The Solomon Islands’ coastline is 2.1 times as long as Vanuatu’s

Solomon Islands: 5,313 km (2026 edition) · Vanuatu: 2,528 km (2026 edition)

The Solomon Islands’ highest peak towers 458 m above Vanuatu’s

Solomon Islands: 2,335 m (2026 edition) · Vanuatu: 1,877 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 13% of Vanuatu, versus 4.1% of the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 4.1% (2024) · Vanuatu: 13.3% (2024)

The Solomon Islands has 2.5 times as many people as Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 838,645 (2025) · Vanuatu: 335,169 (2025)

The Solomon Islands is 9% more densely populated than Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 30 per km² (2025) · Vanuatu: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in the Solomon Islands is 0.11 years older than in Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 20.3 years (2023) · Vanuatu: 20.1 years (2023)

Women in Vanuatu have 0.1 more children on average than in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 3.51 children per woman (2024) · Vanuatu: 3.57 children per woman (2024)

4.4% of people in Vanuatu are 65 or older, versus 3.7% in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 3.7% (2025) · Vanuatu: 4.4% (2025)

Solomon Islands: 0 per 1,000 (2024) · Vanuatu: 0 per 1,000 (2025)

Vanuatu has 3 official languages, the Solomon Islands 1

Solomon Islands: 1 (2026) · Vanuatu: 3 (2026)

The Solomon Islands’ economy is 29% larger than Vanuatu’s

Solomon Islands: $1.75 billion (2025) · Vanuatu: $1.35 billion (2025)

Vanuatu produces 62% more per person than the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: Int$2,788 (2025) · Vanuatu: Int$4,525 (2025)

Solomon Islands: no data · Vanuatu: 32.3 (2019)

Solomon Islands: no data · Vanuatu: 19.5% (2019)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Vanuatu, versus 1.4% in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 1.4% (2025) · Vanuatu: 5.1% (2025)

The Solomon Islands’ central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Vanuatu’s 17%

Solomon Islands: 23.3% (2024) · Vanuatu: 16.5% (2023)

Vanuatu’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× the Solomon Islands’

Solomon Islands: 75% (2025) · Vanuatu: 89% (2025)

Vanuatu spends 29% more on health per person than the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: $111 (2023) · Vanuatu: $143 (2023)

A baby in the Solomon Islands is 14% more likely to die before turning one than in Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 16.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Vanuatu: 14.4 per 1,000 (2024)

The Solomon Islands has 45% more doctors per person than Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Vanuatu: 0.2 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Vanuatu is 15% higher than in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 14.2 per 100k (2023) · Vanuatu: 16.4 per 100k (2023)

22% of adults in Vanuatu are obese, versus 21% in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 20.9% (2024) · Vanuatu: 21.6% (2024)

38% of adults in the Solomon Islands smoke, versus 25% in Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 38.4% (2024) · Vanuatu: 24.9% (2024)

Adults in Vanuatu drink 3.6 times as much alcohol as in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 0.6 litres (2023) · Vanuatu: 2.1 litres (2023)

Vanuatu has 2.6 times as much meat per person as the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 15.6 kg (2023) · Vanuatu: 41 kg (2023)

Vanuatu has 743 kcal more food per person per day than the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 2,166 kcal (2023) · Vanuatu: 2,909 kcal (2023)

Adults in Vanuatu went to school 1.3 years longer than in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 5.9 years (2023) · Vanuatu: 7.2 years (2023)

Vanuatu welcomed 2.4 times as many tourists per resident as the Solomon Islands (2019)

Solomon Islands: 0.04 (2019) · Vanuatu: 0.1 (2022)

The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are practically level

Solomon Islands: 1 (2026) · Vanuatu: 1 (2026)

The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are practically level

Solomon Islands: 0 (2026 edition) · Vanuatu: 0 (2026 edition)

29% of people in the Solomon Islands are online, versus 22% in Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 29% (2024) · Vanuatu: 22% (2015)

Solomon Islands: 89 Mbps (2026) · Vanuatu: no data

82% of people in the Solomon Islands have electricity, versus 66% in Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 81.5% (2024) · Vanuatu: 65.5% (2024)

31% of people in the Solomon Islands live in cities, versus 22% in Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 31% (2025) · Vanuatu: 22% (2025)

Vanuatu has 89 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Solomon Islands 62

Solomon Islands: 62 (2022) · Vanuatu: 89 (2023)

Airlines from Vanuatu fly 5.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 0.19 (2023) · Vanuatu: 1.07 (2023)

Forest covers 90% of the Solomon Islands, but only 75% of Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 89.8% (2024) · Vanuatu: 74.6% (2024)

The average person in Vanuatu emits 67% more CO₂ than someone in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 0.4 t (2024) · Vanuatu: 0.6 t (2024)

25% of Vanuatu’s electricity is renewable, versus 9.1% in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 9.1% (2024) · Vanuatu: 25% (2023)

The air in the Solomon Islands carries 21% more fine dust than in Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 7 µg/m³ (2024) · Vanuatu: 5.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Solomon Islands: no data · Vanuatu: 0.3 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Vanuatu are 13% deadlier than in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands: 13.2 per 100k (2023) · Vanuatu: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

The Solomon Islands is on average 1.2 °C warmer than Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 26.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vanuatu: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

The Solomon Islands gets 75% more rain than Vanuatu

Solomon Islands: 4,245 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vanuatu: 2,432 mm (2016–2025 avg)