
Leave no one behind (LNOB) is the central, transformative promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Prior to 2015, inequality of opportunity was high in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) with large gaps evident among 12 SDG indicators analyzed, especially in access to electricity and the internet, secondary education completion and mobile phone ownership. Gaps were relatively low in access to basic drinking water and employment.