Life expectancy in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Life expectancy was 70.53 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Solomon Islands, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy in Solomon Islands is 70.53 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Solomon Islands peaked at 70.53 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 41.43 years, in 1950.
Solomon Islands ranks 166th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 43.91 years | 41.43 years | 47.02 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 51.14 years | 47.68 years | 55.1 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 59.61 years | 56.06 years | 63.13 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 64.96 years | 63.67 years | 66.05 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.64 years | 66.19 years | 67 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.71 years | 67.12 years | 68.4 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.27 years | 68.67 years | 69.98 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.77 years | 68.89 years | 70.53 years | 4 |
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More health data for Solomon Islands
- Population ages 15-64, male 255,495 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 8,760 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 9,697 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 9,078 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 9,950 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 501,289 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 59.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 9,556 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 9,715 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 10,319 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Solomon Islands?
- Life expectancy in Solomon Islands was 70.53 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 70.53 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.43 years in 1950.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for life expectancy?
- Solomon Islands ranks 166th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.