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 Line |
Food Poverty Line (Daily per adult equivalent) | Total Poverty line (Daily per adult equivalent) | Ratio of Food to Non-food cost in the Total Poverty Line | Food Poverty Line (Annual per adult equivalent) | Total Poverty Line (Annual per adult equivalent) |
| National Average | $1.84 | $4.34 | 42:58 | $670.60 | $1,583.90 |
| Source: 2013/14 Household Income and Expenditure Survey | |||||
| Poverty lines | Headcount (Incidence) | Poverty Gap (Depth) | Squared Poverty Gap (Severity) |
| Food Poverty Line | 9.9 | 3.6 | 2.1 |
| Total Poverty line | 41.2 | 15.1 | 7.9 |
| Source: 2013/14 Household Income and Expenditure Survey | |||
State Poverty Lines |
Food Poverty Line (Daily per adult equivalent) | Share of Non-food Cost in Total Poverty Line | Total Poverty Line (Daily per adult equivalent) | Food Poverty Line (Annual per adult equivalent) | Total Poverty Line (Annual per adult equivalent) |
| Yap | 2.46 | 0.52 | 5.11 | 896.3 | 1,865.30 |
| Chuuk | 1.72 | 0.48 | 3.33 | 628.1 | 1,216.60 |
| Pohnpei | 1.8 | 0.67 | 5.41 | 655.2 | 1,974.00 |
| Kosrae | 1.8 | 0.59 | 4.39 | 657.6 | 1,600.80 |
| Source: 2013/14 Household Income and Expenditure Survey | |||||
| Poverty lines | Headcount (Incidence) | Poverty Gap (Depth) | Squared Poverty Gap (Severity) |
| Food Poverty Line | 9.9 | 3.6 | 2.1 |
| Total Poverty line | 41.2 | 15.1 | 7.9 |
| Source: 2013/14 Household Income and Expenditure Survey | |||