Infrastructure and access
- Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure5
Digital Divide Country Profile · Oceania
MH
Marshall Islands
Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.
Location in the world
Marshall Islands
Oceania
Marshall Islands🇲🇭
- Population (2024)
- 37,548
- Total area
- 181 km²
- Area in square miles
- 69.88 mi²
- Coastline
- 370.4 km
National digital inclusion context
A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.
This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Marshall Islands in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.
The documented portfolio emphasizes Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure, Digital Identity / e-ID. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.
Portfolio pattern
What the documented response contains.
Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.
Specific technologies
- Digital Identity / e-ID1
Intervention classification
- Neither explicitly identified9
- Infrastructure only5
- Specific Technology only1
Education and workforce
Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.
2 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 1 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.
Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.
Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.
Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.
Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.
Project and initiative portfolio
15 documented records
Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.
01Digital infrastructure and services
Digital RMI – 2026 procurement implementation cycle
Procurement / April 2026 · NationwideView details
Digital infrastructure and services
Digital RMI – 2026 procurement implementation cycle
Procurement / April 2026 · NationwideStatus / periodProcurement / April 2026LocationNationwidePopulationGovernment agencies, operators and usersOrganizationsGovernment of RMI; World Bank
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: ICT infrastructure, consulting and e-government procurement
02Broadband affordability and quality
Digital RMI – Affordability and Reliability Improvement Program
Implementation outcome stream of Digital RMI · NationalView details
Broadband affordability and quality
Digital RMI – Affordability and Reliability Improvement Program
Implementation outcome stream of Digital RMI · NationalStatus / periodImplementation outcome stream of Digital RMILocationNationalPopulationHouseholds and businesses affected by expensive, limited high-speed internetOrganizationsGovernment of the Marshall Islands; World Bank
Targets the cost and reliability dimensions of the digital divide by restructuring investment and service delivery around faster, more reliable, affordable access.
Activities and approach: Network modernization; affordability improvements; service reliability; competition.
03Broadband competition / investment
Digital RMI – Broadband Market and Private Investment Reform
Implementation component of Digital RMI · NationalView details
Broadband competition / investment
Digital RMI – Broadband Market and Private Investment Reform
Implementation component of Digital RMI · NationalStatus / periodImplementation component of Digital RMILocationNationalPopulationConsumers and businesses facing high-cost, limited broadband optionsOrganizationsGovernment of the Marshall Islands; World Bank
Promotes private-sector investment and market conditions intended to improve affordability, quality and choice in internet services.
Activities and approach: Sector reform; private investment; market competition; enabling regulation.
04Digital civil registration
Digital RMI – civil registration modernization
Implementation · NationwideView details
Digital civil registration
Digital RMI – civil registration modernization
Implementation · NationwideStatus / periodImplementationLocationNationwidePopulationFamilies, citizens and public agenciesOrganizationsGovernment of RMI; World Bank
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Modernized civil registration; linkage to ID
05Resilient broadband infrastructure
Digital RMI – Climate-Resilient Connectivity for 24 Inhabited Atolls and Islands
Implementation component of Digital RMI · All 24 inhabited atolls and islands, including Majuro and EbeyeView details
Resilient broadband infrastructure
Digital RMI – Climate-Resilient Connectivity for 24 Inhabited Atolls and Islands
Implementation component of Digital RMI · All 24 inhabited atolls and islands, including Majuro and EbeyeStatus / periodImplementation component of Digital RMILocationAll 24 inhabited atolls and islands, including Majuro and EbeyePopulationResidents of remote atolls and islandsOrganizationsGovernment of the Marshall Islands; World Bank
Targets the country’s extreme geographic isolation by investing in energy-efficient, disaster- and climate-resilient digital infrastructure across inhabited islands.
Activities and approach: Resilient digital infrastructure; outer-island connectivity; energy-efficient systems.
