Marshall Islands — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Marshall Islands, 1971–2025.
GDP growth for Marshall Islands was 2.28% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1971 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 33.92% in 1973. The lowest was -10.30% in 1996 (about -4.5× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.02% per year.
Marshall Islands ranks 138 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 65%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.62%, so Marshall Islands sits below it. It peaked in 1973 and has fallen 93% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 21%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 24 of 36 economies; Naoero (2.14%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 8033% in 1992. That is 10% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1971 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 1973.
World ranking. Slipped: 107th of 142 in 1971 → 142nd of 152 in 1980 → 100th of 176 in 1990 → 151st of 199 in 2000 → 77th of 209 in 2010 → 80th of 209 in 2020 → 127th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1971 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.28% | -1.0 pp |
| 2024 | 3.3% | +8.7 pp |
| 2023 | -5.39% | -4.7 pp |
| 2022 | -0.7% | -2.9 pp |
| 2021 | 2.16% | +4.9 pp |
| 2020 | -2.77% | -13.2 pp |
| 2019 | 10.45% | +5.0 pp |
| 2018 | 5.49% | +1.9 pp |
| 2017 | 3.56% | +1.1 pp |
| 2016 | 2.5% | +0.6 pp |
| 2015 | 1.89% | +3.1 pp |
| 2014 | -1.26% | -5.1 pp |
| 2013 | 3.81% | +5.1 pp |
| 2012 | -1.29% | -0.8 pp |
| 2011 | -0.5% | -6.0 pp |
| 2010 | 5.54% | +1.9 pp |
| 2009 | 3.67% | +11.2 pp |
| 2008 | -7.57% | -11.3 pp |
| 2007 | 3.69% | +3.5 pp |
| 2006 | 0.18% | -1.6 pp |
| 2005 | 1.79% | +2.2 pp |
| 2004 | -0.41% | +1.2 pp |
| 2003 | -1.56% | -5.2 pp |
| 2002 | 3.64% | -3.3 pp |
| 2001 | 6.93% | +4.5 pp |
| 2000 | 2.45% | +3.8 pp |
| 1999 | -1.33% | -0.7 pp |
| 1998 | -0.67% | +5.8 pp |
| 1997 | -6.45% | +3.9 pp |
| 1996 | -10.3% | -18.5 pp |
| 1995 | 8.21% | +2.3 pp |
| 1994 | 5.88% | -0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 6.01% | -1.1 pp |
| 1992 | 7.14% | +7.1 pp |
| 1991 | 0.09% | -2.6 pp |
| 1990 | 2.68% | +4.4 pp |
| 1989 | -1.69% | -9.5 pp |
| 1988 | 7.79% | -1.6 pp |
| 1987 | 9.36% | -15.2 pp |
| 1986 | 24.54% | +30.8 pp |
| 1985 | -6.26% | -10.1 pp |
| 1984 | 3.87% | -11.6 pp |
| 1983 | 15.51% | +10.7 pp |
| 1982 | 4.83% | -1.6 pp |
| 1981 | 6.44% | +13.6 pp |
| 1980 | -7.2% | -9.3 pp |
| 1979 | 2.14% | -3.5 pp |
| 1978 | 5.62% | +3.2 pp |
| 1977 | 2.43% | +2.1 pp |
| 1976 | 0.36% | +0.3 pp |
| 1975 | 0.06% | -15.3 pp |
| 1974 | 15.32% | -18.6 pp |
| 1973 | 33.92% | +32.8 pp |
| 1972 | 1.08% | -1.2 pp |
| 1971 | 2.31% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Marshall Islands’s GDP growth in 1972?
1.08% (1972). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Marshall Islands’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1971 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -1.2% in total.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 2.28%; 2024: 3.3%; 2023: -5.39%; 2022: -0.7%; 2021: 2.16%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.