# Solomon Islands - Link: https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/ - Published: 2026-05-22T22:16:17-05:00 - Author: Preeti Sinha National Blueprint · One of 195 # Solomon Islands A nation of 839,000 across hundreds of islands, with forest over nine tenths of the land, where only one household in seven cooks with clean fuel and the World Bank began a six-year partnership in April 2026. Perfect Nations values what Solomon Islands owns and raises capital against it, through **innovative financing for development (FfD)** and **super intelligence ( SI)**. Solomon Islands at a glance * **838,645**PeopleWorld Bank * _Furthest from reach · Energy_**86.6%**of the electricity a person needs is missing [Ember, 2024](https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/) * **4**Instruments and investments on record[Capital already committed](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/#bp-register) [Work with us](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/#bp-studio) [Read the Letter to Solomon Islands](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/#bp-letter) What we do for Solomon Islands ## Assets. Capital. Solutions. Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations. 1. [01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Forest to The Land.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/#bp-assets) 2. [02CapitalThe laurels4 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/#bp-capital) 3. [03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Energy is furthest from reach today.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/#bp-pc) **The whole logo:** a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance. [01](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/#bp-do)**Assets** · The cup · Sovereign Assets ## Five assets no balance sheet counts. Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Solomon Islands toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen. * **89.8%**Of the land under forest, 2024 * ### The Forest * Forest over nine tenths of the land: timber already exported, and carbon that could earn as it stands. * **57,229 m³**Renewable fresh water a person, 2022 * ### The Fresh Water * More than 57,000 cubic metres of fresh water a person each year. * **838,645**Citizens, 2025 * ### The People * 36.6% are under fifteen: a young nation. * **6%**Of GDP sent home by citizens abroad, 2024 * ### The Diaspora * Citizens abroad send home a steady share of the economy: a flow that can back long-term finance. * **27,990 km²**Land area, 2023 * ### The Land * Territory to farm, power and protect. [Every figure, with its source](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/#bp-sources) [The Sovereign Assets ledger](https://perfectnations.com/sovereign-assets/) [02](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/#bp-do)**Capital** · The laurels · Capital Architecture ## Forest, fisheries and the partners who build the towns. Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Solomon Islands owns, every line sourced. [Capital Architecture](https://perfectnations.com/capital-architecture/) The record in figures * **$41.3M**Urban water supply and sanitation, additional financing, December 2023 [World Bank, 2023](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P181388) * **$20.2M**Community Access and Urban Services Enhancement Project II, October 2024[World Bank, 2024](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P181295) * **29.6%**General government gross debt, share of GDP, 2025[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/SLB) * **2.7%**Real GDP growth projected for 2026[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/SLB) Capital already committed * MultilateralApprovedUrban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project, additional financing$41.3M * World Bank · Approved 8 December 2023 * Water and sanitation for Honiara and the towns. * World Bank * [Source](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P181388) * MultilateralApprovedCommunity Access and Urban Services Enhancement Project II $20.2M * World Bank · Approved 15 October 2024 * Roads, drainage and services for communities. * World Bank * [Source](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P181295) * MultilateralApprovedFirst Solomon Islands Resilience DPO with a Cat DDO$20M * World Bank · Approved 30 November 2023 * Budget support with funds that release when disaster strikes. * World Bank * [Source](https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P178676) * MultilateralApprovedRecovery from Tropical Cyclone Maila$5M * World Bank · June 2026 * Support for recovery after the cyclone. * World Bank * [Source](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/11/world-bank-support-to-help-solomon-islands-recover-from-tropical-cyclone-maila) ### The Solomon Islands Newswire [The Solutions Wire](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-wire) ![Esther Maeniuta, Nation Steward of Solomon Islands](https://perfectnations.com/ wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Esther-Maeniuta-Nation-Steward-of-Solomon-Islands-150x150. png) **Esther Maeniuta**Nation Steward of Solomon Islands · SI ResearcherLast updated 12 November 2026 * 11 Jun 2026[**World Bank Support to Help Solomon Islands Recover from Tropical Cyclone Maila**](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/11/world-bank-support-to-help-solomon-islands-recover-from-tropical-cyclone-maila) World Bank * 30 Apr 2026[**World Bank and Solomon Islands Forge Six-Year Partnership to Unlock New Sources of Growth and Jobs**](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/04/30/-world-bank-and-solomon-islands-forge-six-year-partnership-to-unlock-new-sources-of-growth-and-jobs) World Bank ## Already working in Solomon Islands. Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Solomon Islands, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations. [Suggest an enterprise](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=An%20enterprise%20already%20at%20work%20in%20Solomon%20Islands) * ### The first firms and social enterprises at work in Solomon Islands are being gathered. * Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source. [03](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/#bp-do)**Solutions** · The seven stars · Perfect Capita ## Perfect Solomon Islands, _star by star._ **Perfect Capita** is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Solomon Islands in its own prices. [How Perfect Capita works](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/) **13.4** Energy · furthest from reachAbout 134 kWh of electricity a person a year, against the Living Line of 1,000; 14% cook with clean fuels (2024)[Ember, 2024](https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/) Tap a star for its figure and source. The price of Perfect Solomon Islands To be set with Solomon Islands, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Solomon Islands, each year. Read more * Food**Not measured**No FAO measure of food insecurity is published for Solomon Islands[FAO](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=SB) * Water**71.6%**Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient) [WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.BASW.ZS?locations=SB) * Shelter**98.1%**City dwellers outside slums; 2% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measured[UN-Habitat, 2022](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS?locations=SB) * Energy**13.4**About 134 kWh of electricity a person a year, against the Living Line of 1,000; 14% cook with clean fuels (2024)[Ember, 2024](https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/) * Education**57.8**57.8% of young people complete lower secondary school[World Bank, 2023](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS?locations=SB) * Health**47**WHO service coverage index[WHO, 2023](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/universal-health-coverage-index?country=~SLB) * Livelihood**37.1%**Above US$4.20 a day; 62.9% live below it, dated[World Bank, 2012](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.LMIC?locations=SB) Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Solomon Islands. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. [The strict measures](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/#pq-measures) Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$ 8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source. ### Solutions for Perfect Solomon Islands [All Solutions](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-solutions) * **The Solution for Solomon Islands**Energy * ### Finance clean power and clean cooking at national scale. - **01****The challenge**86.6% Of the electricity a person needs is missing: about 134 kWh a person a year, against the Living Line of 1,000. [Ember, 2024](https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/) - **02****The deal** - Sovereign green bond, proved in India, 2023: INR 16,000 cr in the first issuance. [Reserve Bank of India, 2023](https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=55004) - **03****What Perfect Nations advises**Nations where energy is furthest from reach should issue a sovereign green bond ring-fenced for clean power and clean cooking. With super intelligence, the switch can be priced for every household still cooking with wood, charcoal or kerosene, and every project the bond finances reported to investors. * Co-design it in**The ReDesign Studio**[The three mandates](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/#bp-mandates) Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsSolomon Islands ## Dear Solomon Islands, Your islands are covered in forest and surrounded by rich fishing grounds. Read more Only one household in seven cooks with clean fuel, and fewer than six in ten of your young people complete lower secondary school. Let the forest earn as it stands, and let what it earns reach every kitchen and classroom. “Let the forest earn as it stands, and the kitchens and classrooms share in it.” Yours in design,**Preeti Sinha**President and CEO, Perfect Nations Work with us · The ReDesign Studio ## The Perfect Solomon Islands _ReDesign Studio_ One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Solomon Islands, taken as far toward market as you choose. Read more For the Government of Solomon Islands, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins. 1. **01**Identify the assets 2. **02**Estimate Perfect Capita 3. **03**Co-design the capital architecture 4. **04**Launch the instruments 1. Mandate 013 hours 2. ### The Nation Briefing 3. A private session for the people who decide. 4. You leave withThe gap, named and sized 5. Read more 6. a. **01**The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through. b. **02**Energy, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained. c. **03**The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted. d. **04**The path to market, outlined. 7. [Request a Nation Briefing](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=briefing&country=Solomon%20Islands) 8. Mandate 023 days 9. ### The Blueprint Lab 10. Your team and ours, working the blueprint together. 11. You leave withThe structure, drawn 12. Read more 13. a. **01**The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data. b. **02**Each of the seven standards costed in local prices. c. **03**One financing structure, drawn with your team. d. **04**A term sheet and the partners to approach. 14. [Plan a Blueprint Lab](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=lab&country=Solomon%20Islands) 15. Mandate 03End to end 16. ### The Sovereign Mandate 17. Led personally by the President and CEO. 18. You leave withA structure ready for market 19. Read more 20. a. **01**A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified. b. **02**Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan. c. **03**The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing. d. **04**Taken to investors and development partners, through to close. 21. [Discuss a Sovereign Mandate](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=commission&country=Solomon%20Islands) ### Co-design it with us Where Solomon Islanders and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in. * Writings * #### Write Perfect Solomon Islands into being. * Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Solomon Islands, published with your name. * [Submit your writing](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Writing%20for%20Perfect%20Solomon%20Islands&body=Your%20name%2C%20or%20a%20pen%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0ATitle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AYour%20vision%20of%20Perfect%20Solomon%20Islands%2C%20and%20the%20economic%20solutions%20to%20achieve%20it%20%28up%20to%201%2C500%20words%29%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20confirm%20that%20this%20is%20my%20own%20original%20writing%2C%20and%20I%20give%20Perfect%20Nations%20permission%20to%20publish%20it%20with%20credit%20to%20me.%0D%0A) * Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon * #### The local leaders already building Perfect Solomon Islands. * Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Solomon Islands already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?” * [Nominate yourself](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=solomon-islands&topic=nominate-self) [Suggest a guest](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=solomon-islands&topic=guest) * Co-designers * #### Join the community. * Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a **Co-designer of Perfect Solomon Islands**. * [Become a Co-designer](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/solomon-islands/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Becoming%20a%20Co-designer%20of%20Perfect%20Solomon%20Islands&body=Your%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0AHow%20you%20would%20like%20to%20contribute%20%28writing%2C%20a%20voice%20for%20the%20podcast%2C%20an%20enterprise%2C%20your%20expertise%29%3A%0D%0A) The Solomon Islands ReDesign Studio is open ## Design Perfect Solomon Islands with us. Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply. [Enter the ReDesign Studio](https://perfectnations.com/design-studio/)[Write to us](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=solomon-islands) [All 195 nations](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/) Sources 1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking. 2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023. 3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026. 4. World Bank press releases of 30 April and 11 June 2026; World Bank projects P181388, P181295 and P178676. 5. Electricity used per person: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data (2026 release), accessed 12 November 2026.