Economy Of Solomon Islands
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Economy overview
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The bulk of the population depends on agriculture, fishing, and forestry for at least part of their livelihood. Most manufactured goods and petroleum products must be imported. The islands are rich in undeveloped mineral resources such as lead, zinc, nickel, and gold. However, severe ethnic violence, the closing of key business enterprises, and an empty government treasury have led to serious economic disarray, indeed near collapse. Tanker deliveries of crucial fuel supplies (including those for electrical generation) have become sporadic due to the government's inability to pay and attacks against ships. Telecommunications are threatened by the nonpayment of bills and by the lack of technical and maintenance staff many of whom have left the country. The disintegration of law and order left the economy in tatters by mid-2003, and on 24 July 2003 more than 2000 Australian soldiers entered the Solomon Islands to restore order and to facilitate the restoration of basic services.
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GDP
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purchasing power parity - $800 million (2002 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate
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-10% (2002 est.)
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GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2002 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector
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agriculture: 42%
industry: 11%
services: 47% (2000 est.)
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Investment gross fixed
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Population below poverty line
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NA
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Household income or consumption by percentage share
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
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Distribution of family income - Gini index
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Inflation rate consumer prices
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9% (2002 est.)
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Labor force
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26,840 (1999)
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Labor force by occupation
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agriculture 75%, industry 5%, services 20% (2000 est.)
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Unemployment rate
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NA
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Budget
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revenues: $38 million
expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of NA (2001)
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Public debt
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Agriculture products
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cocoa beans, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs; timber; fish
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Industries
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fish (tuna), mining, timber
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Industrial production growth rate
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NA
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Electricity production
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32 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity production by source
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fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity consumption
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29.76 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity exports
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity imports
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0 kWh (2001)
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Oil production
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0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil consumption
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1,250 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil exports
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NA (2001)
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Oil imports
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NA (2001)
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Oil proved reserves
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Natural gas production
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Natural gas consumption
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Natural gas exports
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Natural gas imports
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Natural gas proved reserves
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Current account balance
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Exports
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$90 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)
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Exports commodities
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timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa
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Exports partners
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China 25.2%, South Korea 17.6%, Japan 13.4%, Philippines 8.4%, Singapore 5.9%, Thailand 5.9% (2003)
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Imports
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$100 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)
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Imports commodities
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food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals
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Imports partners
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Australia 29.7%, Singapore 21.9%, Fiji 4.7%, New Zealand 4.7% (2003)
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Reserves of foreign exchange gold
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Debt external
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$162.5 million (2001 est.)
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Economic aid recipient
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$28 million annually, mainly from Australia (2003 est.)
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Currency
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Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)
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Currency code
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SBD
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Exchange rates
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Solomon Islands dollars per US dollar - NA (2003), 6.7488 (2002), 5.278 (2001), 5.0889 (2000), 4.8381 (1999)
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Fiscal year
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calendar year
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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.
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