Distillers Country guides / Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
A one-page guide to the Marshall Islands for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Majuro
- Official languages
- Marshallese, English
- Currency
- US dollar (USD)
- Time zone
- UTC+12 (MHT)
- Area
- 181 km²
People
- Population
- 36,282 (2025)
- Population growth
- -3.4% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 79.1%
- Aged under 15
- 33.9%
- Aged 65 and over
- 4.9%
- Life expectancy
- 67.1 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$308.0 million (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$8,489 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 2.3% (2025)
Climate
Tropical: dry season December to April, wet season May to November; northern atolls get about 1,300 mm of rain a year and southern atolls about twice that. Drought is common.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal with restrictions
- Legal drinking age
- 21 (Alcoholic Beverage Control Act 1971 and Alcohol Restriction Act 1994, as cited by Wikipedia Legal drinking age)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Marshall Islands (Wikipedia); Legal drinking age; World Bank country data; WHO Global status report on alcohol and health 2024 (via Wikipedia table); UN Comtrade public API, HS 2208. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.