_#_Language: 120 indigenous languages; Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English spoken by 1-2% of population
_#_Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
_#_Labor force: 23,448 economically active; agriculture, forestry, and fishing 32.4%; services 25%; construction, manufacturing, and mining 7.0%; commerce, transport, and finance 4.7% (1984)
_#_Organized labor: NA, but most of the cash-economy workers have trade union representation
_*Government #_Long-form name: none
_#_Type: independent parliamentary state within Commonwealth
_#_Capital: Honiara
_#_Administrative divisions: 7 provinces and 1 town*; Central, Guadalcanal, Honiara*, Isabel, Makira, Malaita, Temotu, Western
_#_Independence: 7 July 1978 (from UK; formerly British Solomon Islands)
_#_Constitution: 7 July 1978