Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Marshall Islands instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 10.2 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Marshall Islands, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 2.7 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Marshall Islands, the GDP per capita is $6,800 as of 2023.

Life

be 54.8% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Marshall Islands, on the other hand, 21.7 children do as of 2022.

have 24.3% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Marshall Islands, there are 21.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 66.6% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 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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