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Topic 06 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Micronesia: Development & Human Capital
Is a country turning its resources into better lives?
Micronesia is placed joint 147th of 196 countries on development & human capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Social Protection Coverage 20 (2025); Maternal Mortality Ratio 128.75 (2023).
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joint147th
of 196 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 3 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Micronesia on development & human capital — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 2 of 3
Maternal Mortality Ratio
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
128.75
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Lower is better
Micronesia: 128.75. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 0.11 (Cook Islands) to 992.83 (Nigeria); the world median is 46.65.
- World median
- 46.65
- Best in Micronesia
- 79.76 Kiribati
Key 3 of 3
Human Development Index
UNDP Human Development Report Office
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.615
HDI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Ranked 149th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office
Micronesia: 0.615. Across the 193 countries in this edition, values run from 0.388 (South Sudan) to 0.972 (Iceland); the world median is 0.762.
- World median
- 0.762
- Best in Micronesia
- 0.786 Palau
02Over time
Which way Micronesia is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Maternal Mortality Ratio
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births · lower is better
MicronesiaWorld median
Micronesia fell from 203.94 in 2000 to 128.75 in 2023; the world median went from 70.99 to 46.65.
Every year’s figures
Year Micronesia World median 2023 128.75 46.7 2022 143.85 53.0 2021 155.44 76.6 2020 150.28 56.0 2019 153.86 48.4 2018 163.46 49.3 2017 170.57 47.2 2016 172.58 50.6 2015 181.92 51.9 2014 177.50 52.8 2013 181.13 53.3 2012 180.10 54.6 2011 180.52 55.0 2010 184.31 56.1 2009 186.19 56.3 2008 187.61 55.8 2007 187.60 56.8 2006 189.91 58.1 2005 188.39 60.1 2004 190.47 63.0 2003 190.79 66.8 2002 213.59 66.0 2001 195.75 68.1 2000 203.94 71.0 Human Development Index
HDI score (0–1) · higher is better
MicronesiaWorld median
Micronesia rose from 0.596 in 2000 to 0.615 in 2023; the world median went from 0.672 to 0.762.
Every year’s figures
Year Micronesia World median 2023 0.615 0.7620 2022 0.614 0.7610 2021 0.611 0.7450 2020 0.609 0.7425 2019 0.611 0.7515 2018 0.608 0.7520 2017 0.607 0.7480 2016 0.606 0.7500 2015 0.604 0.7430 2014 0.602 0.7410 2013 0.603 0.7390 2012 0.605 0.7350 2011 0.605 0.7250 2010 0.603 0.7250 2009 0.601 0.7220 2008 0.600 0.7180 2007 0.601 0.7100 2006 0.602 0.7045 2005 0.601 0.6960 2004 0.600 0.6960 2003 0.601 0.6910 2002 0.596 0.6845 2001 0.599 0.6770 2000 0.596 0.6720
03In context
Micronesia beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 196 countries on development & human capital, never a place within the region.
Micronesia and Micronesia
Micronesia has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 196; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Social Protection CoveragePopulation covered by at least one social protection benefit (%) | Maternal Mortality RatioMaternal deaths per 100,000 live births | Human Development IndexHDI score (0–1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Palau | 81st | 93.2 | 89.42 | 0.786 |
 Nauru | 125th | 65.8 | 273.38 | 0.703 |
 Marshall Islands | 134th | 25.2 | 154.79 | 0.733 |
 Kiribati | 139th | 21 | 79.76 | 0.644 |
| Micronesia | =147th | 20 | 128.75 | 0.615 |
 Guam | not placed | — | — | — |
 Northern Mariana Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Micronesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 196.
Placed either side on development & human capital
The countries immediately above and below Micronesia in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Micronesia is ahead of the world, and behind
27 more statistics filed under development & human capital, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Micronesia does better than the middle country measured.
Old-Age Pension CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 80.89780.8No earlier reading
Micronesia: 97 · world median 80.8 · People above statutory pensionable age receiving an old-age pension (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour BenefitsWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 18.6527.918.65No earlier reading
Micronesia: 27.9 · world median 18.65 · Benefits received as a share of beneficiaries' total income or consumption (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.455 to 90.86; higher is better.
Behind the world median22
Statistics on which Micronesia does worse than the middle country measured.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.5060.564▲ Improved since 2018
Micronesia: 0.506 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.
Position 106th of 172 · derived.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.13411.628.134▲ Improved since 2014
Micronesia: 11.62 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 75th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gender Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.9710.9530.971▲ Improved since 2014
Micronesia: 0.953 · world median 0.971 · Gender Development Index (1.000 = parity). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.407 to 1.038; higher is better.
Position 117th of 184 · derived.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2620.312.26▲ Improved since 2014
Micronesia: 20.3 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 69th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Under-Five Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 14.5422.4214.54No real change since 2014
Micronesia: 22.42 · world median 14.54 · Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.26 to 115.65; lower is better.
Position 69th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Disability Benefit CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 43.916.143.9No earlier reading
Micronesia: 16.1 · world median 43.9 · People with severe disabilities receiving disability benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.16311.258.163No real change since 2013
Micronesia: 11.25 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 66th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8584.7712.858No real change since 2014
Micronesia: 4.771 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 60th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.9337.3339.933▼ Worsened since 2013
Micronesia: 7.333 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 138th of 193 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 908190▲ Improved since 2015
Micronesia: 81 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Multidimensional Poverty MeasureWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.25228.924.252No earlier reading
Micronesia: 28.92 · world median 4.252 · Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.96; lower is better.
