as a key, because a key must describe most of the world. Universities, research, and youth and adult literacy also appear as context.
How the Education & Knowledge standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The education & knowledge method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Spending on Education — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
The other 12 statistics on this page come from 4 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Solomon Islands’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Solomon Islands (banner) — Nash Belarus, CC BY-SA 3.0
- United Arab Emirates — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Greece — User:Ggia derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Poland — Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich), CC BY 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Solomon Islands: Education & Knowledge — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/solomon-islands/education