Average years of schooling among adults in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Average years of schooling among adults was 5.88 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Average years of schooling among adults in Solomon Islands, 1999–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for average years of schooling among adults in Solomon Islands is 5.88 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average years of schooling among adults in Solomon Islands peaked at 5.88 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.05 years, in 1999.
That places Solomon Islands 159th out of 192 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.05 years | 5.05 years | 5.05 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 5.27 years | 5.09 years | 5.45 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.68 years | 5.5 years | 5.85 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.88 years | 5.88 years | 5.88 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More education data for Solomon Islands
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.8% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 81.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5,327 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.51 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 80.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average years of schooling among adults in Solomon Islands?
- Average years of schooling among adults in Solomon Islands was 5.88 years in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 5.88 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.05 years in 1999.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for average years of schooling among adults?
- Solomon Islands ranks 159th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is average years of schooling among adults rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Average years of schooling among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.