International Rankings of Marshall Islands 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Marshall Islands, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Marshall Islands, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1.00	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	193	1000	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	151	38.70 %	2018
Internet users - total	200	29290	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	154	4.13	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	208	3172	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	206	27.56	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	207	21169	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	211	113.900 million US Dollars	2013
Budget - revenues	211	116.700 million US Dollars	2013
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	21	1.30 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	66	1.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	191	97.960 million US Dollars	2013
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	81	56	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	122	51	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	50	88	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	54	79	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	212	222.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	50	52.90 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	5	50.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	177	102.30 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	100	17.80 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	0.20 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	110	4.40 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	157	9.90 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	15	85.70 % of GDP	2013
Gross national saving	98	17	2018
Imports	211	103.800 million US Dollars	2016
Labor force	207	10670 US Dollars	2013
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	90	11 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	87	16 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	40	73 %	2011
Public debt	147	25.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	213	227.000 million US Dollars	2018
Real GDP growth rate	71	2.50 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	177	3889 US Dollars	2018
Taxes and other revenues	13	52.60 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	6	36.00 %	2006
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	187	293700	2017
Electricity - consumption	163	604.500 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	18	81	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	51	19	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	186	52000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	154	650.000 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	154	2000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	184	2060 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	171	9 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	59	51	2018
Land use - arable land	106	8	2018
Land use - forest	47	49	2018
Land use - permanent crops	6	31	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	102	12	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.61	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	51	78	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	120	8614.00 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	114	2653 tons	2007
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	20	30.80 %	2007
Geography
Area - land	210	181 sq km	N/A
Area - total	209	181 sq km	N/A
Coastline	116	370 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	193	14 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	149	2 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	59	51	2018
Land use - arable land	106	8	2018
Land use - forest	47	49	2018
Land use - permanent crops	6	31	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	102	12	2018
Population Density	29	435.53 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	53	19.09	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	147	37.35	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	148	5.92	N/A
Birth rate	57	22.42 births/1,000 population	2021
Current Health Expenditure	2	18 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	181	4.25 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Drinking water source - improved	3	100 % of population	N/A
Hospital bed density	42	2.70 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	76	18.40 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	72	25.83 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	75	22.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	113	77 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	106	72 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	117	74 years	N/A
Median age - female	125	24 years	2020
Median age - male	114	24 years	N/A
Median age - total	117	24 years	N/A
Net migration rate	153	4.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	4	52.90 %	2016
Physicians density	125	0.42 physicians/1,000 population	2012
Population	194	78831	2021
Population growth rate	68	1.37 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	31	96 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	58	35 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	65	11 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	38	16 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	10 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	11	10 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	12	10 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	21	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	25	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	14	0.97 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	51	2.81 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	109	9	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	80	12	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.61	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	51	78	2021
Transportation
Airports	108	15	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	4	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	86	11	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	126	130000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	148	24313	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	3.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	153	75 km	2007
Roadways - total	135	2028 km	2007

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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