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General Information

Region		Micronesia
Population (000, 2021)		60^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		331.2^a
Capital city		Majuro
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		30.7^c
UN membership date		17-Sep-91
Surface area (km2)		181^b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	168	181	237^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	7.1	-0.6	5.3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 986.1	3 159.2	4 038.2^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	15.4	14.4	16.1^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	12.4	10.3	13.6^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	72.2	75.2	70.3^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	11^d,e	...	...
Employment in industry (% of employed)	9.4^d,e	...	...
Employment in services (% employed)	79.6^d,e	...	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	...	4.7^d,f	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	113	90	75^b
International trade: exports^g (million current US$)	17	25	23^h
International trade: imports^g (million current US$)	76	84	72^h
International trade: balance^g (million current US$)	-60	-59	-50^h
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-14	-7	53^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^j (average annual %)	0.4	0.4	0.6^h
Urban population (% of total population)	73.6	75.8	77.4^b
Urban population growth rate^j (average annual %)	0.8	0.8	...
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	3.1 / 5.5	3.3 / 5.7	3.3 / 5.6^h
Health: Current expenditure^k,l (% of GDP)	15.1	17.4	17.6^c
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.6	0.4^m	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.4 / 98.8ⁿ	86.5 / 88.5	78.1 / 81.0^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	79.3 / 75.6ⁿ	68.8 / 64.1	66.4 / 61.6^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	71.4 / 66.8ⁿ	59.1 / 51.9	112.4 / 101.3^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	3	3	6.1^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^g (per 100 inhabitants)	7	19.3	38.7^p
Threatened species (number)	84	95	109
Forested area (% of land area)	52.2	52.2	52.2^c
Energy production, primary^g (Petajoules)	0	0	0^c
Energy supply per capita^g (Gigajoules)	38	38	39^c
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q (000)	5	6	7^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	8.4	10.1	10.1^h
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	12.59	23.01	19.22^c

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		Break in the time series.
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 3.
f		2011
g		Estimate.
h		2020
i		Areas not elsewhere specified.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Data refer to fiscal years ending 30 September.
l		Health expenditure indicators are high as they spend a lot on health using direct funding from the United States and also from their domestic funds. Current health expenditure is mostly government.
m		2012
n		2009
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		2017
q		Arrivals by air.