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Guyana vs Solomon Islands statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 819K in The Solomon Islands (ranked 162/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 10,807 sq mi for The Solomon Islands (ranked 82nd vs. 141st).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and The Solomon Islands ranks 182/197 ($1.76B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while The Solomon Islands ranks 153/197 ($2,149).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Solomon Islands
Population
839919
854419
Population rank 162/197 161/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$1.76B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 182/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$2,149
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 153/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$2,872
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$388M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
23.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$473
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 169/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$2,069
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
10,807 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
75.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
3.56
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
21.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
70.8 years
2025

Guyana and Solomon Islands: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Solomon Islands
Year GDP
Guyana Solomon Islands
1960 $170,216,241 -
1961 $185,849,535 -
1962 $194,949,513 -
1963 $175,757,894 -
1964 $194,774,513 -
1965 $213,235,294 -
1966 $228,705,882 -
1967 $250,176,471 $25,203,524
1968 $229,750,000 $28,084,253
1969 $249,300,000 $28,606,411
1970 $267,800,000 -
1971 $282,050,000 $50,056,883
1972 $285,380,952 $40,606,712
1973 $307,047,619 $55,272,109
1974 $433,954,545 $84,539,332
1975 $494,791,667 $74,620,320
1976 $454,440,000 $83,100,834
1977 $449,880,000 $93,145,283
1978 $507,080,000 $111,027,427
1979 $530,440,000 $151,276,496
1980 $603,200,000 $182,852,107
1981 $570,357,107 $193,750,541
1982 $482,000,000 $192,902,019
1983 $489,333,333 $181,220,399
1984 $437,631,605 $181,570,474
1985 $453,488,372 $165,524,943
1986 $504,651,140 $147,620,048
1987 $354,591,847 $155,128,542
1988 $413,799,990 $176,494,394
1989 $379,779,390 $172,882,411
1990 $396,582,263 $214,877,667
1991 $348,533,095 $227,540,473
1992 $373,573,141 $269,034,596
1993 $454,101,382 $300,746,361
1994 $540,874,934 $402,837,005
1995 $621,626,786 $469,443,202
1996 $705,406,001 $510,586,430
1997 $749,138,010 $526,554,006
1998 $717,530,683 $457,579,840
1999 $694,754,988 $488,024,514
2000 $712,667,897 $419,842,674
2001 $712,167,450 $409,508,553
2002 $726,131,435 $346,406,739
2003 $743,063,950 $417,668,983
2004 $787,814,379 $468,005,319
2005 $824,880,550 $552,864,570
2006 $2,379,817,991 $617,258,154
2007 $2,730,971,595 $695,295,348
2008 $3,025,187,433 $776,337,692
2009 $3,165,663,153 $805,557,563
2010 $3,432,912,517 $898,133,685
2011 $3,691,384,318 $1,063,895,361
2012 $4,063,088,536 $1,185,215,418
2013 $4,167,800,929 $1,285,911,586
2014 $4,127,660,152 $1,335,571,421
2015 $4,279,840,194 $1,307,909,888
2016 $4,482,697,337 $1,379,490,304
2017 $4,748,174,334 $1,469,789,119
2018 $4,787,636,998 $1,615,478,393
2019 $5,173,760,192 $1,619,155,017
2020 $5,471,256,595 $1,536,145,814
2021 $8,041,362,110 $1,522,794,913
2022 $14,718,388,489 $1,566,360,686
2023 $16,918,503,597 $1,660,896,531
2024 $24,835,899,826 $1,760,767,447

Guyana and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Solomon Islands
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Solomon Islands
1960 $299.1 -
1961 $319 -
1962 $327 -
1963 $288.8 -
1964 $313 -
1965 $336 -
1966 $353 -
1967 $378 $153.5
1968 $340 $166.9
1969 $361 $165.9
1970 $381 $162
1971 $396 $277.1
1972 $395 $219.5
1973 $421 $291.3
1974 $588 $433
1975 $664 $372
1976 $604 $401
1977 $593 $434
1978 $663 $500
1979 $689 $658
1980 $779 $768
1981 $735 $786
1982 $621 $756
1983 $631 $686
1984 $565 $665
1985 $588 $586
1986 $657 $506
1987 $464 $515
1988 $545 $567
1989 $503 $538
1990 $529 $648
1991 $466 $666
1992 $498 $764
1993 $603 $829
1994 $716 $1,078
1995 $820 $1,220
1996 $928 $1,289
1997 $983 $1,292
1998 $940 $1,092
1999 $909 $1,134
2000 $932 $953
2001 $932 $912
2002 $951 $757
2003 $974 $896
2004 $1,033 $986
2005 $1,084 $1,144
2006 $3,136 $1,256
2007 $3,608 $1,390
2008 $4,009 $1,526
2009 $4,209 $1,555
2010 $4,582 $1,685
2011 $4,947 $1,924
2012 $5,444 $2,066
2013 $5,557 $2,161
2014 $5,473 $2,165
2015 $5,640 $2,045
2016 $5,871 $2,083
2017 $6,179 $2,144
2018 $6,048 $2,278
2019 $6,406 $2,224
2020 $6,776 $2,063
2021 $9,861 $1,997
2022 $17,913 $2,005
2023 $20,474 $2,076
2024 $29,884 $2,149

Guyana vs. Solomon Islands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Solomon Islands
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Solomon Islands
1950 49.2 41.4
1951 50.2 42
1952 51.3 42.6
1953 52.4 43.2
1954 53.3 43.7
1955 54.1 44.3
1956 55.2 42.8
1957 56.1 45.7
1958 56.4 46.3
1959 57 47
1960 57.5 47.7
1961 57.9 48.3
1962 58.3 49
1963 58.6 49.8
1964 59 50.6
1965 59.1 51.4
1966 59.3 52.3
1967 59.5 53.1
1968 59.7 54.1
1969 59.8 55.1
1970 60 56.1
1971 60.1 57
1972 60.1 57.9
1973 60.2 58.8
1974 60.3 59.6
1975 60.4 58.4
1976 60.4 61.2
1977 60.6 61.5
1978 60.6 62.5
1979 60.7 63.1
1980 60.8 63.7
1981 60.9 64.1
1982 61 64.5
1983 61.2 64.8
1984 61.3 65
1985 61.4 65.3
1986 61.5 64.7
1987 61.7 65.7
1988 61.8 65.9
1989 62.1 66.1
1990 62.3 66.2
1991 62.5 66.4
1992 62.8 66.5
1993 63 66.6
1994 63 66.7
1995 62.7 66.7
1996 62.7 66.7
1997 62.9 66.8
1998 63.4 66.9
1999 63.8 67
2000 64.1 67.1
2001 64.4 67.2
2002 64.2 67.4
2003 64.1 67.5
2004 64.2 67.6
2005 64.4 67.8
2006 64.8 68
2007 65.5 67.8
2008 65.7 68.3
2009 66 68.4
2010 66.2 68.7
2011 66.5 68.8
2012 66.4 69
2013 66.7 69
2014 67.3 69
2015 67.7 69.3
2016 68.1 69.5
2017 68.5 69.7
2018 68.8 69.8
2019 69.1 70
2020 67.8 69.3
2021 64.3 68.9
2022 69.9 70.4
2023 70.2 70.5
2024 70.3 70.7
2025 70.4 70.8

Guyana and Solomon Islands population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Solomon Islands
Year Population
Guyana Solomon Islands
1960 569,143 139,688
1961 582,568 142,912
1962 595,461 146,201
1963 608,537 149,589
1964 621,764 153,085
1965 635,128 156,686
1966 648,646 160,393
1967 662,311 164,245
1968 676,160 168,282
1969 690,223 172,476
1970 702,705 176,579
1971 712,662 180,637
1972 721,617 184,994
1973 730,138 189,774
1974 738,057 195,041
1975 745,393 200,744
1976 752,253 207,194
1977 758,654 214,418
1978 764,586 222,029
1979 770,062 229,953
1980 774,367 238,135
1981 776,453 246,555
1982 776,712 255,200
1983 775,891 264,068
1984 774,111 273,163
1985 771,477 282,455
1986 768,098 291,842
1987 764,120 301,414
1988 759,663 311,265
1989 754,865 321,282
1990 749,894 331,435
1991 747,861 341,738
1992 749,911 352,205
1993 752,965 362,839
1994 755,822 373,675
1995 758,388 384,733
1996 760,526 396,009
1997 762,245 407,474
1998 763,586 419,071
1999 764,483 430,500
2000 764,832 440,469
2001 764,477 449,125
2002 763,652 457,671
2003 763,101 466,154
2004 762,418 474,611
2005 760,914 483,080
2006 758,966 491,594
2007 756,861 500,156
2008 754,606 508,790
2009 752,094 518,141
2010 749,256 532,968
2011 746,153 552,945
2012 746,288 573,606
2013 750,021 594,945
2014 754,229 616,908
2015 758,781 639,415
2016 763,548 662,379
2017 768,479 685,672
2018 791,556 709,101
2019 807,665 728,147
2020 807,481 744,498
2021 815,482 762,591
2022 821,637 781,066
2023 826,353 800,005
2024 831,087 819,198

