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General Information

Region		Micronesia
Population (000, 2024)		18^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		38.5^a
Capital city		Melekeok
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		11.4^c,d
UN membership date		15 December 1994
Surface area (km2)		459^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		116.7^a
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	280	252	226^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	8.8	-9.1	-2.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	15 760.2	14 013.8	12 498.5^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	3.5	3.8	3.7^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	9.2	14.2	12^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	87.3	82	84.3^b
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	118	121	158ⁱ
International trade: exports (million current US$)	6	3^j	1^j,i
International trade: imports (million current US$)	150	197^j	397^j,i
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-144	-194^j	-395^j,i
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-24	-116	-135^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.2	~0.0	-0.1^a
Urban population (% of total population)	78.2	80.5^k	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.7^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2	2	1.9^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	72.6 / 66.1	71.9 / 66.1	71.9 / 67.3^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	20.3 / 12.4	19.2 / 15.3	18.2 / 17.8^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	4.9 / 27.9	5.1 / 28.1	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0ⁿ	...
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	21.3	22.7	21.4^a
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	11.3	14.3	16.4^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.4^q	1.8	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	102.6 / 114.4^q	104.2 / 99.2	104.0 / 105.5^p
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	107.3 / 105.0^q	123.6 / 123.4	114.2 / 96.4^p
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	114.6 / 104.5^q	166.3 / 163.5	93.5 / 93.2^p
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	16.9	11.2^d	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	0	12.5^r	6.2^r

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Threatened species (number)	177	189	210ⁱ
Forested area (% of land area)	89.1	90	90.2^p
CO2 emission estimates^j (million tons/tons per capita)	0.2 / 11.7	0.2 / 12.0	0.2 / 12.0^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0^j	0^j,p
Energy supply per capita^j (Gigajoules)	159	164	163^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	162	18	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	48.1	48.1	48.1ⁱ
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	88.9 / 56.5	95.2 / 57.2	97.7 / 57.5^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	4.61	25.28	...

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to Koror.
d		2018
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
h		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		2023
j		Estimate.
k		2019
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		2017
o		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 October.
p		2021
q		2014
r		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
s		Air arrivals (Palau International Airport).