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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Solomon Islands: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Solomon Islands is placed 145th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 70.53 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 20.01 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
145th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- 70.53Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 20.01Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- 31.69Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
- —Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Solomon Islands on health & wellbeing — 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
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
70.53
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Solomon Islands: 70.53. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Melanesia
- 78.77 New Caledonia
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
20.01
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Solomon Islands: 20.01. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Melanesia
- 17.14 Vanuatu
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Solomon Islands’s is from 2015 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
31.69
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
Solomon Islands: 31.69. Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Melanesia
- 7.197 Fiji
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Solomon Islands, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
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.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
Solomon IslandsWorld median
Solomon Islands rose from 67.12 in 2000 to 70.53 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Solomon Islands World median 2023 70.53 74.630 2022 70.41 74.313 2021 68.89 72.433 2020 69.26 73.063 2019 69.98 74.196 2018 69.81 74.081 2017 69.65 74.029 2016 69.50 74.013 2015 69.32 73.783 2014 68.98 73.330 2013 69.01 73.386 2012 68.96 73.210 2011 68.82 73.003 2010 68.67 72.827 2009 68.40 72.426 2008 68.34 72.264 2007 67.85 72.113 2006 67.97 72.027 2005 67.79 71.876 2004 67.63 71.477 2003 67.48 71.409 2002 67.35 71.173 2001 67.24 70.926 2000 67.12 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
Solomon IslandsWorld median
Solomon Islands fell from 30.55 in 2000 to 20.01 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Solomon Islands World median 2024 20.0 14.5 2023 20.6 15.2 2022 21.3 14.7 2021 21.9 15.1 2020 22.5 15.3 2019 23.1 15.7 2018 23.6 16.3 2017 24.1 16.8 2016 24.6 17.5 2015 25.0 17.9 2014 25.4 18.3 2013 25.8 18.7 2012 26.2 18.8 2011 26.7 19.0 2010 27.2 19.2 2009 27.6 20.8 2008 28.0 20.7 2007 28.4 21.8 2006 28.8 22.8 2005 29.1 24.0 2004 29.3 25.9 2003 29.6 26.9 2002 29.8 28.0 2001 30.2 29.1 2000 30.5 30.4
03In context
Solomon Islands beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, 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 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fiji | 125th | 67.32 | 29.12 | 7.197 | — |
 Vanuatu | 129th | 71.48 | 17.14 | 28.9 | — |
| Solomon Islands | 145th | 70.53 | 20.01 | 31.69 | — |
 Papua New Guinea | 171st | 66.13 | 39.38 | 49.45 | — |
 New Caledonia | not placed | 78.77 | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Melanesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
- Fiji125th
- Vanuatu129th
- Solomon Islands145th
- Papua New Guinea171st
- New Caledonianot placed
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Solomon Islands in the topic’s list.
Niue142nd
Nepal143rd
Dominica144th- Solomon Islands145th
Laos146th
Ghana147th
Micronesia=148th
04Context, no vote
Where Solomon Islands is ahead of the world, and behind
43 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, 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 median7
Statistics on which Solomon Islands does better than the middle country measured.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.7476.240.74No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 76.2 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 4th of 136 · derived.
Early Initiation of BreastfeedingUNICEF · 2024 · world median 52.9578.952.95No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 78.9 · world median 52.95 · Newborns put to the breast within one hour of birth (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.749 to 93.1; higher is better.
Position 13th of 136 · derived.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.456.514.45No real change since 2013
Solomon Islands: 6.5 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 190th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Solomon Islands: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of PneumoniaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 67.77967.7No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 79 · world median 67.7 · Children under 5 with pneumonia symptoms taken to a health provider (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 14 to 99.1; higher is better.
Position 33rd of 127 · derived.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.57965.5▲ Improved since 2020
Solomon Islands: 79 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1348.0038.134No real change since 2014
Solomon Islands: 8.003 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 102nd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median29
Statistics on which Solomon Islands does worse than the middle country measured.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.56.2195.5▼ Worsened since 2014
Solomon Islands: 6.219 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 74th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum)MAP · 2025 · world median 52.47103.7752.47▼ Worsened since 2015
Solomon Islands: 103.77 · world median 52.47 · New P. falciparum malaria cases per 1,000 people per year. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 334.75; lower is better.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2616.3812.26No real change since 2014
Solomon Islands: 16.38 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 80th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 918791▲ Improved since 2015
Solomon Islands: 87 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum)MAP · 2024 · world median 8.10621.388.106No real change since 2014
Solomon Islands: 21.38 · world median 8.106 · Deaths from P. falciparum malaria per 100,000 people per year. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 133.27; lower is better.
Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with DiarrhoeaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 41.536.641.5No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 36.6 · world median 41.5 · Children under 5 with diarrhoea given oral rehydration salts (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 9.9 to 95.4; higher is better.
Position 81st of 127 · derived.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8584.3342.858No real change since 2014
Solomon Islands: 4.334 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 70th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8168.981No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 68.9 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 102nd of 153 · derived.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7166.74133.7No real change since 2013
Solomon Islands: 166.74 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 75th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.16311.018.163No real change since 2013
Solomon Islands: 11.01 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 67th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.4780.351▲ Improved since 2013
Solomon Islands: 0.478 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 118th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4650.3727.46No real change since 2013
Solomon Islands: 50.37 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 70th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.2113.2310.21No real change since 2010
Solomon Islands: 13.23 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 50th of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.65122.5946.65▼ Worsened since 2013
Solomon Islands: 122.59 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 59th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.984.596.9No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 84.5 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.30.25▲ Improved since 2014
Solomon Islands: 0.3 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 907890▲ Improved since 2015
Solomon Islands: 78 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2552.671.25▼ Worsened since 2013
Solomon Islands: 52.6 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 150th of 196 · derived.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.420.564▼ Worsened since 2017
Solomon Islands: 0.42 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.
Position 137th of 172 · derived.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.5840.762▼ Worsened since 2013
Solomon Islands: 0.584 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 156th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3913.716.39▼ Worsened since 2013
Solomon Islands: 13.7 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 182nd of 222 · derived.
Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 2023 · world median 5.2205.2No real change since 2013
Solomon Islands: 20 · world median 5.2 · Population undernourished (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 54.2; lower is better.
Position 26th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 416241▲ Improved since 2012
Solomon Islands: 62 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5468.4653.546No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 8.465 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 23rd of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.8332.3884.83▼ Worsened since 2013
Solomon Islands: 32.38 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Dietary Energy SupplyFAO · 2024 · world median 2,9822,2312,982▼ Worsened since 2014
Solomon Islands: 2,231 · world median 2,982 · Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1,757 to 3,962; higher is better.
Position 144th of 155 · derived.
Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two DaysUNICEF · 2025 · world median 82.915.682.9No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 15.6 · world median 82.9 · Newborns with a health check within 2 days of birth (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.3 to 99.9; higher is better.
Position 105th of 109 · derived.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.6911.2102.69No real change since 2013
Solomon Islands: 11.2 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Malaria Incidence (P. vivax)MAP · 2025 · world median 1.382184.621.382▼ Worsened since 2015
Solomon Islands: 184.62 · world median 1.382 · New P. vivax malaria cases per 1,000 people per year. Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.001 to 184.62; lower is better.
No better end7
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1730.4916.17No real change since 2013
Solomon Islands: 30.49 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8934.9438.89Moved since 2015
Solomon Islands: 34.94 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 135th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.730.381.73Moved since 2014
Solomon Islands: 0.38 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 146th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.419.535.4Moved since 2013
Solomon Islands: 19.5 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.2523.641.25Moved since 2013
Solomon Islands: 23.6 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.655.920.65No earlier reading
Solomon Islands: 5.9 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8315.6257.83No real change since 2013
Solomon Islands: 15.62 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
No current reading for Solomon Islands
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff (last 2015), Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet and Violent Discipline of Children. 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
Health & Wellbeing among Solomon Islands’s 15 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Solomon Islands’s 9th 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 health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Solomon Islands can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Oceania
Australia38th3/4 keysHighest in Melanesia
Fiji125th3/4 keysThis page
Solomon Islands145th3/4 keys
Positions out of 200 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.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Solomon Islands and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Solomon Islands on health & wellbeing: 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 health & wellbeing?
Solomon Islands is placed 145th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth, Under-Five Mortality Rate and Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Solomon Islands?
70.53 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Solomon Islands?
20.01 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How have Solomon Islands’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 67.12 in 2000 to 70.53 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 30.55 in 2000 to 20.01 in 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Solomon Islands?
No current reading is published for Solomon Islands on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet and Violent Discipline of Children. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing 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 health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 43 statistics on this page come from 14 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
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Solomon Islands: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/solomon-islands/health