Fertility rates in Guyana and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate
Guyana

Solomon Islands
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Solomon Islands
1960 6.33 7.07
1961 6.34 7.05
1962 6.33 7.04
1963 6.31 7.03
1964 6.23 7.05
1965 6.14 7.02
1966 6.02 7
1967 5.89 6.97
1968 5.75 6.95
1969 5.58 6.97
1970 5.41 6.98
1971 5.26 6.99
1972 5.08 6.99
1973 4.87 7
1974 4.64 7.01
1975 4.45 6.99
1976 4.28 6.95
1977 4.12 6.92
1978 3.97 6.87
1979 3.86 6.82
1980 3.77 6.77
1981 3.72 6.71
1982 3.68 6.64
1983 3.64 6.57
1984 3.54 6.49
1985 3.47 6.38
1986 3.38 6.26
1987 3.31 6.12
1988 3.23 5.99
1989 3.19 5.87
1990 3.18 5.74
1991 3.18 5.62
1992 3.19 5.51
1993 3.2 5.45
1994 3.23 5.4
1995 3.24 5.34
1996 3.23 5.22
1997 3.22 5.09
1998 3.18 4.98
1999 3.13 4.86
2000 3.06 4.76
2001 2.96 4.67
2002 2.84 4.6
2003 2.75 4.54
2004 2.68 4.47
2005 2.65 4.41
2006 2.66 4.39
2007 2.68 4.37
2008 2.7 4.36
2009 2.69 4.35
2010 2.68 4.34
2011 2.69 4.34
2012 2.7 4.33
2013 2.71 4.33
2014 2.7 4.36
2015 2.67 4.29
2016 2.63 4.2
2017 2.59 4.06
2018 2.55 3.93
2019 2.52 3.8
2020 2.49 3.75
2021 2.46 3.69
2022 2.44 3.62
2023 2.41 3.56

Guyana and Solomon Islands demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Solomon Islands
Year Median age, years
Guyana Solomon Islands
1960 16.7 16.8
1961 16.6 16.9
1962 16.4 16.9
1963 16.3 17
1964 16.2 17
1965 16.1 17
1966 16.1 17
1967 16.2 16.9
1968 16.2 16.8
1969 16.4 16.8
1970 16.5 16.7
1971 16.6 16.6
1972 16.7 16.6
1973 16.8 16.4
1974 17 16.3
1975 17.2 16.1
1976 17.4 15.9
1977 17.6 15.9
1978 17.8 15.8
1979 18 15.8
1980 18.2 15.8
1981 18.4 15.9
1982 18.7 15.9
1983 19 16
1984 19.3 16.1
1985 19.6 16.2
1986 19.9 16.3
1987 20.2 16.4
1988 20.5 16.5
1989 20.7 16.7
1990 20.9 16.8
1991 21.1 17
1992 21.3 17.1
1993 21.4 17.2
1994 21.5 17.4
1995 21.7 17.5
1996 21.8 17.7
1997 21.9 17.8
1998 22 17.9
1999 22.1 18.1
2000 22.2 18.3
2001 22.4 18.4
2002 22.5 18.6
2003 22.7 18.8
2004 22.9 19
2005 23.2 19.1
2006 23.4 19.2
2007 23.6 19.4
2008 23.8 19.4
2009 24 19.5
2010 24.2 19.6
2011 24.4 19.6
2012 24.5 19.7
2013 24.6 19.7
2014 24.6 19.8
2015 24.7 19.9
2016 24.9 20
2017 25 20.2
2018 25.4 20.4
2019 25.7 20.5
2020 25.9 20.7
2021 26.1 20.9
2022 26.4 21.1
2023 26.7 21.3
2024 26.9 21.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Solomon Islands
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$1.71B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
35.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
8.29%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
-3.15%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
0.69%
2013
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
47.3%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
18.7%
2022
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
56.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
29.2%
2012
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
2.8%
2012
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$688M
2023
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$95.2M
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
4,400
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
1.63%
2020

Energy

Guyana Solomon Islands
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
128 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$14.6
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
0.42 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
0.52 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
50.1%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
6.56%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
0.86%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
81.3%
2023

Society

Guyana Solomon Islands
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.01%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
+1,610
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
26.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.14 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
37.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
43
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
2
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
3.68
2008
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
16.5
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
137
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
84.1%
2013
English speaking
90.5%
2023
31.7%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
42.5%
2023

Health

Guyana Solomon Islands
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$96.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$3.6
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
70.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
27.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
0.19
2016
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
22.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
123
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
23.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
12%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
93
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
36.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
1.45 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Solomon Islands
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
13,192 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
422 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
9,733 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
864 mi
2011

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