Poverty and Hardship
The Division conducts a Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) every 5 to 7 years. There have been four (4) HIES surveys conducted in the FSM – in 1988, 1998, 2005 and 2013. Only the results of the latter three surveys were analyzed and a report produced. Click on the below links to download the reports.
- Poverty Profile of FSM, 1998
- Report on the Incidence and Characteristics of Poverty in FSM, 2005
- Poverty Profile of FSM, 2013
The information presented in the below tables is sourced from the 2013/14 HIES.
National poverty measures, 2013
| wdt_ID | Poverty lines | Poverty line (per $ Daily) | Poverty Gap (Depth) | Squared Poverty Gap (Severity) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food poverty line | 1.8 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Total poverty line | 4.3 | 15 | 8 |
Incidence of poverty (headcount)
| wdt_ID | State | Total Poverty Line | Total Poverty Line % of Population | Food Poverty Line | Food Poverty Line % of Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yap | 4,728 | 39.4 | 1,109 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Chuuk | 22,169 | 45.5 | 8,101 | 16.6 |
| 3 | Pohnpei | 14,463 | 39.2 | 956 | 2.6 |
| 4 | Kosrae | 1,210 | 21.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
