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General Information

Region		Micronesia
Population (000, 2021)		11^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		543.6^a
Capital city		Yaren
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		11.3^c,d
UN membership date		14-Sep-99
Surface area (km2)		21^b
National currency		Australian Dollar (AUD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.3^e

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	59	104	133^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	13.6	2.8	1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 924.8	10 050.4	12 350.9^b
Economy: Agriculture^f (% of Gross Value Added)	4.2	2.4	2.4^b
Economy: Industry^f (% of Gross Value Added)	43.6	40.7	36.4^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f (% of GVA)	52.2	56.9	61.2^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	...	23^g,h	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	... / ...	49.3 / 78.9^h	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	100ⁱ	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	100	101^b
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	24	-17	8^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^j (average annual %)	0.3	0.7	0.8^e
Urban population (% of total population)	100	100	100^b
Urban population growth rate^j (average annual %)	-0.2	2.3	...
International migrant stock^k,l (000/% of total pop.)	0.9 / 9.1	1.8 / 17.7	2.2 / 20.3^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	...	0.8	1.2^e
Health: Current expenditure^m,n,o (% of GDP)	13.2	15.2	9.6^d
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.1	1.3	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.2^p,q	...	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	93.4 / 93.8^r	111.6 / 121.3^s	121.0 / 122.4^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	67.9 / 63.9^r	83.2 / 86.0^s	98.4 / 95.0^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	55.7 / 50.3^q	90.5 / 93.1^s	96.4 / 111.9^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	0	5.3	10.5^t

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	...	54^u,h	62.4^p,v
Threatened species (number)	74	80	90
Forested area^p (% of land area)	0	0	0^d
Energy production, primary^p (Petajoules)	0	0	0^d
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	58	73^p	70^p,d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	0^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	48.74	26.48	31.22^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Refers to Nauru.
d		2018
e		2020
f		At producers' prices.
g		Break in the time series.
h		2011
i		2012
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Refers to foreign citizens.
l		Including refugees.
m		General government expenditure (GGE) can be larger than the Gross domestic product (GDP) because government accounts for a very large part of domestic consumption and because a large part of domestic consumption in the country is accounted for by imports.
n		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
o		Indicators are sensitive to external funds flowing in to the country.
p		Estimate.
q		2007
r		2008
s		2014
t		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
u		Population aged 15 years and over.
v		2017