06Cybersecurity
Digital RMI – cybersecurity institutional framework
Implementation · NationwideView details
Cybersecurity
Digital RMI – cybersecurity institutional framework
Implementation · NationwideStatus / periodImplementationLocationNationwidePopulationGovernment, businesses and usersOrganizationsGovernment of RMI; World Bank
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Cybersecurity policy; institutional capacity; incident readiness
07Digital public services
Digital RMI – Digital Government Foundations
Implementation component of Digital RMI · NationalView details
Digital public services
Digital RMI – Digital Government Foundations
Implementation component of Digital RMI · NationalStatus / periodImplementation component of Digital RMILocationNationalPopulationCitizens needing remote access to health, education and government servicesOrganizationsGovernment of the Marshall Islands; World Bank
Builds digital-government foundations so better connectivity translates into accessible public services, especially important for dispersed island communities.
Activities and approach: Digital government platforms; service-delivery foundations; institutional capacity.
Education
08Digital commerce enabling environment
Digital RMI – electronic transactions legal framework
Implementation · NationwideView details
Digital commerce enabling environment
Digital RMI – electronic transactions legal framework
Implementation · NationwideStatus / periodImplementationLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens and businessesOrganizationsGovernment of RMI; World Bank
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Legal recognition of electronic transactions and signatures
09Digital identity
Digital RMI – national digital identification system
Implementation · NationwideView details
Digital identity
Digital RMI – national digital identification system
Implementation · NationwideStatus / periodImplementationLocationNationwidePopulationMarshallese residents and public-service usersOrganizationsGovernment of RMI; World Bank
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Digital ID design and implementation; identity verification
10Digital trust and regulation
Digital RMI – privacy and data-protection legal framework
Implementation · NationwideView details
Digital trust and regulation
Digital RMI – privacy and data-protection legal framework
Implementation · NationwideStatus / periodImplementationLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens, businesses and governmentOrganizationsGovernment of RMI; World Bank
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Privacy/data-protection rules; legal safeguards
11National broadband and digital development
Digital RMI Project
2021–2028 approximately · NationwideView details
National broadband and digital development
Digital RMI Project
2021–2028 approximately · NationwideStatus / period2021–2028 approximatelyLocationNationwidePopulationMarshallese citizens, businesses and governmentOrganizationsGovernment of the Marshall Islands; World Bank
Aims to secure faster, more reliable and more affordable internet access and expand participation in the digital economy.
Activities and approach: Digital infrastructure; regulatory reform; digital government; private investment.
12Digital civic participation
PFM II – digital citizen-engagement mechanisms
Implementation · NationwideView details
Digital civic participation
PFM II – digital citizen-engagement mechanisms
Implementation · NationwideStatus / periodImplementationLocationNationwidePopulationCommunities and citizensOrganizationsGovernment of RMI; World Bank
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Digital feedback and citizen-engagement channels
13Government digital systems
PFM II – expansion of digital systems across government
Approved August 2025 · Central governmentView details
Government digital systems
PFM II – expansion of digital systems across government
Approved August 2025 · Central governmentStatus / periodApproved August 2025LocationCentral governmentPopulationFinance agencies and public-service usersOrganizationsMinistry of Finance; World Bank
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Expanded government digital systems; reduced paperwork and delays
14Public-sector digital skills
PFM II – local digital financial-management skills development
Implementation / 2025 onward · Government finance workforceView details
Public-sector digital skills
PFM II – local digital financial-management skills development
Implementation / 2025 onward · Government finance workforceStatus / periodImplementation / 2025 onwardLocationGovernment finance workforcePopulationMarshallese accounting, audit and procurement staff, particularly womenOrganizationsMinistry of Finance; World Bank
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Training/certification for digital financial-management systems
EducationWorkforce
15Digital transparency
PFM II – public online access to budget and procurement records
Implementation · NationwideView details
Digital transparency
PFM II – public online access to budget and procurement records
Implementation · NationwideStatus / periodImplementationLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens and civil societyOrganizationsMinistry of Finance; World Bank
Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.
Activities and approach: Public digital access to budgets and procurement information
Evidence boundary
Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.
Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.
Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.
Evidence and contextProfile Sources+
These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.
- Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Marshall Islands. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/marshall-islands/
- International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
- World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Marshall Islands. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=MH
- World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Marshall Islands. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=MH