World Bank Income Classification:Low Income
The World Bank classifies economies for analytical purposes into four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high income. For this purpose it uses gross national income (GNI) per capita data in U.S. dollars, converted from local currency using the World Bank Atlas method, which is applied to smooth exchange rate fluctuations.
Least Developed Country:Yes
Since 1971, the United Nations has recognized LDCs as a category of States that are deemed highly disadvantaged in their development process, for structural, historical and also geographical reasons. Three criteria are used: per capita income, human assets, and economic vulnerability.
Gender Inequality Index:0.575
GII is a composite metric of gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market. A low GII value indicates low inequality between women and men, and vice-versa.
Gender Development Index:0.723
GDI measures gender inequalities in achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: health, education, and command over economic resources.
Population:209,497,025
Source of population data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision
Male:19,976,265 (9.5%)
Female:189,520,760 (90.5%)
About our work
UN Women in the Solomon Islands delivers four large projects underpinned by support for coordination and normative processes. UN Women’s Access to Justice (A2J) Project works towards the achievement of environmental justice through gender-responsive legislation reform, empowerment, advocacy, and capacity building of grassroots women, including leaders and human rights defenders. In Ending Violence against Women, UN Women reaches into all provinces in the Solomon Islands to strengthen access to quality response services for survivors through the Pacific Partnership to End VAWG. The Markets for Change Project continues into its sixth year of implementation on women’s economic empowerment. In the area of Disaster Risk Reduction, the Gender Inequality of Risk (GIR) Project phased out in 2021 and is replaced by the Women’s Resilience to Disasters (WRD) Project which provides a comprehensive package to strengthen the resilience of women and girls to ensure that their lives and livelihoods are resilient to disasters and threats, contributing to sustainable, secure, and thriving communities.
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