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General Information

Region		Micronesia
Population (000, 2025)		18^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		38.4^a
Capital city		Melekeok
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		11.4^c,d
UN membership date		15 December 1994
Surface area (km2)		459^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		116.5^a
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	280	259	282^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	8.8	-6	1.9^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	15 782.0	14 557.0	15 899.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	3.5	3.6	3.3^b
Economy: Industry^e,g (% of Gross Value Added)	9.2	13.8	11^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e,h (% of GVA)	87.3	82.7	85.6^b
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	118	121	161ⁱ
International trade: exports (million current US$)	6	3^j	17^j,i
International trade: imports (million current US$)	150	211^j	352^j,i
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-144	-209^j	-335^j,i
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-24	-116	-135^k

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.2	~0.0	-0.2^a
Urban population (% of total population)	78.2	80.5^l	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.7^m	...	...
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	72.1 / 67.3^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	20.3 / 12.4	19.2 / 15.3	17.9 / 18.4^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	4.9 / 27.8	5.1 / 28.6	5.2 / 29.5ⁱ
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0^o	~0.0ⁱ
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	21.3	22.7	21^a
Health: Current expenditure^p (% of GDP)	9.8	13.3	14.3^k
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.4^q	1.8	1.8^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.9 / 116.2^q	106.9 / 104.1	98.9 / 102.3^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	107.3 / 105.5^q	124.6 / 129.0	101.3 / 95.5^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	114.8 / 104.3^q	180.7 / 178.1	95.8 / 97.7^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	16.9	11.2^d	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	0	12.5^r	25^r

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Threatened species (number)	177	189	307ⁱ
Forested area (% of land area)	89.1	90	90.4^k
CO2 emission estimates^j (million tons/tons per capita)	0.2 / 11.7	0.2 / 12.1	0.2 / 12.5^k
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0^j	0^j,k
Energy supply per capita^j (Gigajoules)	159	165	170^k
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^k
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	5.09	24.81	10.66^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to Koror.
d		2018
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		2024
j		Estimate.
k		2022
l		2019
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		2017
p		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 October.
q		2014
r		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
s		Air arrivals (Palau International Airport).