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General Information

Region		Micronesia
Population (000, 2025)		114^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		162.4^a
Capital city		Palikir
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		7^c
UN membership date		17 September 1991
Surface area (km2)		702^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98.7^a
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	316	372	460^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.6	-2	0.8^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 911.0	3 354.0	4 084.0^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	27.8	23.5	23.9^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	6.5	5.2	5.2^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	65.7	71.3	71^b
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	113	117	127^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	119	120^b
International trade: exports^e (million current US$)	16	213	372^f
International trade: imports^e (million current US$)	180	747	689^f
International trade: balance^e (million current US$)	-164	-534	-317^f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	22^g	...	...

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.3	0.9	0.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	22.5	22.8^h	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.3ⁱ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	3	2.9	2.7^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	68.3 / 62.5	69.7 / 62.4	71.4 / 63.8^a
Population age distribution^j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	34.0 / 6.9	32.8 / 8.4	31.5 / 9.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	2.8 / 2.5	2.8 / 2.6	2.9 / 2.6^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0^k	...
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	30	25.2	22.1^a
Health: Current expenditure^l (% of GDP)	12.7	12	10.3^e,d
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.7^m	1	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	89.9 / 97.3	87.5 / 87.4	82.6 / 81.8^f
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	85.7 / 86.8	77.2 / 73.7	82.1 / 81.5^f
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	0.9^h	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	0	0ⁿ	21.4ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Threatened species (number)	163	170	280^f
Forested area (% of land area)	91.8	92	92.1^d
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.1 / 1.3	0.1 / 1.3^e	0.1 / 1.3^e,d
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^d
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	20	19^e	19^e,d
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^o (000)	31	18^h	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	0^f
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	21.65	40.77	24.96^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2018
d		2022
e		Estimate.
f		2024
g		2014
h		2019
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
k		2017
l		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 October.
m		2012
n		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
o		Arrivals in the States of Kosrae, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Yap; excluding FSM citizens.