!!!Solomon Islands: Economy
The bulk of the population depends on agriculture, fishing, and forestry for at least part of its 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. Prior to the arrival of The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), severe ethnic violence, the closure of key businesses, and an empty government treasury culminated in economic collapse. RAMSI's efforts to restore law and order and economic stability have led to modest growth as the economy rebuilds.
!!Economic Facts
||GDP (purchasing power parity)|$1.198 billion (2016 est.) \\ $1.163 billion (2015 est.) \\ $1.127 billion (2014 est.) \\ ''__note__'': data are in 2016 dollars \\ 
||GDP (official exchange rate)|$1.218 billion (2015 est.)
||GDP - real growth rate|3% (2016 est.) \\ 3.3% (2015 est.) \\ 2% (2014 est.)
||GDP - per capita (PPP)|$2,000 (2016 est.) \\ $2,000 (2015 est.) \\ $2,000 (2014 est.) \\ ''__note__'': data are in 2016 dollars \\ 
||Gross national saving|18.7% of GDP (2016 est.) \\ 17.1% of GDP (2015 est.) \\ 14.9% of GDP (2014 est.)
||GDP - composition, by sector of origin|''agriculture'': 52.8% \\ ''industry'': 8% \\ ''services'': 39.2% (2016 est.) \\ 
||Agriculture - products|cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, fruit; cattle, pigs; fish; timber
||Industries|fish (tuna), mining, timber
||Industrial production growth rate|3.2% (2016 est.)
||Labor force|202,500 (2007 est.)
||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% \\ 
||Budget|''revenues'': $421.6 million \\ ''expenditures'': $458.8 million (2016 est.) \\ 
||Taxes and other revenues|34.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
||Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)|-3.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
||Fiscal year|calendar year
||Inflation rate (consumer prices)|2.4% (2016 est.) -0.6% (2015 est.)
||Commercial bank prime lending rate|10.1% (31 December 2016 est.) \\ 10.48% (31 December 2015 est.)
||Stock of narrow money|$445.1 million (31 December 2016 est.) \\ $405.7 million (31 December 2015 est.)
||Stock of broad money|$459.6 million (31 December 2016 est.) \\ $427.4 million (31 December 2015 est.)
||Stock of domestic credit|$98.3 million (31 December 2016 est.) \\ $84.69 million (31 December 2015 est.)
||Current account balance|-$54 million (2016 est.) \\ -$30 million (2015 est.)
||Exports|$419.9 million (2015 est.) \\ $419.9 million (2015 est.)
||Exports - commodities|timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa
||Exports - partners|China 61.7%, India 5.9%, Italy 5.9% (2015)
||Imports|$425.7 million (2015 est.) \\ $425.7 million (2015 est.)
||Imports - commodities|food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals
||Imports - partners|Australia 24.7%, China 18.4%, Malaysia 6.3%, Singapore 5.8%, Fiji 4.7%, NZ 4.6%, Papua New Guinea 4.6% (2015)
||Debt - external|$491.5 million (31 December 2013 est.) \\ $187.3 million (31 December 2014 est.)
||Stock of direct foreign investment - at home|$545.6 million (31 December 2016 est.) \\ $522.1 million (31 December 2015 est.)
||Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad|$50.1 million (31 December 2016 est.) \\ $50.1 million (31 December 2015 est.)
||Exchange rates|Solomon Islands dollars (SBD) per US dollar - \\ 8.064 (2016 est.) \\ 7.9147 (2015 est.) \\ 7.9147 (2014 est.) \\ 7.3754 (2013 est.) \\ 7.36 (2012 est.)