Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita was 0.185 people per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Solomon Islands, 2000–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
In 2024, number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Solomon Islands stood at 0.185 people per person. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 62.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Solomon Islands peaked at 0.953 people per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.185 people per person, in 2024.
That places Solomon Islands 47th out of 214 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.953 people per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.924 people per person | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 0.895 people per person | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.866 people per person | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 0.837 people per person | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 0.808 people per person | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 0.856 people per person | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 0.871 people per person | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.719 people per person | -17.5% |
| 2009 | 0.788 people per person | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 0.646 people per person | -18.0% |
| 2011 | 0.609 people per person | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 0.571 people per person | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 0.553 people per person | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.495 people per person | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 0.449 people per person | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 0.418 people per person | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 0.371 people per person | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 0.342 people per person | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 0.306 people per person | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 0.271 people per person | -11.4% |
| 2021 | 0.237 people per person | -12.5% |
| 2022 | 0.24 people per person | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.187 people per person | -22.1% |
| 2024 | 0.185 people per person | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8517 people per person | 0.719 people per person | 0.953 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.476 people per person | 0.306 people per person | 0.646 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.224 people per person | 0.185 people per person | 0.271 people per person | 5 |
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More energy & mining data for Solomon Islands
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 5.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 16.8% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Solomon Islands?
- Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Solomon Islands was 0.185 people per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.953 people per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.185 people per person in 2024.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
- Solomon Islands ranks 47th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people without access to electricity, per capita rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Solomon Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people without access to electricity, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of people without access to electricity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people without access to electricity Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.