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Micronesia, Federated States of
A one-page guide to Micronesia, Federated States of for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Palikir (Pohnpei)
- Official languages
- English
- Currency
- US dollar (USD)
- Time zone
- UTC+10 (Yap, Chuuk) and UTC+11 (Pohnpei, Kosrae)
- Area
- 702 km²
People
- Population
- 113,683 (2025)
Economy
- GDP
- US$501.8 million (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$4,414 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 1.1% (2025)
- Inflation
- 5.4% (2022)
Climate
Tropical rainforest: warm, humid and rainy all year, with minimums 22-25 C and maximums 30-32 C; annual rainfall generally 2,500-5,000 mm.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal with state-level variation
- Legal drinking age
- 18 in Chuuk and Kosrae; 21 in Pohnpei and Yap
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 2.2 litres of pure alcohol (2019)
- What people drink
- Beer 58.5%, wine 8.5%, spirits 33.0% (2019)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Federated States of Micronesia (Wikipedia); Legal drinking age; World Bank country data; WHO Global status report on alcohol and health 2024 (via Wikipedia table); UN Comtrade public API, HS 2208. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.