Foreign direct investment inflows in Solomon Islands

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Solomon Islands were 3.8% of GDP in 2025.

Solomon Islands, 2025 3.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.8percentage points 2024: 2.1%
World, 2025 1.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 51st of 184 See the full ranking

Foreign direct investment inflows in Solomon Islands over time

View
Places
2 selected
Solomon Islands World ×

% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Solomon IslandsWorld
2025 3.8% 1.4%
2024 2.1% 1.2%
2023 5.2% 0.9%
2022 2.8% 1.9%
2021 1.8% 2.5%
2020 0.6% 1.3%
2019 2.0% 2.2%
2018 1.5% 1.2%
2017 2.9% 2.7%
2016 2.7% 3.5%
2015 2.5% 3.6%
2014 1.6% 2.4%
2013 4.2% 2.6%
2012 2.0% 2.7%
2011 11.3% 3.2%
2010 18.5% 2.7%
2009 6.0% 2.4%
2008 9.7% 3.7%
2007 12.4% 5.3%
2006 7.2% 4.2%
2005 0.1% 3.3%
2004 -0.6% 2.2%
2003 -0.2% 1.9%
2002 0.0% 2.1%
2001 -2.1% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.8 percentage points from 2.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.5%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Solomon Islands has the 51st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.

More for Solomon Islands

All statistics for Solomon Islands

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2025 for Solomon Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics