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General Information

Region		Micronesia
Population (000, 2021)		18^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		39.5^a
Capital city		Melekeok
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		11.4^c,d
UN membership date		15-Dec-94
Surface area (km2)		459^b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	183	279	280^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	0.3	9.5	0.3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	10 219.9	15 784.0	15 572.5^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	4.2	3.3	3.4^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	11	8.9	10.4^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	84.8	87.8	86.2^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	2.4^i,j,k	...	...
Employment in industry (% of employed)	11.8^i,j,k	...	...
Employment in services (% employed)	85.9^i,j,k	...	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	4.2^j,l	...	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	58.1 / 75.4^j,l	... / ...	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	118	118^m
International trade: exports^o (million current US$)	12ⁿ	6	7^n,p
International trade: imports^o (million current US$)	107	150	216^n,p
International trade: balance^o (million current US$)	-96ⁿ	-144	-209^n,p
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-19	-24	-52^m

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^r (average annual %)	-1.9	-0.3	0.5^p
Urban population (% of total population)	74.8	78.2	80.5^b
Urban population growth rate^r (average annual %)	1.6	1.7	...
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	5.5 / 30.6	4.9 / 27.9	5.1 / 28.1^p
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	...	~0.0	~0.0^m
Health: Current expenditure^s,t (% of GDP)	11.6	11.4	10.9^d
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.6	1.4^u	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	105.2 / 119.6^u	... / ...
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	122.9 / 110.8^u	... / ...
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	89.4 / 86.0^v	129.8 / 112.9^u	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	17	11.2^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	0	0	6.3^w

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Threatened species (number)	128	177	196
Forested areaⁿ (% of land area)	88.2	89.1	89.7^d
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	...	...	0^n,d
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	161	160ⁿ	166^n,d
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^x (000)	85	162	106^d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	44.9	48.1	48.1^p
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	84.9 / 62.8	93.0 / 68.2	96.2 / 70.3^p
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	14.24	4.58	28.27^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Refers to Koror.
d		2018
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Excludes publishing activities.
g		Includes irrigation canals.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 3.
j		Population aged 16 years and over.
k		2008
l		2005
m		2017
n		Estimate.
o		Imports FOB.
p		2020
q		Areas not elsewhere specified.
r		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
s		Data revision.
t		Data refer to fiscal years ending 30 September.
u		2014
v		2007
w		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
x		Air arrivals (Palau International Airport).