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Last European coloniser: Germany. These are labels that describe the country, not numbers, so they are never compared with other measures. The numbers behind them, such as population shares, are.

Marshall Islands

Against upper middle income countries, Marshall Islands ranks 1st of 58 on environment and 54th of 56 on labour. Each ranking counts only the countries that report that score, so the totals differ and the two ranks can’t be compared directly. Both compare Marshall Islands with countries of similar wealth. That is the only kind of ranking that tells you something a ranking by income does not already show.

How it has changed

Every measure Marshall Islands reports, over all the years it has been published. Pick one. Hover or use the arrow keys to read a year. Gaps in a line are years with no data. They are left open, not filled in.

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Scores by area

Each score averages the measures in one area, such as health. Each measure is first put on a common scale and turned so that higher is always better. Zero is the average country in an average year. One point is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation), so +1 means about one typical gap above average. These are summaries, not measurements. See how the country scores are built and how the topic scores compare with each other.

ScoreValueRank, all countriesRank, similar incomeMostly income?
Health score 2023-0.53169 of 19348 of 58moderate +0.32
Education score 2023+0.9339 of 1994 of 57proxy +0.81
Equality score 2019+0.3473 of 16522 of 53high +0.64
Infrastructure score 2022+0.41153 of 21053 of 58proxy +0.90
Gender score 2019-0.77175 of 18654 of 57moderate +0.37
Environment score 2024+1.503 of 2131 of 58moderate -0.33
Labour score 2021-1.09184 of 19554 of 56high +0.79

The last column shows how closely each score just tracks national income. The number is its link with GDP per person (the value of everything a country produces, divided by its people), from −1 to +1. A score marked proxy is mostly a measure of how rich the country is. Its rank among all countries says little that GDP per person does not. That is why the rank among similar-income countries sits beside it.

The measures behind them

Every measure reported for Marshall Islands, grouped by area. Some measures have no agreed better direction, such as population growth, inflation and military spending. They are listed here but left out of every score, since there is no fair way to say which way is better. Some names use technical terms: PPP means adjusted for what money buys in each country, HDI is a United Nations score combining life expectancy, schooling and income, and a Gini indexmeasures how unequally income is shared. Each measure’s own page explains it.

crime

Conflict deaths0per 100,000 people2025higher is worse
Armed conflict present01 if any conflict, else 02025higher is worse

demography

Median age20.7years2023no agreed direction
Age at childbearing27.1years2023no agreed direction
Population36,282people2025no agreed direction
Population growth-3.43%% per year2025no agreed direction
Urbanization79.1%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 65+4.88%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 0-1433.9%% of population2025no agreed direction
Fertility rate2.86births per woman2024no agreed direction
Birth rate20.1per 1,000 people2024no agreed direction
Net migration-1,698people2025no agreed direction
Migrant share of population8.8%% of population2024no agreed direction

economy

HDI0.733index, 0 to 12023higher is better
Inequality-adjusted HDI0.626index, 0 to 12023higher is better
GDP per capita (PPP)$7,660international $2025higher is better
GNI per capita (PPP)$8,630international $2024higher is better
GDP per capita (market)$6,174US$2025higher is better
GDP growth2.28%% per year2025no agreed direction
Trade openness116%% of GDP2025no agreed direction
FDI inflows4.69%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Tax revenue17.2%% of GDP2020no agreed direction
Government consumption54.5%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Government expense59.4%% of GDP2020no agreed direction

education

Expected schooling16.4years2023higher is better
Mean years of schooling11.6years2023higher is better
Education spending7.7%% of GDP2022no agreed direction
Primary enrollment102%% gross2024higher is better
Secondary enrollment85.8%% gross2024higher is better
Tertiary enrollment37.7%% gross2024higher is better
Adult literacy95.8%% of adults2021higher is better
Compulsory schooling13years2025no agreed direction
Out of school, primary1.48%% of primary-age children2024higher is worse

environment

CO2 per capita0.00266t CO2e per capita2024higher is worse
Forest area52.2%% of land area2023higher is better
Agricultural land38.9%% of land area2023no agreed direction
Protected land16.1%% of land area2025higher is better

gender

Gender Development Index0.96ratio of women's HDI to men's2023no agreed direction
Women ministers0%% of ministers2024higher is better
Women in parliament12.1%% of seats2025higher is better
Women in management32.7%% of managers2021higher is better

governance

Political rights (FH)1rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Civil liberties (FH)1rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Refugees originating0per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Birth registration83.8%% of children under 52017higher is better
Control of corruption0.391index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Rule of law0.836index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Government effectiveness-0.291index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Regulatory quality-0.688index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Voice and accountability0.954index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Political stability1.28index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better

health

Life expectancy67.1years2024higher is better
Infant mortality22.7per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Under-5 mortality26.7per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Health spending13.4%% of GDP2023no agreed direction
Hospital beds2.8per 1,000 people2010no agreed direction
Basic water access87.4%% of population2024higher is better
Basic sanitation79%% of population2024higher is better
Child stunting30%% of children under 52024higher is worse
Adolescent fertility71.3births per 1,000 women aged 15-192024higher is worse
Maternal mortality155per 100,000 live births2023higher is worse
Skilled birth attendance92.4%% of births2017higher is better
Tobacco use29.9%% of adults2024higher is worse
Road traffic deaths5.7per 100,000 population2013higher is worse
Physicians0.467per 1,000 people2012higher is better
DTP3 immunisation85%% of children aged 12-23 months2024higher is better
Tuberculosis incidence411per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Anaemia in women23.5%% of women aged 15-492023higher is worse
Out-of-pocket health spending1.05%% of health spending2023higher is worse
Adult obesity42%% of adults2024higher is worse
Health coverage index66index, 0 to 1002023higher is better

inequality

Gini index35.5index (0-100)2019higher is worse
Extreme poverty rate2.1%% of population2019higher is worse

infrastructure

Internet users65.9%% of population2024higher is better
Mobile subscriptions39.7per 100 people2022higher is better
Electricity access97.2%% of population2024higher is better
Slum share of urban population2.38%% of urban population2022higher is worse
Fixed broadband2.35per 100 people2022higher is better

labor

Informal employment32.6%% of employment2021higher is worse
Youth not in work or study40%% of 15 to 24 year olds2021higher is worse

Values are the most recent in 2010–2025, and different measures can come from different years. The year is shown beside each. Nothing here ranks countries by merit. An area score averages whatever measures its publishers happen to collect, and the choice of what to collect is itself a judgement made by someone else. All countries · How the country data works

Countries to compare with Marshall Islands

Also in East Asia & Pacific: American Samoa, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hong Kong SAR, China, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Korea, Dem. People's Rep., Korea, Rep., Lao PDR, Macao SAR, China, Malaysia, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Mongolia, Myanmar, Naoero, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Viet Nam.

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