Remittance corridor · World Bank RPW · 2011Q3
Australia → Solomon Islands
Average cost sits in the upper fleet tercile at 17.5% on this Australia → Solomon Islands route - senders pay more than typical RPW-tracked corridors.
- 17.5%
- Average cost
- 10.0%
- Cheapest · BankWest
- 12
- Providers tracked
How the 17.5% average cost breaks down
World Bank RPW splits total remittance cost into the provider's transaction fee and the exchange-rate margin applied to the transfer. Same 2011Q3 figures as the detail table below.
The verdict
The World Bank last surveyed Australia → Solomon Islands in 2011Q3, and has not priced it since. Every figure on this page is that observation, so we do not rank this corridor against the 2025Q3 release: a 17.5% reading from then is not a like-for-like comparison with corridors priced years later.
- 2011Q3
- last surveyed quarter
- 17.5%
- average cost of a $200 transfer, as of 2011Q3
- Not ranked
- outside the 2025Q3 corpus ranking
- BankWest
- cheapest provider recorded in 2011Q3
Held for the historical record. Live rankings use only the 2025Q3 release.
What changed
World Bank RPW release record: 2011Q1 to 2011Q3
- Average transfer cost changed from 15.31% to 17.49% (+2.19 percentage points).
- Providers recorded by the source changed from 10 to 12 (+2 providers).
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Where this corridor sits by provider panel size
Australia → Solomon Islands has 12 World Bank RPW providers among 377 tracked corridors (inventory signal, not a cost-quality ranking). Orthogonal to the cost comparison below.
Australia → Solomon Islands vs all corridors by provider count
Where this corridor's RPW provider panel sits among every tracked route
12 48th of 377 higher than 329 of 377 corridors
Corridors, banded by RPW provider inventory
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Source World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide · 2026-08-10
How Australia → Solomon Islands compares
Average cost of a $200 transfer, percent, lower is cheaper
17.49% average - 14.5pp above target
Cost trend: Australia → Solomon Islands
Average and cheapest cost of a $200 transfer over time, percent
Sending Country
Receiving Country
Nearby Corridors from Australia
Australia is one of the most connected sending markets in our data, with 19 tracked outbound corridors. The 5 below span the widest cost range, from the cheapest to send anywhere from Australia through to the most expensive.
| # | Destination | Avg cost | Cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 2.0% | 0.8% |
| 2 | Philippines | 2.6% | 0.5% |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3.3% | 0.7% |
| 4 | China | 3.3% | 0.1% |
| 5 | Somalia | 3.6% | 1.6% |
World Bank RPW fee spread
Release 2011Q3 AU→SB
17.5% avg · 10.0% floor · 7.49pp spread on $200
- AVG 17.5%
- CHEAP 10.0%
- SPREAD 7.49pp
- SDG +14.5pp
- REL 2011Q3
- PANEL 12
Fee spread manifest for Australia → Solomon Islands: entity-varying RPW stamps plus cross-sender ABS(avg_cost) peers from the current release. Compare corridors side-by-side →
High transfer cost on Australia → Solomon Islands
World Bank RPW prices Australia → Solomon Islands at 17.49% (2011Q3) - above the fleet upper tercile (~6.6%). Senders here pay more than typical tracked corridors, 11.1 pp above the ~6.4% global average.
That cheapest figure comes from the World Bank's mystery-shopping survey: trained researchers pose as customers and obtain real quotes for a standardized $200 transfer, across the 12 banks, money transfer operators, post offices and mobile-money providers RPW tracks on this corridor. It is a snapshot from that survey quarter, not a live guarantee -- confirm the current rate directly with the provider before sending.
Costs on this route have risen sharply, up 2.19 percentage points over the tracked period, a notable outlier since most tracked corridors have moved the other way. Only 2 quarters of RPW data exist for this corridor so far. It sits 14.5 pp above the UN SDG 10.c 3% target.
About Australia → Solomon Islands data
PlainRemit compares international money-transfer costs across tracked corridors so you can see which routes and providers charge the least before you send money abroad. This corridor's figures are computed directly from the World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) quarterly survey, a mystery-shopping panel of actual transfer quotes for a standardized $200 transfer.
Average 17.49%; cheapest observed 10.00% via BankWest; 12 providers tracked across 2 RPW quarters; vintage 2026-08-10.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to send money from Australia to Solomon Islands?
Average 17.49% of the transfer amount (World Bank RPW, 2011Q3) - upper fleet tercile (above ~6.6%). Cheapest observed: 10.00% via BankWest.
What is the cheapest way to send money from Australia to Solomon Islands?
Lowest RPW survey quote: 10.00% (BankWest). Panel is high-tercile with 12 providers tracked.
Is the Australia to Solomon Islands corridor meeting the UN SDG cost target?
Not yet: 17.5% is 14.5pp above the UN SDG 10.c 3% target and in the upper fleet cost tercile.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.