The United Nations Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia National Study 2024/25

The United Nations Micronesia National Study for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) provides an impartial assessment of the development situation and challenges in FSM, to inform the United Nations' priorities for supporting the country's sustainable development vision and achievement of the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It uses the five pillars (or 5Ps) of the 2030 Agenda to evaluate the performance of FSM in achieving the SDGs, which are: people, prosperity, planet, peace and partnerships.
 

FSM is one of 57 United Nations members and associate members classified as a small island developing state (SIDS), with an aggregate population of nearly 120 000 people. It is a sovereign nation located in the North Pacific, about 2 500 miles southwest of Hawaii. The four states of FSM (Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae) comprise 607 islands, including 65 that are inhabited, with a total combined land area of 700 square kilometres, spread across an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of more than 2.9 million square kilometres. Key policy challenges include (but are not limited to) emigration, poor education, insufficient local food supply and a high dependency on imported under-nutritious food, limited healthcare services, prevalent gender and human rights issues, lack of employment opportunities, unfavourable business environment, inadequate infrastructure construction, vulnerability to climate change, urgency in protecting ocean ecosystems and threats to national unity.