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Solomon Islands

(WIPO code: SB)
(latest review January 2025)
by PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK – Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys, Melbourne, Australia

Area

28,896 sq. km.

Population

740,424 (2023).

Capital

Honiara, on the island of Guadalcanal.

Currency

Solomon Islands dollar (SBD).

Language(s)

English (official) and 120 indigenous languages, including Melanesian Pidgin, Polynesian, Papuan. English is spoken by 1%-2% only.

GDP

U.S.$ 1.631 billion (2023 est.); U.S.$ 2,203 per capita (2023 est.).

Agriculture

Oil palm fruit, sweet potatoes, coconuts, taro, yams, fruit, pulses nes, vegetables, cocoa, cassava.

Labor force

75% agriculture, 20% services, 5% industry.

Exports

Lumber, fish, aluminium, palm oil, cocoa beans.

This archipelago Nation includes Southern Solomon Islands, primarily Guadalcanal, Malaita, San Cristobal, Santa Isabel, Choiseul. The Nation, a parliamentary democracy within the Commonwealth of Nations, became independent on July 7, 1978. It has a mixed legal system of English common law and customary law. From 2003 to 2017, the Regional Assistance to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) led by Australia and New Zealand, consisting of police, military and civilian advisors drawn from fifteen countries restored civil and political order and rebuilt government institutions, while reinforcing regional stability, although unrest is not uncommon. There has been modest growth in the economy. In 2021, the Nation had experienced heightened political unrest.

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