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Marshall Islands
RegionAsia-Pacific
GDP0.21[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita3539.57[$]
Population0.06[millions]
Urbanization77.79[%]
Land Area303.06[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 152 30.8 1.1
Health 114 32.6 2.7
Air Quality 113 32.5 1.3
PM2.5 99 37.6 -0.6
Household solid fuels 133 16.9 3.9
Ozone 1 100 -
Sanitation & Drinking Water 120 32.2 4.4
Sanitation 120 35.3 5.6
Drinking water 122 30.2 3.6
Heavy Metals 97 46.6 4.4
Lead 97 46.6 4.4
Waste Management 96 22.1 -
Solid waste 96 22.1 -
Ecosystem Vitality 173 29.6 -
Biodiversity 178 11.4 1.7
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 171 5 -
Terrestrial biomes (global) 172 5 -
Marine protected areas 79 2.4 -
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 138 13 12.8
Species Habitat Index - - -
Species Protection Index - - -
Biodiversity Habitat Index 90 52.9 0.2
Ecosystem Services - - -
Tree cover loss - - -
Grassland loss - - -
Wetland loss - - -
Fisheries 6 53.5 0.7
Fish Stock Status 2 35.4 23.1
Marine Trophic Index - - -
Fish caught by trawling 5 74.5 -25.5
Climate Change 122 39.6 -2.2
CO2 growth rate 112 35.1 -0.2
CH4 growth rate 114 55.9 3.2
F-gas growth rate - - -
N2O growth rate 113 48.7 -21
Black Carbon growth rate 103 48.5 -22.5
CO2 from land cover - - -
GHG intensity trend 171 9.1 1.7
GHG per capita 67 64.5 -9.3
Pollution Emissions 109 50.6 7.8
SO2 growth rate 1 100 67.8
NOx growth rate 175 1.1 -52.4
Agriculture 179 1.7 0.9
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 179 1.7 0.9
Water Resources 134 - -
Wastewater treatment 134 - -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Guatemala 31.8
Tanzania 31.1
Nigeria 31
Marshall Islands 30.8
Niger 30.8
Republic of Congo 30.8
Senegal 30.7
Eritrea 30.4
Benin 30
Angola 29.7
GDP per capita
Kyrgyzstan 39.8
Zambia 34.7
Cameroon 33.6
Cambodia 33.6
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Marshall Islands 30.8
Senegal 30.7
Bangladesh 29
Mauritania 27.7
Cote d'Ivoire 25.8
Issue Performance
Tonga 45.1
Kiribati 37.7
Samoa 37.3
Maldives 35.6
Timor-Leste 35.3
Fiji 34.4
Micronesia 33
Marshall Islands 30.8
Vanuatu 28.9
Solomon Islands 26.7
Regulatory Quality
Algeria 44.8
Uzbekistan 44.3
Iraq 39.5
Tajikistan 38.2
Comoros 32.1
Marshall Islands 30.8
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Haiti 27
Chad 26.7
Afghanistan 25.5
Voice & Accountability
France 80
Malta 70.7
Portugal 67
Estonia 65.3
Costa Rica 52.5
Uruguay 49.1
Barbados 45.6
Kiribati 37.7
Micronesia 33
Marshall Islands 30.8
Political Stability
Sweden 78.7
Netherlands 75.3
Slovenia 72
Taiwan 57.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.4
Mauritius 45.1
Tonga 45.1
Bahamas 43.5
Marshall Islands 30.8
Vanuatu 28.9
Asia-Pacific
Laos 34.8
Fiji 34.4
Cambodia 33.6
Viet Nam 33.4
Micronesia 33
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Mongolia 32.2
Marshall Islands 30.8
Vanuatu 28.9
Solomon Islands 26.7
Small Island Developing States
Fiji 34.4
Micronesia 33
Cabo Verde 32.8
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Comoros 32.1
Marshall Islands 30.8
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Vanuatu 28.9
Haiti 27
Solomon Islands 26.7
Ease of Doing Business Index
Bolivia 44.3
Burkina Faso 38.3
Zimbabwe 37
Laos 34.8
Marshall Islands 30.8
Niger 30.8
Benin 30
Mali 29.4
Mauritania 27.7
Guinea 26.4
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EPI Report Year: 
2020
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