Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Marshall Islands instead of Indonesia, you would:

Health

see 2.1 times more spent on your healthcare

Indonesia spends $417 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Marshall Islands spends $874 as of 2023.

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live 4.2 years less

In Indonesia, the average life expectancy is 71 years (69 years for men, 73 years for women) as of 2024. In Marshall Islands, that number is 67 years (65 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 3.6 times more likely to be obese

In Indonesia, 11.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Marshall Islands, that number is 42.0% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

make 67.8% more money

Indonesia has a GDP per capita of $5,060 as of 2025, while in Marshall Islands, the GDP per capita is $8,489 as of 2025.

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Life

have 27.5% more children

In Indonesia, there are approximately 15.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Marshall Islands, there are 20.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 49.3% more likely to die during infancy

In Indonesia, approximately 15.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Marshall Islands, on the other hand, 22.7 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 6.0 times more on education

Indonesia spends 1.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Marshall Islands spends 7.7% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 5.0 times more on healthcare

Indonesia spends 2.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Marshall Islands, that number is 13.4% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 99.3% less coastline

Indonesia has a total of 54,716 km of coastline. In Marshall Islands, that number is 370 km.

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Infrastructure

find 52.2% less home broadband

Indonesia has 4.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Marshall Islands has 2.4 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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Marshall Islands: At a glance

Marshall Islands (sometimes abbreviated RMI) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 181 sq km. After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.
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