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

Economy

be 55.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Greenland, 16.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Marshall Islands, however, that number is 7.2% as of 2019.

make 85.6% less money

Greenland has a GDP per capita of $41,800 as of 2015, while in Marshall Islands, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2022.

be 4.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Greenland, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Marshall Islands, that number is 36.0% as of 2006.

Life

have 57.0% more children

In Greenland, there are approximately 13.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Marshall Islands, there are 21.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Greenland, approximately 8.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Marshall Islands, on the other hand, 21.7 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 44.3% less likely to have internet access

In Greenland, approximately 69.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Marshall Islands, about 38.7% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 33.3% more on education

Greenland spends 10.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Marshall Islands spends 13.6% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 99.2% less coastline

Greenland has a total of 44,087 km of coastline. In Marshall Islands, that number is 370 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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