Number of undernourished people (millions) in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Number of undernourished people (millions) was 0.2 num m in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of undernourished people in Solomon Islands, 2012–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in num m.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of undernourished people in Solomon Islands is 0.2 num m, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of undernourished people in Solomon Islands peaked at 0.2 num m in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1 num m, in 2012.
That places Solomon Islands 100th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Number of undernourished people (millions) in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | num m | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.1 num m | — |
| 2013 | 0.1 num m | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1 num m | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1 num m | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1 num m | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1 num m | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1 num m | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2 num m | +100.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2 num m | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2 num m | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2 num m | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2 num m | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2 num m | +0.0% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 0.2 num m is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.45 num m, 14% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 0.2 num m is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.5 num m, 8% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1125 num m | 0.1 num m | 0.2 num m | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.2 num m | 0.2 num m | 0.2 num m | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 100 Albania 0.2 num m compare
- 100 Bulgaria 0.2 num m compare
- 100 Djibouti 0.2 num m compare
- 100 Eswatini 0.2 num m compare
- 100 Jamaica 0.2 num m compare
- 100 Panama 0.2 num m compare
- 100 Serbia 0.2 num m
- 100 Slovakia 0.2 num m compare
- 100 Timor-Leste 0.2 num m compare
- 100 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2 num m compare
- 100 United Arab Emirates 0.2 num m compare
- 100 East Timor 0.2 num m compare
More development goals data for Solomon Islands
- Red List Index 0.7681 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 6.32 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 189.21 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 28 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 28 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 28 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 8 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 8 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 8 (2025)
- Infant deaths 355 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of undernourished people in Solomon Islands?
- Number of undernourished people in Solomon Islands was 0.2 num m in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of undernourished people recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2 num m in 2019.
- What is the lowest number of undernourished people recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 num m in 2012.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for number of undernourished people?
- Solomon Islands ranks 100th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of undernourished people rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of undernourished people (millions). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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