Solomon Islands

  • Governor General:David Tiva Kapu
  • Prime Minister:Jeremiah Manele
  • Capital city:Honiara
  • Languages:Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
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  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:828,857 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:27,990
  • GDP per capita, US$:2,149 (2024)
  • GDP, billion current US$:1.8 (2024)
  • GINI index:37.1 (2012)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:136

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    • September 2025
      Source: Global Innovation Index
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      Accessed On: 25 September, 2025
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      The Global Innovation Index 2023 captures the innovation ecosystem performance of 132 economies and tracks the most recent global innovation trends.  The GII 2023 tracks global innovation trends against a background of uncertainty caused by slow economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, high-interest rates, and geopolitical conflict, but with the promise of the Digital Age and Deep Science innovation waves and technological progress.  
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