Samoa vs Solomon Islands: GDP per capita

Samoa
16,347 current LCU
in 2025
Solomon Islands
17,371 current LCU
in 2025
Samoa rank
190th
Solomon Islands rank
188th

GDP per capita over time

  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k196719962025

How they compare

Solomon Islands currently reports 17,371 current LCU against 16,347 current LCU in Samoa, a difference of 1,025 current LCU.

That makes Solomon Islands's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Samoa ahead.

Globally, Samoa ranks 190th and Solomon Islands ranks 188th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP per capita (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
213 places, 11,862 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.