Marshall Islands — Country Profile

Marshall Islands — in Oceania, consists of 29 atolls and five isolated islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and Australia; the atolls and islands are situated in two, almost-parallel island chains - the Ratak (Sunrise) group and the Ralik (Sunset) group; the total number of islands and islets is about 1,225; 22 of the atolls and four of the islands are uninhabited. Political status: mixed presidential-parliamentary system in free association with the US. It covers 181 sq km. Terrain: low coral limestone and sand islands. Climate: tropical; hot and humid; wet s…

Marshall Islands’s GDP is $270.809 million (2024 est.) in purchasing-power-parity terms. At official exchange rates it stands at $280.358 million (2024 est.). Real GDP grew 2.8% (2024 est.). See where Marshall Islands ranks among all 195 countries by GDP.

POWER --/100 — The Magna Power score is our 0–100 composite of structural national power — nine components, 135 indicators. It is the Bureau's own assessment, not a mirror of World Bank or CIA figures.

Momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

The quarter passed without decisive turns. Governance continued, markets functioned, and the score reflects that uneventfulness.

For countries like this, the real story is always the slow one — and this quarter added no new chapter to it.

• What our model rewards: public debt under 42% of GDP — room to maneuver
• What drags it down: few natural resources to fall back on; graded on patchy data (71% complete) — read the score as an order of magnitude

Energy is the physical base of economic power — what a country can generate, move and burn decides what it can build, sell and defend.

Our World in Data does not publish a primary-energy series for Marshall Islands.

Sources: CIA World Factbook, Energy section.

Trade shows what the world buys from a country and what the country must buy from the world — the balance between the two is a direct measure of economic leverage.

Source: CIA World Factbook, Economy section.

Hilda C. Heine — President. President Hilda C. HEINE (since 3 January 2023)

Marshall Islands maintains 6 embassies and 3 consulates abroad, hosts 4 foreign diplomatic missions, holds permanent missions to UN Geneva, UN New York. The breadth of a diplomatic network is a direct measure of diplomatic power — it shows how far a country’s influence, alliances and interests reach.

Source: Wikipedia 'List of diplomatic missions of the Marshall Islands' / '... in the Marshall Islands'

Transport networks are economic power made physical — ports, runways, railways and pipelines decide what a country can move, sell and defend.

Major airports

Marshall Islands International Airport (MAJ) — Majuro Atoll; Bucholz Army Air Field (KWA) — Kwajalein.

Sources: OurAirports public-domain extract (2026-10-02); per-entry Wikipedia links included; CIA World Factbook via cia_factbook snapshot (2026-09-28)

POWER --/100 Ranked #-- of 195 countries in the Magna Country Rankings. Full ranking breakdown for Marshall Islands.

Historical timeline of Marshall Islands

This profile covers the population, economy, natural resources, leaders, and history of Marshall Islands — with the Bureau’s live national-power score of --/100, ranking #-- of 195 countries.