Position 44th of 157 · derived, 1st = worst.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3411.5413.34▼ Worsened since 2013
Micronesia: 11.54 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 144th of 195 · derived.
Child and Family Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 23.756.823.75No earlier reading
Micronesia: 6.8 · world median 23.75 · Children or households with children receiving child or family cash benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 10086100No real change since 2014
Micronesia: 86 · world median 100 · Rural population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.7 to 100; higher is better.
Cereal YieldFAO · 2023 · world median 3,0721,7133,072▼ Worsened since 2013
Micronesia: 1,713 · world median 3,072 · Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 23 to 29,147; higher is better.
Position 136th of 179 · derived.
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 10088.9100No real change since 2014
Micronesia: 88.9 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.
Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up EstimatesWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 2.124.642.1▼ Worsened since 2014
Micronesia: 24.64 · world median 2.1 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP, World Bank line-up estimate (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 89.54; lower is better.
Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 74.6367.274.63▼ Worsened since 2013
Micronesia: 67.2 · world median 74.63 · Years a newborn would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 54.46 to 86.37; higher is better.
Position 178th of 222 · derived.
Country Policy and Institutional AssessmentWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.2462.8173.246▲ Improved since 2015
Micronesia: 2.817 · world median 3.246 · IDA Resource Allocation Index (1 = low to 6 = high). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.617 to 4.225; higher is better.
Position 64th of 78 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 917391▲ Improved since 2015
Micronesia: 73 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
GDP per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 17,2653,93517,265No real change since 2015
Micronesia: 3,935 · world median 17,265 · GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,067 to 139,593; higher is better.
Position 157th of 185 · derived.
Statistical Performance IndicatorsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 69.337.169.3No real change since 2016
Micronesia: 37.1 · world median 69.3 · SPI overall score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 27.12 to 94.14; higher is better.
Position 183rd of 188 · derived.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Unemployment Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 000No earlier reading
Micronesia: 0 · world median 0 · Unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
No better end2
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Net Official Development Assistance ReceivedOECD Development Assistance Committee · 2023 · world median 2.57925.092.579No real change since 2013
Micronesia: 25.09 · world median 2.579 · Net ODA received (% of GNI). OECD Development Assistance Committee, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -0.001 to 101.78.
Position 4th of 130 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 11.260.48111.26No real change since 2015
Micronesia: 0.481 · world median 11.26 · Manufacturing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.481 to 43.97.
Position 132nd of 132 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Micronesia
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Child Marriage, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Completeness of Birth Registration, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Employment Injury Protection Coverage, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Foundational ID Ownership, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, GNI per Capita (PPP) (last 2021), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day (last 2013), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day (last 2013), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day (last 2013), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day (last 2013), Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day (last 2013), Productive Capacities Index, Prosperity Gap (last 2013), Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Violent Discipline of Children and Wasting Prevalence in Children Under Five. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Development & Human Capital among Micronesia’s 9 topics
Development & Human Capital is Micronesia’s 4th best-placed topic of 9. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Democracy & Civil Liberties43rd of 1983/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience128th of 1933/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 148th of 2002/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 147th of 1963/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions158th of 1942/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality137th of 1592/3 keys
- Food & Agriculture171st of 1842/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge186th of 1982/4 keys
- Digital & Technology195th of 1982/4 keys
No standing on Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Peace & Security, Mobility & Trade, Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on development & human capital
The three countries placed highest of 196, and the leaders Micronesia can most readily be measured against.
1
Cook IslandsPolynesia
1st of 196 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Benedict Adam · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
NorwayNorthern Europe
2nd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
DenmarkNorthern Europe
3rd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: User:Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Oceania
Cook Islands1st2/3 keysHighest in Micronesia
Palau81st3/3 keysThis page
Micronesia=147th3/3 keys
Positions out of 196 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Micronesia and development & human capital
On development & human capital
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On development & human capital
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita, each from its own publisher and year.
08Questions
Micronesia on development & human capital: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Micronesia rank on development & human capital?
Micronesia is placed joint 147th of 196 countries on Development & Human Capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Social Protection Coverage, Maternal Mortality Ratio and Human Development Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Social Protection Coverage figure for Micronesia?
20 in 2025 (population covered by at least one social protection benefit (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 52.1.
What is the latest Maternal Mortality Ratio figure for Micronesia?
128.75 in 2023 (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births), according to UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG). The world median in the same edition was 46.65.
How have Micronesia’s development & human capital figures changed?
Maternal Mortality Ratio fell from 203.94 in 2000 to 128.75 in 2023; Human Development Index rose from 0.596 in 2000 to 0.615 in 2023.
Which development & human capital statistics are missing for Micronesia?
No current reading is published for Micronesia on Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Child Marriage, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Completeness of Birth Registration, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Employment Injury Protection Coverage, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Foundational ID Ownership, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, GNI per Capita (PPP), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, Productive Capacities Index, Prosperity Gap, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Violent Discipline of Children and Wasting Prevalence in Children Under Five. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Poverty lines, inequality and aid received are published here as context rather than as keys, often because they cover fewer countries or are measured too rarely. Development is also not the same as economic size or growth, which belong to Economy & Innovation.
How the Development & Human Capital standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The development & human capital method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Social Protection Coverage — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Maternal Mortality Ratio — UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Human Development Index — UNDP Human Development Report Office, CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 27 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Micronesia’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Micronesia (banner) — User:Crescentmoon56, CC0
- Cook Islands — Benedict Adam, CC BY 2.0
- Norway — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Denmark — User:Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Micronesia: Development & Human Capital — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/micronesia/development