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East Asia & Pacific · Upper-middle income
Marshall Islands: key statistics
Marshall Islands has 36,282 people (2025) and a GDP per person of $8,489. Below: 68 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Majuro
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- Upper-middle income
- Currency
- US dollar, SOV USD
- Languages
- English, Marshallese
- ISO codes
- MHMHL
- Land neighbours
- Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, United States
topic profiles
Marshall Islands, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
Population
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GDP per capita
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Life expectancy
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Internet users
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all indicators
Marshall Islands by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within East Asia & Pacific.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 36,282 | 2025 | 212/217 | 34/37 | −26% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | -3.43% | 2025 | 216/217 | 37/37 | −1.4 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 79.1% | 2025 | 64/217 | 13/37 | +3.6 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 2.86 | 2024 | 59/217 | 9/37 | −9.9% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 4.9% | 2025 | 150/217 | 31/37 | +2.1 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 33.9% | 2025 | 55/217 | 7/37 | −3.6 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 207.4 | 2024 | 65/216 | 13/37 | −25% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 20.1 | 2024 | 73/217 | 13/37 | −22% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 181 km² | 2024 | 205/216 | 34/37 | +0.6% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $308m | 2025 | 209/211 | 34/36 | +68% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $8,489 | 2025 | 111/211 | 18/36 | +126% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $8,964 | 2025 | 145/199 | 21/31 | +117% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $9,710 | 2025 | 95/201 | 16/33 | +95% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 2.3% | 2025 | 138/210 | 24/36 | +0.4 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 5.9% | 2025 | 18/210 | 4/36 | +1.9 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 19.9% | 2024 | 39/198 | 7/29 | +7.9 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 13.4% | 2024 | 168/201 | 21/30 | −1.2 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 68.2% | 2024 | 42/201 | 11/30 | −2.7 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 21.1% | 2024 | 112/175 | 22/27 | +0.7 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 38.1% | 2024 | 14/163 | 6/25 | +16.7 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange rate | 1.00 | 2025 | 164/210 | 32/36 | ±0.0% | — | |
| Government debt | 41.6% | 2019 | 51/78 | 14/17 | −30.3 pp | — | |
| Tax revenue | 17.2% | 2020 | 71/142 | 12/25 | −0.6 pp | 13.9% | |
| Government expense | 59.4% | 2020 | 4/142 | 3/25 | +5.1 pp | 28.5% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 36.0% | 2025 | 93/184 | 15/32 | −8.2 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 79.9% | 2025 | 20/184 | 7/32 | −14.4 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 115.9% | 2025 | 44/184 | 13/32 | −22.6 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | 21.9% | 2024 | 5/185 | 3/29 | +24.5 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 1.0% | 2025 | 138/197 | 23/32 | +4.0 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 23.5% | 2024 | 10/178 | 2/26 | +9.5 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 6,100 | 2019 | 193/196 | 32/35 | +13% | 2.4bn |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $126m | 2023 | 109/145 | 14/24 | +35% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 39.8% | 2023 | 2/139 | 2/23 | −2.5 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $3,248 | 2023 | 2/145 | 2/24 | +76% | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 2.1% | 2019 | 75/151 | 7/17 | — | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 6.7% | 2019 | 71/151 | 7/17 | — | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 7.2% | 2019 | 133/145 | 10/15 | — | — | |
| Gini index | 35.5 | 2019 | 71/151 | 5/17 | — | — | |
| Women in parliament | 12.1% | 2025 | 161/190 | 20/30 | +3.0 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 95.8% | 2021 | 59/141 | 16/23 | −2.5 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 96.3% | 2021 | 47/147 | 10/24 | −1.9 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 101.8% | 2024 | 77/191 | 10/30 | −3.6 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 85.8% | 2024 | 117/176 | 20/26 | +1.9 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 37.7% | 2024 | 103/172 | 17/27 | +8.3 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 98.5% | 2024 | 51/168 | 11/26 | +7.5 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 16.9 | 2002 | — | — | — | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 7.7% | 2022 | 9/184 | 5/29 | −4.1 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 67.1 yrs | 2024 | 178/217 | 34/37 | +3.0% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 22.7 | 2024 | 63/196 | 7/30 | −25% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 26.7 | 2024 | 62/196 | 7/30 | −26% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 155 | 2023 | 48/194 | 6/30 | −23% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 13.4% | 2023 | 5/193 | 3/29 | +1.3 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $894 | 2023 | 67/193 | 9/29 | +101% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 0.47 | 2012 | — | — | −0.8% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 88% | 2024 | 116/193 | 18/30 | +9.0 pp | 84% | |
| Child stunting | 34.8% | 2017 | 20/154 | 3/25 | — | — | |
| Basic water | 87.4% | 2024 | 156/206 | 29/37 | −0.5 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 79.0% | 2024 | 142/203 | 28/37 | +1.2 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 65.9% | 2024 | 131/188 | 22/28 | +49.1 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 39.7 | 2022 | 204/210 | 31/34 | +3,023% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 2.4 | 2022 | 156/208 | 26/34 | — | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 97.2% | 2024 | 145/215 | 26/36 | +5.7 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 80.0% | 2024 | 120/192 | 16/30 | +12.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 0.00 t | 2024 | 196/203 | 31/37 | +33% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 12.2% | 2022 | 131/212 | 18/37 | +0.2 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 2.4% | 2021 | 182/206 | 32/35 | +1.9 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 53.6% | 2024 | 46/214 | 16/35 | +1.4 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 2.8% | 2024 | 159/206 | 19/34 | ±0.0 pp | 10.7% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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