Samoa vs Solomon Islands: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP
Samoa
0.3113 SDR per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Solomon Islands
0.3274 SDR per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Samoa rank
14th
Solomon Islands rank
11th
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP over time
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
How they compare
Solomon Islands currently reports 0.3274 SDR per US$ of GDP against 0.3113 SDR per US$ of GDP in Samoa, a difference of 0.0161 SDR per US$ of GDP.
That makes Solomon Islands's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 14th and Solomon Islands ranks 11th of 179 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 2 and Solomon Islands in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0465 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.1365 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.09 SDR per US$ of GDP | Solomon Islands |
| 1980s | 0.1355 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.1632 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0278 SDR per US$ of GDP | Solomon Islands |
| 1990s | 0.2222 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0479 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.1743 SDR per US$ of GDP | Samoa |
| 2000s | 0.1274 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0812 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0462 SDR per US$ of GDP | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.0984 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.2423 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.1439 SDR per US$ of GDP | Solomon Islands |
| 2020s | 0.26 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.3119 SDR per US$ of GDP | 0.0518 SDR per US$ of GDP | Solomon Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per unit of gdp, Samoa or Solomon Islands?
- Solomon Islands, at 0.3274 SDR per US$ of GDP against 0.3113 SDR per US$ of GDP in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per unit of gdp between Samoa and Solomon Islands?
- 0.0161 SDR per US$ of GDP, with Solomon Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Solomon Islands?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Solomon Islands rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per unit of gdp?
- Samoa ranks 14th and Solomon Islands ranks 11th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.