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.
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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 703,995 inhabitants, this corresponds to 1.97 meters. This puts Solomon Islands in 175th 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 106 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 12.2 in the USA and 17.1 worldwide.
On the Solomon Islands, left-hand traffic is the rule on the roads, i.e. you drive in the left lane and overtake on the right. Oncoming traffic comes to meet you on the right side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Solomon Islands
Roadways	1,400 km	1,974.45 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	34.09	0.001
Airports	22	31.25	0.761

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Oceania
Roadways	30,900 km	2,461.92 km	55.93 m
Railroads	600 km	47.56 km	1.08 m
Waterways	11,200 km	892.96 km	20.29 m
Commercial harbors	5,395	429.83	0.010
Airports	216	17.21	0.000

Data sources used

• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)

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