If you lived in Alaska instead of Solomon Islands, you would:

Economy

make 28.1 times more money

Solomon Islands has a GDP per capita of $2,700 as of 2023, while in Alaska, the GDP per capita is $75,882 as of 2024.

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be 3.2 times more likely to be unemployed

In Solomon Islands, 1.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Alaska, that number is 5.0% as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 2.5 times more likely to have internet access

In Solomon Islands, approximately 36.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Alaska, about 90.8% do as of 2023.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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