Migration trends in Solomon Islands
Oceania
8.4K people from Solomon Islands have built lives abroad. That's 1.0% of the country population, spread across 15 different countries
819.2K
Population
1.9K
Immigrants
8.4K
Emigrants
−6.4K
Outflow
1.0% of people born in Solomon Islands now live abroad
The #195 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Solomon Islands
Where people move to
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
3.9K immigrants · 2.2K emigrants
2005
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
2010
- The country became a place of departure — more people leaving than arriving
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 24%
Today
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 106%
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 6.4K
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad