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Oceania

Solomon Islands

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

4.7

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

3.6

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

3.0

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour4
Worker rights & FOA4
OHS & audit transparency5
Food & product safety4
Environmental & regulatory5
Governance & anti-corruption5
Tariff & preferential access4
Non-tariff barriers5
Supply chain traceability6

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict3
Supplier concentration3
Climate & physical risk7
Sanctions exposure1
Policy continuity & property rights4

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness7
Supply base depth2
Logistics & infrastructure2
Workforce skills3
Scalability4
Ease of doing business3
Trade access & tariffs3
Sustainability baseline3
Innovation & IP1
Quality standards2

9 = most attractive · methodology & sources

Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.

Data layers

Solomon Islands and the EU

EU imports from

€88m

0.0% of extra-EU

EU exports to

€9m

0.0% of extra-EU

EU supplier rank

EU's #147 supplier

EU trade balance

one-sided

coverage 0.11

2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →

Electricity & grid

National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated

Electricity costs →

Industrial

684

EUR/MWh

Consumer

570

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

636

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

of generation

regulated market

Power market

No domestic fuel

Market model

State monopoly (SIEA)

Direct PPA

None

grid access: closed

Reserve margin

Regulator

Not independent

Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification

Archipelago with the highest industrial electricity cost in the dataset (684 EUR/MWh). SIEA (state) operates diesel grids on main islands. No interconnection, minimal hydro, extreme fuel import costs.

Power markets: full layer →

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

Median age

20.5

→ 26.4 by 2050

Fertility

3.51

above replacement

Working-age

59.4%

aged 15–64

Old-age dep.

6.1

→ 11 by 2050

Median age 1990–2050

Population 0.82M · still growing past 2100

By 2050: +60% (1.31M)