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Marshall Islands - Introduction 1992
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Background: 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 islands between 1947 and 1962.


Marshall Islands - Geography 1992
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Location

Geographic coordinates

Map reference

Area
Total: 181.3 km²
Land:
181.3 km²; includes the atolls of Bikini, Eniwetok, and
Kwajalein

Comparative: slightly larger than Washington, DC

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 370.4 km

Maritime claims
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Disputes: claims US territory of Wake Island

Climate: wet season May to November; hot and humid; islands border typhoon belt

Terrain: low coral limestone and sand islands

Elevation

Natural resources: phosphate deposits, marine products, deep seabed minerals
Land use

Land use: arable land: 0%; permanent crops: 60%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 40%

Irrigated land

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Marshall Islands - People 1992
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Population: 50,004 (July 1992), growth rate 3.9% (1992)

Nationality:
noun - Marshallese (singular and plural); adjective -
Marshallese


Ethnic groups: almost entirely Micronesian

Languages: English universally spoken and is the official language; two major Marshallese dialects from Malayo-Polynesian family; Japanese

Religions: predominantly Christian, mostly Protestant

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate

Birth rate: 47 births/1000 population (1992)

Death rate: 8 deaths/1000 population (1992)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1000 population (1992)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: occasionally subject to typhoons; two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands
Current issues note:
located 3,825 km southwest of Honolulu in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way between Hawaii and Papua New Guinea; Bikini and
Eniwetok are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War
II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range


Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 52 deaths/1000 live births (1992)

Life expectancy at birth: 61 years male, 64 years female (1992)

Total fertility rate: 7.0 children born/woman (1992)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: 93% (male 100%, female 88%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Marshall Islands - Government 1992
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Country name
Conventional long form: Republic of the Marshall Islands

Government type:
constitutional government in free association with the US; the
Compact of Free Association entered into force 21 October 1986


Capital: Majuro

Administrative divisions: none

Dependent areas

Independence:
21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship; formerly the Marshall Islands District of the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands)


National holiday: Proclamation of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1 May (1979)

Constitution: 1 May 1979

Legal system: based on adapted Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: universal at age 18
Parliament: last held 18 November 1991 (next to be held November 1995); results - percent of vote NA; seats - (33 total)
President:
last held 6 January 1992 (next to be held NA; results -
President Amata KABUA was reelected


Executive branch: president, Cabinet

Legislative branch: unicameral Nitijela (parliament)

Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation: AsDB, ESCAP (associate), ICAO, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Wilfred I. KENDALL; Chancery at 2,433 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20,008; telephone (202) 234-5,414
US: Ambassador William BODDE, Jr.; Embassy at NA address (mailing address is P. O. Box 1379, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands 96,960-1379); telephone (011) 692-4,011; FAX (011) 692-4,012

Diplomatic representation

Flag descriptionflag of Marshall%20Islands: blue with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner - orange (top) and white; there is a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays on the hoist side above the two stripes

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Marshall Islands - Economy 1992
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Economy overview:
Agriculture and tourism are the mainstays of the economy.
Agricultural production is concentrated on small farms, and the most important commercial crops are coconuts, tomatoes, melons, and breadfruit. A few cattle ranches supply the domestic meat market. Small-scale industry is limited to handicrafts, fish processing, and copra. The tourist industry is the primary source of foreign exchange and employs about 10% of the labor force. The islands have few natural resources, and imports far exceed exports. In 1987 the US Government provided grants of $40 million out of the
Marshallese budget of $55 million.

GDP: exchange rate conversion - $63 million, per capita $1,500; real growth rate NA% (1989 est.)

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate

Real gdp per capita

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: coconuts, cacao, taro, breadfruit, fruits, copra; pigs, chickens

Industries: copra, fish, tourism; craft items from shell, wood, and pearls; offshore banking (embryonic)

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate NA%

Labor force: 4,800 (1986)
Organized labor: none
Labor force

Unemployment rate: NA%

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $55 million; expenditures NA, including capital expenditures of NA (1987 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $2.5 million (f.o.b., 1985)
Commodoties: copra, copra oil, agricultural products, handicrafts
Partners: NA

Imports: $29.2 million (c.i.f., 1985)
Commodoties: foodstuffs, beverages, building materials
Partners: NA

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: US currency is used


Marshall Islands - Energy 1992
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Electricity
Production: 42,000 kW capacity; 80 million kWh produced, 1,840 kWh per capita (1990)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Marshall Islands - Communication 1992
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Marshall Islands - Military 1992
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Military expenditures

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Marshall Islands - Transportation 1992
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 17 total, 16 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine:
32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,347,312
GRT/4,630,172 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 container, 9 petroleum tanker, 18 bulk carrier, 2 combination ore/oil; note - a flag of convenience registry


Ports and terminals


Marshall Islands - Transnational issues 1992
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Disputes international

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


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