Comparison of British Virgin Islands and Marshall Islands

Attribute	British Virgin Islands ×	Marshall Islands ×
Geography
Area (km²)	151	181
Continent	North America	Australia
Land area (km²)	151	181
Water area (km²)	0	0
Land boundaries (km)	0	0
Coastline (km)	80	370.4
Mean elevation (m)	-	2
Lowest point (m)	0	0
Highest point (m)	521	14
People
Population	37,381	77,917
Official languages	English	Marshallese
Religion	Protestant	Protestant
Government
Long country name	-	Republic of the Marshall Islands
Short country name	British Virgin Islands	Marshall Islands
Long local name	-	Republic of the Marshall Islands
Short local name	-	Marshall Islands
Former name	-	Marshall Islands District Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Government type	Parliamentary democracy	Presidential republic in free association with the US
Capital	Road Town	Majuro
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)	500,000,000	196,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)	1,028,000,000	222,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)	2	2.5
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)	34,200	3,600
Labor force	12,770	10,670
Unemployment rate (%)	2.9	36
Budget revenues (USD)	400,000,000	116,700,000
Budget expenditures (USD)	400,000,000	113,900,000
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)	38.9	52.6
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)	0	1.3
Public debt (% of GDP)	-	25.5
Inflation rate (%)	1.1	0
Current account balance (USD)	362,600,000	-1,000,000
Exports (USD)	23,000,000	0
Imports (USD)	300,000,000	103,800,000
External debt (USD)	36,100,000	97,960,000
National currency	US Dollar	US Dollar
National currency (code)	USD	USD
National currency (symbol)	$	$