Marshall Islands

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Population: 60,451
GDP: $133.5 million (2008 est.)
Total Area: 181 sq km
Annual carbon emissions per capita: N/A
Annual carbon emissions as percent of world's total: N/A%

“Prolonged periods of drought over the past twenty years caused changes to the water tables which in turn affected taro and breadfruit production during the period. This situation is expected to worsen with future climate change and has the potential to seriously affect the government’s strategy or the development of the subsistence agriculture sector.”
--Climate Change and Food Security in Pacific Island Countries, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008