Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.7% male: 93.6% female: 93.7% (1999)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2003)
Education expenditures:
11.8% of GDP (2004)
Government
Marshall Islands
Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of the Marshall Islands conventional short form: Marshall Islands local long form: Republic of the Marshall Islands local short form: Marshall Islands abbreviation: RMI former: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Marshall Islands District
Government type: