Income inequality: Atkinson index in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2254 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Solomon Islands, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: atkinson index in Solomon Islands is 0.2254, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Solomon Islands peaked at 0.3016 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2254, in 2013.
Solomon Islands ranks 105th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3016 | — |
| 2011 | 0.3016 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3016 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2254 | -25.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2254 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2254 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2254 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2254 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2254 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2254 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2254 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2254 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2254 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2254 | +0.0% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 0.2254 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 64% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 0.2254 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2171, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2483 | 0.2254 | 0.3016 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2254 | 0.2254 | 0.2254 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More poverty & inequality data for Solomon Islands
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.56 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,900 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.0737 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 21.61 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.6% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Solomon Islands?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Solomon Islands was 0.2254 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3016 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2254 in 2013.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Solomon Islands ranks 105th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Solomon Islands data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.