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US foreign aid to Micronesia, Federated States of

The US gave Micronesia, Federated States of $390.8 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $3,437.42 per person, 15th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $390.8 million in foreign assistance for Micronesia, Federated States of and disbursed $352.1 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.

FY2025 obligated
$391M
$390.8 million
Per person
$3,437.42
pop. 113,683 (2025)
Rank
15th
of 173 recipient countries
FY2025 disbursed
$352M
paid out in the year

Micronesia, Federated States of ranks 15th of 173 recipient countries

US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.

$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)Micronesia, Federated States of $390.8 millionHighestLowest$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)Micronesia, Federated States of $390.8 millionHighestLowest

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were up 7.9% from $362.0 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $162.7 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2025, at $390.8 million. In total, $2.0 billion was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for Micronesia, Federated States of in FY2025 was the Department of the Interior ($389.2 million, 99.6% of the total). By sector, the largest was Multi-sector ($389.2 million, 99.6%). That sector includes: International Contributions. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $0 (0.0%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.

For FY2026, $1.0 million has been reported so far. Agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag, so this page uses FY2025 for comparisons. The figures cover aid recorded for Micronesia, Federated States of itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the East Asia and Oceania page).

US aid to Micronesia, Federated States of by year

Micronesia, Federated States of: $391M in FY2025, the highest since FY2015

Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.

  • Other agencies
  • Defense Department
  • State Department
  • USAID
$0$100M$200M$300M$400MFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$391M$0$100M$200M$300M$400M'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$391M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearUSAIDState DepartmentDefense DepartmentOther agenciesTotal obligatedDisbursedPer personRank
FY2015$12.5M$0$0$100.4M$112.8M$101.8M$1,038.0254
FY2016$28.2M$0$0$112.4M$140.6M$111.0M$1,289.0144
FY2017$16.7M$0$0$108.5M$125.1M$102.3M$1,142.7450
FY2018$6.6M$375,000$0$112.5M$119.5M$64.7M$1,086.9651
FY2019$8.8M$20,000$1.8M$125.2M$135.8M$53.3M$1,231.2248
FY2020$19.9M$201,819$7.6M$119.0M$146.6M$144.8M$1,322.0748
FY2021$320,303$0$0$114.2M$114.5M$111.2M$1,025.5155
FY2022$3.2M$0$0$119.3M$122.5M$103.6M$1,092.2771
FY2023$16.6M$0$0$231.3M$247.9M$136.4M$2,200.8134
FY2024$2.7M$1.7M$0$357.6M$362.0M$363.7M$3,199.3831
FY2025$580,481$1.0M$0$389.2M$390.8M$352.1M$3,437.4215
FY2026*$0$1.0M$0$0$1.0M$963,868$8.8071

B = billion, M = million. Agency columns and the total are obligations (money committed); "disbursed" is money actually paid out in that year, which can include payments on earlier commitments. * FY2026 is incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag. Negative amounts are net de-obligations.

Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).

Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025

By managing agency

Managing agencyFY2025Share
Department of the Interior$389.2 million99.6%
Department of State$1.0 million0.3%
U.S. Agency for International Development$580,4810.1%

By sector

SectorFY2025Share
Multi-sector$389.2 million99.6%
Peace and Security$1.0 million0.3%
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$596,6400.2%
Program Support$29,2080.0%

Largest program areas

Program areaFY2025Share
Multi-sector - Unspecified$389.2 million99.6%
Transnational Crime$1.0 million0.3%
Civil Society$371,5000.1%
Good Governance$225,1400.1%
Direct Administrative Costs$29,2080.0%

Sectors over the last five years

SectorFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Multi-sector$113.0M$105.3M$215.0M$356.6M$389.2M
Education and Social Services$342,299$13.1M$16.3M$0$0
Humanitarian Assistance-$481,022$2.7M$15.9M$1.3M-$45,367
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$915,000$550,000$303,500$1.0M$596,640
Peace and Security$0$0$0$1.7M$1.0M
Program Support$386,325$496,575$408,394$533,265$29,208
Economic Development$0$0$0$867,445$0
Environment$300,000$324,971$0$0$0

Who carried out the work, FY2025

Implementing partners by type, as reported to ForeignAssistance.gov. “Government” includes US agencies that carry out programs themselves and partner-country governments.

Partner typeFY2025Share
Government$389.2 million99.6%
Multilateral$1.6 million0.4%
Enterprises$5,0710.0%

How Micronesia, Federated States of compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Zambia$422.1 million
Tanzania$414.9 million
Micronesia, Federated States of (this page)$390.8 million
Colombia$390.4 million
Haiti$337.0 million

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give Micronesia, Federated States of?
$390.8 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $352.1 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $2.0 billion.
How much US aid does Micronesia, Federated States of get per person?
About $3,437.42 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 113,683.
How much USAID funding goes to Micronesia, Federated States of?
USAID managed $580,481 of the FY2025 total (0.1%). The Department of the Interior managed the most ($389.2 million).
What is US aid to Micronesia, Federated States of spent on?
In FY2025, by sector: Multi-sector $389.2 million (99.6%); Peace and Security $1.0 million (0.3%); Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance $596,640 (0.2%); Program Support $29,208 (0.0%).
Has US aid to Micronesia, Federated States of gone up or down?
FY2025: $390.8 million; FY2024: $362.0 million (up 7.9%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2025 ($390.8 million).
Does the US give military aid to Micronesia, Federated States of?
In FY2025, $0 (0.0%) of obligations for Micronesia, Federated States of was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.

Sources and notes

  1. ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State), complete dataset (us_foreign_aid_complete.csv), version of 02 Sep 2026, retrieved 2026-10-06. Obligations and disbursements in current (nominal) US dollars by U.S. fiscal year (October to September), FY2015–FY2026; FY2026 is incomplete. Public domain.
  2. Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
  3. Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
  4. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.