The Solomon Islands’ coastline is 3% longer than Papua New Guinea’s

Papua New Guinea: 5,152 km (2026 edition) · Solomon Islands: 5,313 km (2026 edition)

Papua New Guinea’s highest peak towers 2,174 m above the Solomon Islands’

Papua New Guinea: 4,509 m (2026 edition) · Solomon Islands: 2,335 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 4.1% of the Solomon Islands, versus 3.1% of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 3.1% (2024) · Solomon Islands: 4.1% (2024)

Papua New Guinea has 13 times as many people as the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 10.8 million (2025) · Solomon Islands: 838,645 (2025)

The Solomon Islands is 26% more densely populated than Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 24 per km² (2025) · Solomon Islands: 30 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Papua New Guinea is 2.1 years older than in the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 22.3 years (2023) · Solomon Islands: 20.3 years (2023)

Women in the Solomon Islands have 0.4 more children on average than in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 3.07 children per woman (2024) · Solomon Islands: 3.51 children per woman (2024)

The Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea are practically level

Papua New Guinea: 3.6% (2025) · Solomon Islands: 3.7% (2025)

Papua New Guinea: 0.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Solomon Islands: 0 per 1,000 (2024)

Papua New Guinea: 0 (2026) · Solomon Islands: no data

Papua New Guinea has 3 official languages, the Solomon Islands 1

Papua New Guinea: 3 (2026) · Solomon Islands: 1 (2026)

Papua New Guinea’s economy is 19 times the size of the Solomon Islands’

Papua New Guinea: $32.5 billion (2025) · Solomon Islands: $1.75 billion (2025)

Papua New Guinea produces 87% more per person than the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: Int$5,215 (2025) · Solomon Islands: Int$2,788 (2025)

Unemployment is 2.6% in Papua New Guinea, versus 1.4% in the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 2.6% (2025) · Solomon Islands: 1.4% (2025)

Papua New Guinea: 0.4% (2025) · Solomon Islands: no data

The Solomon Islands’ central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Papua New Guinea’s 16%

Papua New Guinea: 15.5% (2024) · Solomon Islands: 23.3% (2024)

The Solomon Islands’ price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Papua New Guinea’s

Papua New Guinea: 58% (2025) · Solomon Islands: 75% (2025)

The Solomon Islands spends 31% more on health per person than Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: $85 (2023) · Solomon Islands: $111 (2023)

A baby in Papua New Guinea is 91% more likely to die before turning one than in the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 31.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Solomon Islands: 16.4 per 1,000 (2024)

The Solomon Islands has 3.9 times as many doctors per person as Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Solomon Islands: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)

Papua New Guinea: 0.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Solomon Islands: no data

The suicide rate in the Solomon Islands is 4.9 times that in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Solomon Islands: 14.2 per 100k (2023)

28% of adults in Papua New Guinea are obese, versus 21% in the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 27.6% (2024) · Solomon Islands: 20.9% (2024)

39% of adults in Papua New Guinea smoke, versus 38% in the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 39.3% (2024) · Solomon Islands: 38.4% (2024)

Adults in Papua New Guinea drink 62% more alcohol than in the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 1 litres (2023) · Solomon Islands: 0.6 litres (2023)

Papua New Guinea has 3.7 times as much meat per person as the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 58.5 kg (2023) · Solomon Islands: 15.6 kg (2023)

Papua New Guinea has 11 kcal more food per person per day than the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 2,177 kcal (2023) · Solomon Islands: 2,166 kcal (2023)

Adults in the Solomon Islands went to school 0.92 years longer than in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 5 years (2023) · Solomon Islands: 5.9 years (2023)

The Solomon Islands welcomed 6.1 times as many tourists per resident as Papua New Guinea (2019)

Papua New Guinea: 0.01 (2022) · Solomon Islands: 0.04 (2019)

Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands are practically level

Papua New Guinea: 1 (2026) · Solomon Islands: 1 (2026)

Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands are practically level

Papua New Guinea: 0 (2026 edition) · Solomon Islands: 0 (2026 edition)

29% of people in the Solomon Islands are online, versus 19% in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 19% (2024) · Solomon Islands: 29% (2024)

Home internet in Papua New Guinea is 20% faster than in the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 106 Mbps (2026) · Solomon Islands: 89 Mbps (2026)

82% of people in the Solomon Islands have electricity, versus 43% in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 43.3% (2024) · Solomon Islands: 81.5% (2024)

31% of people in the Solomon Islands live in cities, versus 16% in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 16% (2025) · Solomon Islands: 31% (2025)

The Solomon Islands has 62 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Papua New Guinea 39

Papua New Guinea: 39 (2024) · Solomon Islands: 62 (2022)

Airlines from the Solomon Islands fly 31% more passengers per resident than those from Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 0.14 (2023) · Solomon Islands: 0.19 (2023)

Forest covers 90% of the Solomon Islands, but only 75% of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 75.2% (2024) · Solomon Islands: 89.8% (2024)

The average person in Papua New Guinea emits 2.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 0.8 t (2024) · Solomon Islands: 0.4 t (2024)

24% of Papua New Guinea’s electricity is renewable, versus 9.1% in the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 23.7% (2024) · Solomon Islands: 9.1% (2024)

The air in Papua New Guinea carries 57% more fine dust than in the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 11 µg/m³ (2024) · Solomon Islands: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

Roads in Papua New Guinea are 43% deadlier than in the Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea: 18.9 per 100k (2023) · Solomon Islands: 13.2 per 100k (2023)

The Solomon Islands is on average 2.6 °C warmer than Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: 24°C (2016–2025 avg) · Solomon Islands: 26.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands are nearly identical here

Papua New Guinea: 4,281 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Solomon Islands: 4,245 mm (2016–2025 avg)