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The British ships Charlotte and Scarborough visited the islands in 1788 under the commands of captains Thomas Gilbert and John Marshall, respectively. [38] The vessels had been part of the First Fleet taking convicts from England to Botany Bay in New South Wales, and were en route to Guangzhou when they passed through the Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands. [39]
The Marshall Islands is the only country in the world that does not have a national football team. [150] The Marshall Islands is therefore the only sovereign country in the world that does not have a record of a national football match. [151]
Countries by mean wealth per adult. From 2021 publication of Credit Suisse. Countries by median wealth per adult. From 2021 publication of Credit Suisse. This is a list of countries of the world by wealth per adult, from UBS's Global Wealth Databook. [1] [2] Wealth includes both financial and non-financial assets.
List by UBS and Credit Suisse published in 2023 pertaining to total wealth of countries in 2022 [2] Country (or area) Subregion Region Total wealth (USD bn) % of world Wealth to GDP ratio [3] (2017–19) World: 454,385: 100.0% — Asia and Oceania: Asia and Oceania: 177,824: 39.1% — Northern America: Northern America: 151,170: 33.2% ...
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary index assessing countries on 3 dimensions, health, education and standard of living using life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling for children and mean years of schooling for adults, and GNI PPP per capita. The final HDI is a value between 0 and 1 with countries grouped into four ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands – sovereign Micronesian island nation located in the western North Pacific Ocean, north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia, and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island, to which it lays claim. [1]
Marshall Islander fish trap, circa 1940s. The culture of the Marshall Islands forms part of the wider culture of Micronesia. It is marked by pre-Western contact and the impact of that contact on its people afterward. The Marshall Islands were relatively isolated. Inhabitants developed skilled navigators, able to navigate by the currents to ...
The government of the Marshall Islands is the largest employer, employing 30.6% of the work force, down by 3.4% since 1988. GDP is derived mainly from payments made by the United States under the terms of the amended Compact of Free Association. Direct U.S. aid accounted for 60% of the Marshall Islands' $90 million budget.