🇸🇧Life expectancy in Solomon Islands

Key numbers

Solomon Islands among its neighbours

Rough years remaining by age

This is a rough approximation. We do not have life tables for Solomon Islands, so we subtract age from life expectancy at birth. Real remaining life expectancy is higher, especially at 50 and 60, because someone who has reached that age has already survived the risks of childhood and young adulthood. In high-income countries a 60-year-old typically has 4 to 6 more years than this table shows.

In plain language

A child born in Solomon Islands today, if death rates at every age stayed exactly as they are, would live 70.5 years on average. Girls would get 2.8 more years than boys. That places Solomon Islands 136th of the 200 countries we track, 2.7 years below the global figure of 73.2.

The gap to Hong Kong, the best in our data, is 15.0 years. Most of that difference comes from deaths before 60, not from how long the oldest people live.

Questions

What is the life expectancy in Solomon Islands?

70.5 years at birth for both sexes combined, by the UN's 2024 estimate. Men can expect 69.2 years and women 72.0. The figure describes today's death rates applied across a whole life, so a child born now will probably live longer if mortality keeps falling.

How much longer do women live than men in Solomon Islands?

2.8 years. The global figure gap is 5.4 years, so Solomon Islands's gap is narrower than usual. Wide gaps usually trace back to male smoking, drinking and accidents; narrow ones to women facing similar risks or poorer maternal health.

How does Solomon Islands compare to Hong Kong?

Hong Kong has the highest life expectancy in our data at 85.5 years, 15.0 years more than Solomon Islands. For men the difference is 13.6 years, for women 16.1.

How does Solomon Islands compare to Cambodia?

Cambodia ranks 135th at 70.7 years, 0.2 years more than Solomon Islands. Men: 68.0 against 69.2. Women: 73.2 against 72.0.