Transport and infrastructure on the Solomon Islands
Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of the Solomon Islands with the average of all countries in Oceania. The traffic routes have noticeable defects in many places and are often not in a particularly good condition.› Airports on the Solomon Islands
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Road traffic
The network of roads and highways has a total length of 1,390 km. For each of the country's 686,878 inhabitants, this corresponds to 2.02 meters. This puts Solomon Islands in 173rd place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note the country's population density, which is very low at around 24 inhabitants per km². Like this, disproportionately long distances generally have to be covered to reach the more remote parts of the country.With an average of 104 traffic fatalities per year (2012 - 2019), road traffic on the Solomon Islands is considered rather mixed. This corresponds to around 4.3 accident fatalities per 16.8 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 5.9 in the European Union as a whole and 17.1 worldwide.
On the Solomon Islands, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.
Solomon Islands | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
---|---|---|---|
Roadways | 1,400 km | 2,023.65 km | 48.10 m |
Railroads | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
Waterways | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
Commercial harbors | 24 | 34.94 | 0.001 |
Airports | 36 | 52.41 | 1.246 |
Oceania | |||
total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
---|---|---|---|
Roadways | 30,900 km | 2,504.49 km | 55.93 m |
Railroads | 600 km | 48.39 km | 1.08 m |
Waterways | 11,200 km | 908.39 km | 20.29 m |
Commercial harbors | 5,397 | 437.42 | 0.010 |
Airports | 817 | 66.22 | 0.001 |
Data sources used
• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)