Quality of life comparison

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

Health

see 56.0% more spent on your healthcare

Philippines spends $560 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Marshall Islands spends $874 as of 2023.

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live 2.9 years less

In Philippines, the average life expectancy is 70 years (67 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 4.4 times more likely to be obese

In Philippines, 9.6% 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 2.0 times more money

Philippines has a GDP per capita of $4,171 as of 2025, while in Marshall Islands, the GDP per capita is $8,489 as of 2025.

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Life

have 26.4% more children

In Philippines, there are approximately 15.9 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 84.5% more likely to die during childbirth

In Philippines, approximately 84.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Marshall Islands, 155.0 women do as of 2023.

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Expenditures

spend 94.0% more on education

Philippines spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2025. Marshall Islands spends 7.7% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 2.6 times more on healthcare

Philippines spends 5.1% 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 99.0% less coastline

Philippines has a total of 36,289 km of coastline. In Marshall Islands, that number is 370 km.

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Safety

be 22.7% more likely to die in a road accident

In Philippines, road accidents kill 9.7 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Marshall Islands, they kill 11.9 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 67.1% less home broadband

Philippines has 7.1 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, United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

Compare further: Philippines vs. Marshall Islands

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Marshall Islands is 2.4 times more expensive than Philippines overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Philippines is about 1,657 times bigger than Marshall Islands.
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Moving from Philippines to Marshall Islands · UN DESA 2020
541 people born in Philippines live in Marshall Islands.
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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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