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Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands is an upper-middle-income economy in East Asia & Pacific, with its capital at Majuro. 97.2% of its people had electricity in 2024.

  • East Asia & Pacific
  • Upper middle income
  • Capital: Majuro
  • Currency: USD
World map of Electricity access, latest available year by country
Electricity access
97.2%
2024, world 91.9%
Renewable electricity
2.4%
2021, world 27.8%
CO₂ per person
0.00 t
2024, world 4.69 t
Clean cooking
80.0%
2024, world 75.4%
GDP per person
8,489
2025, world 14,406

Electricity generation mix

  • Oil
  • Coal
  • Gas
  • Hydro
  • Nuclear
  • Solar, wind & other

Marshall Islands2021

East Asia & Pacific2024

World2024

View data table
EconomyOilCoalGasHydroNuclearSolar, wind & otherYear
Marshall Islands97.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.4%2021
East Asia & Pacific0.5%53.1%9.9%12.8%5.5%12.0%2024
World2.3%34.5%21.9%14.6%9.8%12.4%2024

Share of electricity production by source, latest year available. Shares may not sum to exactly 100% because of rounding and minor sources.

Access to electricity

% of population, compared with East Asia & Pacific and the world.

Access to electricity, Marshall Islands
  • Marshall Islands
  • World
  • East Asia & Pacific
View data table
Access to electricity, Marshall Islands
YearMarshall IslandsWorldEast Asia & Pacific
2024 97.2%91.9%98.6%
2023 100.0%91.6%98.4%
2022 100.0%91.3%98.2%
2021 99.8%91.3%98.2%
2020 98.3%90.4%97.8%
2019 96.8%90.1%97.9%
2018 95.3%89.8%97.7%
2017 93.8%88.9%97.7%
2016 92.7%88.1%97.0%
2015 92.1%86.9%97.0%
2014 91.5%86.2%96.6%
2013 90.9%85.7%96.5%
2012 90.4%84.9%96.2%
2011 89.9%84.5%96.0%
2010 89.4%83.5%95.5%
2009 81.7%82.9%95.0%
2008 80.2%82.7%95.2%
2007 72.3%82.0%94.7%
2006 77.2%81.4%94.6%
2005 75.7%80.7%93.6%
2004 74.3%80.0%94.0%
2003 72.9%80.0%93.2%
2002 71.5%79.1%93.0%
2001 70.1%78.7%92.5%
2000 68.6%78.2%92.1%
1999 68.5%74.5%–
1998 –73.2%–

Emissions

CO₂ per person, tonnes, excluding land use.

CO₂ emissions per capita, Marshall Islands
  • Marshall Islands
  • World
  • East Asia & Pacific
View data table
CO₂ emissions per capita, Marshall Islands
YearMarshall IslandsWorldEast Asia & Pacific
2024 0.00 t4.69 t7.35 t
2023 0.00 t4.68 t7.28 t
2022 0.00 t4.67 t7.06 t
2021 0.00 t4.68 t7.06 t
2020 0.00 t4.47 t6.80 t
2019 0.00 t4.70 t6.85 t
2018 0.00 t4.73 t6.73 t
2017 0.00 t4.67 t6.51 t
2016 0.00 t4.65 t6.41 t
2015 0.00 t4.70 t6.43 t
2014 0.00 t4.78 t6.52 t
2013 0.00 t4.81 t6.52 t
2012 0.00 t4.77 t6.34 t
2011 0.00 t4.76 t6.22 t
2010 0.00 t4.67 t5.82 t
2009 0.00 t4.45 t5.40 t
2008 0.00 t4.56 t5.20 t
2007 0.00 t4.59 t5.15 t
2006 0.00 t4.48 t4.85 t
2005 0.00 t4.39 t4.55 t
2004 0.00 t4.28 t4.21 t
2003 0.00 t4.15 t3.86 t
2002 0.00 t4.02 t3.54 t
2001 0.00 t4.01 t3.38 t
2000 0.00 t4.01 t3.29 t
1999 0.00 t3.95 t3.18 t
1998 0.00 t3.98 t3.19 t
1997 0.00 t4.02 t3.24 t
1996 0.00 t4.01 t3.19 t
1995 0.00 t3.99 t3.20 t

Currency

1.0000 USD

per US dollar, mid-market reference. 1 USD = ₦1,331.28

Sunshine in Majuro

3.1 kWh/m² today

  1. We3.1 kWh per square metre
  2. Th4.2 kWh per square metre
  3. Fr6.0 kWh per square metre
  4. Sa6.8 kWh per square metre
  5. Su6.7 kWh per square metre
  6. Mo6.1 kWh per square metre
  7. Tu6.2 kWh per square metre

Open-Meteo forecast, modelled irradiation.

Power plants

Installed capacity by fuel

The Global Power Plant Database has no records for Marshall Islands.

All indicators

Marshall Islands in numbers

Data catalogue

Energy access

IndicatorMarshall IslandsYearEast Asia & PacificWorld
Access to electricity % of population 97.2% 2024 98.6% 91.9%
Access to electricity, rural % of rural population 96.3% 2024 97.3% 84.9%
Access to electricity, urban % of urban population 97.4% 2024 99.9% 97.8%
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking % of population 80.0% 2024 87.0% 75.4%

Power supply and mix

IndicatorMarshall IslandsYearEast Asia & PacificWorld
Electricity production from coal % of total 0.0% 2021 53.1% 34.5%
Electricity production from natural gas % of total 0.0% 2021 9.9% 21.9%
Electricity production from oil % of total 97.6% 2021 0.5% 2.3%
Electricity production from nuclear % of total 0.0% 2021 5.5% 9.8%
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources % of total 0.0% 2021 12.8% 14.6%
Electric power transmission and distribution losses % of output – 3.9% 6.9%
Electric power consumption per capita kWh per capita – 5,715 kWh 3,708 kWh

Energy transition

IndicatorMarshall IslandsYearEast Asia & PacificWorld
Electricity production from renewables, excluding hydro % of total 2.4% 2021 12.0% 12.4%
Renewable electricity output % of total electricity output 2.4% 2021 25.9% 27.8%
Renewable energy consumption % of total final energy consumption 12.2% 2022 14.8% 19.7%
CO₂ emissions per capita (excluding LULUCF) t CO₂e per capita 0.00 t 2024 7.35 t 4.69 t
CO₂ emissions, total (excluding LULUCF) Mt CO₂e 0.0 Mt 2024 17,388.8 Mt 39,632.7 Mt
Energy intensity of primary energy MJ per $2017 PPP GDP 10.96 MJ/$ 2022 5.23 MJ/$ 4.54 MJ/$

Energy economy

IndicatorMarshall IslandsYearEast Asia & PacificWorld
Fuel exports % of merchandise exports – 4.2% 9.5%
Oil rents % of GDP – 0.27% 1.36%
Natural gas rents % of GDP – 0.33% 0.52%
GDP per capita current US$ 8,489 2025 14,077 14,406
Population, total people 36,282 2025 2.4B 8.2B

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Latest year available per series.

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