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EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
Education Expenditures: 13.6 percent of GDP (2020 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 1. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write; total population: 98.3 percent; male: 98.3 percent; female: 98.2 percent (2011). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
School Life Expectancy (Primary to Tertiary): total: 10 years; male: 10 years; female: 10 years (2019). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Youth Unemployment Rate (ages 15-24): total: 26 percent; male: 31 percent; female: 14.2 percent (2019 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 60
Health Expenditures: 13 percent of GDP (2020). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Number of Doctors: 0.42 physicians per 1,000 people (2012). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Number of Hospital Beds: 2.7 beds per 1,000 people. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Sanitation Access: improved: urban: 96.6 percent of population; rural: 65.4 percent of population; total: 89.7 percent of population; unimproved: urban: 3.4 percent of population; rural: 34.6 percent of population; total: 10.3 percent of population (2020 estimate). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Energy in the Marshall Islands
Access to Electricity: electrification: total population: 99.7 percent (2021); electrification: urban areas: 96 percent (2021); electrification: rural areas: 92 percent (2020).
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Refined Petroleum Products: production
0 bbl/day (2015 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 134.
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Refined Petroleum Products: Exports: 0 bbl/day (2015 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 186. Imports: 2,060 bbl/day (2015 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 190
Carbon Dioxide Emissions: 293,700 metric tonnes of CO2 (2017 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: emissions 197. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Communications in the Marshall Islands
Telephones: Fixed Lines: total subscriptions: 2,361 (2014 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2014 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: subscriptions 214. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Mobile Telephones: total subscriptions: 16,000 (2021 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: subscriptions 218. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Telecommunication Systems: general assessment: the National Telecommunications Act, through Bill No. 66, ushered in a new era in telecommunications in the Marshall Islands; this will enable an open, competitive market for telecommunications that is regulated by a Telecommunications Commissioner; telecom officials announced that they would be able to offer satellite internet services beginning in mid-2023; the World Bank has been promoting telecommunications reform here for a decade and has a multi-million-dollar telecommunications reform grant program in progress (2022). Domestic: fixed-line roughly 5 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular is nearly 38 per 100 persons (2021). International: country code: 692; satellite earth stations: 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean); US Government satellite communications system on Kwajalein. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Broadcast Media: no TV broadcast station; a cable network is available on Majuro with programming via videotape replay and satellite relays; 4 radio broadcast stations; American Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) provides satellite radio and television service to Kwajalein Atoll (2019). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Internet Users: total: 16,254 (2021 estimate); Percent of the Population: 38.7 percent (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 214; Broadband: Fixed Subscriptions: total: 1,000 (2020 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2020 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 207. Internet Country Code: .mh
Kwajalein hosts one of four dedicated ground antennas that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system (the others are at Cape Canaveral, Florida (US), on Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha), and at Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Transportation in the Marshall Islands
Roads: total: 2,028 kilometers (2007); paved: 75 kilometers (2007); unpaved: 1,953 kilometers; ranking compared to other countries in the world: 171. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Water Transport: Merchant Marine: total: 4,042; By Type: bulk carrier 1,879 container ship 276, general cargo 62, oil tanker 1023, other 802 (2022); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 6; Ports and Terminals: major seaport(s): Enitwetak Island, Kwajalein, Majuro
National Air Transport System: number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020); inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 3; annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 24,313 (2018); annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 130,000 (2018) mt-km; Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: V7. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Airports: 15 (2021); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 147; Airports: with paved runways: 4. note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 meters (16,000 feet), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 meters (8,000-13,000 feet); Airports with Unpaved Runways: 11. note: unpaved runways have a surface composition such as grass or packed earth and are most suited to the operation of light aircraft; unpaved runways are usually short, often less than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in length; airports with unpaved runways often lack facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
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Text Sources: CIA World Factbook, 2023; “Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Volume 2: Oceania,” edited by Terence E. Hays, 1991, Wikipedia, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Times of London, Lonely Planet Guides, Library of Congress, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian magazine, The New Yorker, Reuters, Associated Press, AFP, BBC, CNN, and various books, websites and other publications.
Last updated August 2023