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EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE IN MICRONESIA
Education Expenditures: 9.7 percent of GDP (2018 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 6. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Literacy: total population: NA; male: NA; female: NA. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Youth Unemployment Rate (ages 15-24): total: 18.9 percent; male: 10.4 percent; female: 29.9 percent (2014); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 89
Health Expenditures: 11.6 percent of GDP (2020). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Number of Doctors: (2020). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Number of Hospital Beds: 3.2 beds per 1,000 people. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Sanitation Access: improved total: 88.3 percent of population; unimproved total: 11.7 percent of population (2017 estimate). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Energy in Micronesia
Energy Consumption Per Capita: 0 Btu/person (2019 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 203. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Carbon Dioxide Emissions: 177,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate)
from coal and metallurgical coke: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate)
from petroleum and other liquids: 177,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate)
from consumed natural gas: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: emissions 204.
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Electricity in Micronesia
Access to Electricity: electrification: total population: 83.6 percent (2021)
electrification: urban areas: 97.5 percent (2021)
electrification: rural areas: 79.4 percent (2021)
Oil, Coal and Natural Gas in Micronesia
Coal: production: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
consumption: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
exports: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
imports: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate).
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Petroleum: refined petroleum consumption: 1,200 bbl/day (2019 estimate)
Refined petroleum products: production
0 bbl/day (2014); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 190.
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Refined Petroleum Products: Exports: 0 bbl/day; ranking compared to other countries in the world: 212. Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Natural Gas: production: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
consumption: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
proven reserves: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate).
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Communications in Micronesia
Telephones: Fixed Lines: total subscriptions: 7,000 (2021 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: subscriptions 199. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Mobile Telephones: total subscriptions: 22,000 (2021 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: subscriptions 215. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Telecommunication Systems: general assessment: Australia, Japan, and the United States are committed to working in partnership with the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, and Nauru to improve internet connectivity to these three Pacific nations by providing funding to build a new undersea cable; the proposed undersea cable will provide faster, higher quality, and more reliable and secure communications to approximately 100,000 people across three countries; this will support increased economic growth, drive development opportunities, and help to improve living standards as the region recovers from the severe impacts of COVID-19; the new cable will connect Kosrae (FSM), Nauru, and Tarawa (Kiribati) with the existing HANTRU-1 cable at Pohnpei (FSM), providing internet connectivity through a submarine cable for the first time
(2021). Domestic: fixed line teledensity roughly 6 per 100 and mobile-cellular nearly 19 per 100 (2021). International: country code: 691; landing points for the Chuukk-Pohnpei Cable and HANTRU-1 submarine cable system linking the Federated States of Micronesia and the US; satellite earth stations: 5 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Broadcast Media: no TV broadcast stations; each state has a multi-channel cable service with TV transmissions carrying roughly 95 percent imported programming and 5 percent local programming; about a half-dozen radio stations (2009). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Internet Users: total: 44,000 (2021 estimate); Percent of the Population: 40 percent (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 202; Broadband: Fixed Subscriptions: total: 6,000 (2020 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2020 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 183. Internet Country Code: .fm [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Transportation in Micronesia
Roads: Most interior roads are unpaved. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Water Transport: Merchant Marine: total: 37; By Type: general cargo 19, oil tanker 4, other 14 (2022); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 127; Ports and Terminals: major seaport(s): Colonia (Tamil Harbor), Molsron Lele Harbor, Pohnepi Harbor
Airports: 6 (2021); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 174; Airports: with paved runways: 6. note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 meters (16,000 feet), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 meters (8,000-13,000 feet). Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: V6. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
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Text Sources: CIA World Factbook, 2023; “Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Volume 2: Oceania,” edited by Terence E. Hays, 1991, Wikipedia, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Times of London, Lonely Planet Guides, Library of Congress, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian magazine, The New Yorker, Reuters, Associated Press, AFP, BBC, CNN, and various books, websites and other publications.
Last updated August 2023