Social Development in Marshall Islands 52 indicators covering social development for Marshall Islands. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 2025 down 100.0% 193rd Political Rights Rating 1 2025 unchanged 153rd Electoral democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 11th Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 2025 unchanged 153rd Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person 2025 down 100.0% 193rd Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 2025 down 100.0% 193rd Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 % change on previous year 2021 — 122nd Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 100.0% 193rd Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre 0.0056 units per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 12th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 184th Democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Physical Integrity Rights Score 2.46 2019 down 14.2% 38th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 16 2025 up 166.7% 184th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 up 258.7% 95th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 59.0% 99th Political Rights Score 38 2025 up 2.7% 19th Freedom Score 93 2025 up 1.1% 25th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 60 % change on previous year 2025 — 7th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0278 units per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 103rd LGBT+ Rights Index 2.07 2019 unchanged 75th Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 — 116th Age of electoral democracy 47 years 2025 up 27.0% 47th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.7036 2024 down 30.1% 173rd Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0 2024 — 55th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 2.67 deaths 2021 down 22.8% 186th Homicide rate 6.35 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 2.8% 72nd Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 5,000 2030 down 28.6% 162nd States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Age of full democracy 47 years 2025 up 27.0% 36th Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 30.7% 2030 up 4.4% 22nd Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 7,000 2030 down 22.2% 162nd Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 — 4th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence 24.1% 2030 unchanged 32nd Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence (%) 23.8% 2030 up 3.5% 41st Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 2 2024 unchanged 156th Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of 5 2024 up 104.1% 159th Tobacco Raise taxes: National taxes for tobacco and nicotine products 0 2024 — 104th Tobacco MPOWER: National tobacco control programmes 3 2024 down 40.0% 64th Laboratories providing drug susceptibility testing (DST) 0 2014 down 100.0% 131st