Marshall Islands
Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Region
- Oceania · Micronesia
- Capital
- Majuro
- Population
- 36,282 (2025)
- Government
- mixed presidential-parliamentary system in free association with the US
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Official languages
- English, Marshallese
- Spoken languages
- Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 181 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- IMF
Political stability
88 / 100
Economic stability
45 / 100
Population stability
0 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- ships, refined petroleum, fish, natural gas, stone processing machines (2023)
- Key imports
- ships, refined petroleum, additive manufacturing machines, iron structures, crude petroleum (2023)
- Natural resources
- coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals
- Primary route
- Feeder services to Guam and Asian hubs
- Secondary route
- Transpacific connections to the U.S. West Coast
The xin.bz view
- The Marshall Islands sit on the wetter central-equatorial side of the El Niño split — more water to manage and capture, and tuna-fleet movements that can shift licensing revenue between Pacific EEZs.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño Is Redrawing the Pacific's Water and Fishery Map — Just as Oceania Becomes More Valuable to Global Food, Energy and Critical-Mineral Supply
Australia's 28M t wheat crop and El Niño fire signature, Pacific islands splitting into dry west and wet center, tuna revenue moving between EEZs, New Zealand's west–east water divide, and Australian LNG and rare earths gaining strategic value.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.