Solomon Islands is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm with nine provinces. It has no army, signed a security agreement with China in 2022, and depends on timber and fishing exports.
In the 12 Axes register, Solomon Islands leans hardest on Progressive – Traditional: Traditional 83%; the register median is Traditional 68%.
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Where Solomon Islands sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Unitary state with nine provinces
Representative Democracy
Prime minister chosen by parliament
Liberal
Free press; governments often fall to no-confidence votes
Non-Interventionist
Security pact with China since 2022
Non-Aggressive
No army, police-led security
Centrist
Melanesian customary land and kinship
Economic Liberal
Logging and fishing dominate the economy
Markets
Largely private resource exports
Moderate
Export-reliant on timber
Spiritual
Constitution invokes Christian faith, secular state
Traditionalist
Same-sex acts criminalised
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Solomon Islands is at Democratic 68%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Solomon Islands is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
