Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

East Asia & Pacific · Lower middle income· 113K inhabitants

Last updated: July 1, 2025

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Note: This country is classified as a microstate (population under 300,000) and is indexed but not included in GEFRI global or regional rankings. Microstates are excluded from rankings because their unique population size, geographic scale, and special conditions can result in atypical data patterns that may not be directly comparable with larger countries. This helps ensure that rankings are more meaningful and fair for all measured countries.

Futures readiness profile

Key insights: Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

Micronesia, Fed. Sts. lags behind global peers in Infrastructure (39, 21st percentile) and Innovation (32, 28th percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.

Composite GEFRI Score

46.58
39th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness

Component scores

School Access and Gender Parity47.17
Near the global average · 41st %-tile
Innovation31.61
Below global avg. · 28th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Human Capital55.86
Above global avg. · 63rd %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Infrastructure38.63
Below global avg. · 21st %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance59.63
Above global avg. · 72nd %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.

Regional peers: East Asia & Pacific

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
31Korea, Rep.80.49
42Singapore79.66
63Hong Kong SAR, China79.05
84Australia78.42
105Japan78.25
176New Zealand75.41
Northern Mariana Islands(microstate)71.23
New Caledonia(microstate)70.42
Guam(microstate)69.37
American Samoa(microstate)68.93
French Polynesia(microstate)68.41
457China64.25
488Thailand62.96
499Malaysia62.68
5710Brunei Darussalam60.96
6111Indonesia59.35
6312Mongolia59.27
6713Macao SAR, China57.83
Palau(microstate)57.60
Tuvalu(microstate)57.31
7014Viet Nam56.58
7215Fiji56.51
7416Philippines56.32
Nauru(microstate)54.97
Kiribati(microstate)52.36
Samoa(microstate)51.55
Tonga(microstate)50.38
10617Timor-Leste47.76
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.(microstate)46.58
11018Korea, Dem. People's Rep.44.79
Marshall Islands(microstate)44.62
12219Vanuatu40.07
12620Cambodia36.21
13121Myanmar33.54
13222Solomon Islands33.52
13623Lao PDR31.98
15024Papua New Guinea26.63