(2000 est.)

Labor force:
249,200 (1999)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 75%
industry: 5%
services: 20% (2000 est.)

Unemployment rate:
NA%

Population below poverty line:
NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6.6% (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $49.7 million
expenditures: $75.1 million; including capital expenditures of NA
(2003)

Agriculture - products:
cocoa beans, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes, vegetables,
fruit; timber; cattle, pigs; fish

Industries:
fish (tuna), mining, timber

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%

Electricity - production:
55 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
51.15 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1,280 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Exports:
$171 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa

Exports - partners:
China 41.6%, South Korea 13.5%, Thailand 7%, Japan 6.4%,
Philippines 4.6%, Italy 4.2% (2005)

Imports:
$159 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals

Imports - partners:
Australia 26.2%, Singapore 25.7%, NZ 4.7%, Fiji 4.2%, Papua New
Guinea 4.1% (2005)

Debt - external:
$166 million (2004)

Economic aid - recipient:
$122 million annually, mainly from Australia (2004 est.)

Currency (code):
Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)

Currency code:
SBD

Exchange rates:
Solomon Islands dollars per US dollar - 7.5299 (2005), 7.4847
(2004), 7.5059 (2003), 6.7488 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Solomon Islands

Telephones - main lines in use:
7,400 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
6,000 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 677; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2004)