Transport and infrastructure on the Marshall Islands

Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of the Marshall Islands with the average of all countries in Oceania. The main traffic and transport routes are in good condition, but do not reach the level of the leading industrial nations.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 2,028 km. For each of the country's 59,194 inhabitants, this corresponds to 34.26 meters. This puts Marshall Islands in 14th place in the global ranking. However, the country's population density must also be taken into account, which is relatively high at around 326 inhabitants per km².

With an average of 3 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2013), road traffic on the Marshall Islands is considered relatively safe. This corresponds to around 4.3 accident fatalities per 5.7 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 5.9 in the European Union as a whole and 17.1 worldwide.

On the Marshall Islands, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Marshall Islands
Roadways	2,000 km	34,260.23 km	11,178.48 m
Railroads	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Waterways	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Commercial harbors	3,817	64,482.89	21.040
Airports	15	253.40	82.681

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Oceania
Roadways	30,900 km	2,504.49 km	55.93 m
Railroads	600 km	48.39 km	1.08 m
Waterways	11,200 km	908.39 km	20.29 m
Commercial harbors	5,397	437.42	0.010
Airports	817	66.22	0.001

Data sources used

• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)

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