International Rankings of Marshall Islands 2023, 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	52	2.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	194	1000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	82	38.70 %	2021
Internet users - total	212	16254	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	5.00	2014
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	196	2361	2014
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	102	38.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	211	16000	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	210	153.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	210	148.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	21	1.30 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	78	1.182 million US Dollars	2020
Debt - external	195	97.960 million US Dollars	2013
Exports	210	76.734 million US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	220	222.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	51	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	181	102.30 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	102	17.80 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	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	162	9.90 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	15	85.70 % of GDP	2013
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	74	36 %	2019
Imports	214	171.201 million US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	172	3.66 %	2021
Labor force	215	10670 US Dollars	2013
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	90	11 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	91	16 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	44	73 %	2011
Public debt	120	41.71 % of GDP	2019
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	218	250.694 million US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	162	1.11 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	138	6000 US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	111	17.16 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	1	36.00 %	2006
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	104	14.20	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	25	31.00	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	49	26.00	N/A
Energy
Refined petroleum products - imports	191	2060 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	174	9 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	59	51	2018
Land use - arable land	108	8	2018
Land use - forest	48	49	2018
Land use - permanent crops	6	31	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	104	12	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	133	0.61	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	48	79	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	123	8614.00 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	115	2653 tons	2007
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	20	30.80 %	2007
Geography
Area - land	216	181 sq km	N/A
Area - total	218	181 sq km	N/A
Coastline	121	370 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	208	14 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	151	2 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	59	51	2018
Land use - arable land	108	8	2018
Land use - forest	48	49	2018
Land use - permanent crops	6	31	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	104	12	2018
Population Density	31	447.33 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	58	21.61 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	43	12 %	2017
Current health expenditure	5	13 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	19	68 %	2022
Death rate	184	4.30 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	129	6.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	43	14.70 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	69	59.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	57	53.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	1	14 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	47	1.33 %	2023
Hospital bed density	44	2.70 beds/1,000 population	N/A
Infant mortality rate - female	79	17.54 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	73	24.56 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	77	21.13 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	118	77 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	110	73 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	119	75 years	N/A
Literacy - female	16	98 %	2011
Literacy - male	16	98 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	16	98 %	N/A
Median age - female	129	24 years	2020
Median age - male	119	24 years	N/A
Median age - total	122	24 years	N/A
Net migration rate	164	4.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	4	52.90 %	2016
Physicians density	133	0.42 physicians/1,000 population	2012
Population	200	80966	2023
Population growth rate	63	1.30 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	26	97 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	55	35 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	75	10 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	69	3 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	13	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	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	20	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	17	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	59	8 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	15	49 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	33	29 %	2020
Total fertility rate	54	2.72 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	133	0.61	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	48	79	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	104	14.20	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	25	31.00	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	49	26.00	N/A
Transportation
Airports	110	15	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways	88	11	N/A
Merchant marine - total	7	4042	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	127	130000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	150	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	159	75 km	2007
Roadways - total	149	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.

NOTE: The information regarding Marshall Islands on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Marshall Islands 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Marshall Islands 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.