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East Asia & Pacific · High income
Palau: key statistics
Palau has 17,663 people (2025) and a GDP per person of $19,532. Below: 65 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Ngerulmud
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- High income
- Currency
- US dollar USD
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Palauan
- ISO codes
- PWPLW
- Land neighbours
- Micronesia, Indonesia, Philippines
Population17,6632025 · rank 215 of 217GDP$345m2025 · rank 208 of 211GDP per capita$19,5322025 · rank 78 of 211Life expectancy69.4 yrs2024 · rank 157 of 217Internet users83.9%2024 · rank 86 of 188Fertility1.882024 · rank 113 of 217CO₂ per person82.84 t2024 · rank 1 of 203Inflation-0.4%2025 · rank 174 of 180
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Palau, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Palau by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within East Asia & Pacific.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 17,663 | 2025 | 215/217 | 35/37 | −0.6% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | -0.18% | 2025 | 189/217 | 30/37 | −0.5 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 79.3% | 2025 | 62/217 | 12/37 | −1.1 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 1.88 | 2024 | 113/217 | 24/37 | −7.3% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 11.8% | 2025 | 87/217 | 13/37 | +4.3 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 17.9% | 2025 | 140/217 | 28/37 | −2.4 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 38.5 | 2024 | 164/216 | 29/37 | −0.1% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 10.7 | 2024 | 145/217 | 30/37 | −20% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 460 km² | 2024 | 190/216 | 31/37 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $345m | 2025 | 208/211 | 33/36 | +22% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $19,532 | 2025 | 78/211 | 13/36 | +23% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $23,052 | 2025 | 94/199 | 12/31 | +30% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $19,890 | 2025 | 67/201 | 12/33 | +40% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 6.3% | 2025 | 33/210 | 5/36 | −2.3 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 6.5% | 2025 | 13/210 | 3/36 | −1.8 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 2.7% | 2024 | 132/198 | 22/29 | −0.8 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 13.0% | 2024 | 169/201 | 22/30 | +5.4 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 73.1% | 2024 | 23/201 | 4/30 | −5.7 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 35.0% | 2024 | 11/175 | 2/27 | +3.6 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | -13.0% | 2023 | 162/163 | 24/25 | −14.6 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | -0.4% | 2025 | 174/180 | 26/27 | −1.4 pp | 3.0% | |
| Exchange rate | 1.00 | 2025 | 167/210 | 35/36 | ±0.0% | — | |
| Government debt | 85.2% | 2019 | 12/78 | 2/17 | +60.5 pp | — | |
| Tax revenue | 18.1% | 2020 | 60/142 | 10/25 | +1.1 pp | 13.9% | |
| Government expense | 59.0% | 2020 | 5/142 | 4/25 | +7.9 pp | 28.5% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 32.7% | 2024 | 101/184 | 16/32 | −22.6 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 73.1% | 2024 | 30/184 | 9/32 | −17.4 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 105.8% | 2024 | 53/184 | 15/32 | −40.0 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | -48.6% | 2023 | 184/185 | 29/29 | −35.7 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 16.6% | 2025 | 10/197 | 3/32 | +4.3 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 0.8% | 2023 | 127/178 | 18/26 | −0.2 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 18,400 | 2020 | 188/196 | 29/35 | −78% | 2.4bn |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $28.8m | 2023 | 135/145 | 21/24 | −19% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 10.4% | 2023 | 26/139 | 11/23 | −5.7 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $1,624 | 2023 | 4/145 | 4/24 | −19% | $32.2 | |
| National poverty rate | 24.9% | 2006 | — | — | — | — | |
| Women in parliament | 25.0% | 2025 | 102/190 | 9/30 | +25.0 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 99.8% | 2020 | 9/141 | 2/23 | — | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 99.7% | 2020 | 13/147 | 3/24 | — | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 106.9% | 2024 | 43/191 | 7/30 | −5.8 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 95.7% | 2024 | 77/176 | 11/26 | −12.7 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 71.8% | 2024 | 47/172 | 9/27 | +4.5 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 100.4% | 2024 | 30/168 | 7/26 | +2.1 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 15.7 | 2000 | — | — | — | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 3.4% | 2023 | 122/184 | 21/29 | −4.1 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 69.4 yrs | 2024 | 157/217 | 27/37 | +0.5% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 18.6 | 2024 | 71/196 | 10/30 | +5.1% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 21.4 | 2024 | 72/196 | 10/30 | +3.9% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 89 | 2023 | 69/194 | 14/30 | +4.7% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 10.9% | 2023 | 18/193 | 6/29 | −0.1 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $1,684 | 2023 | 47/193 | 8/29 | +20% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 1.81 | 2023 | 89/180 | 10/25 | +15% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 96% | 2024 | 55/193 | 11/30 | +13.0 pp | 84% | |
| Basic water | 99.5% | 2024 | 68/206 | 13/37 | +0.1 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 99.0% | 2024 | 52/203 | 11/37 | +2.1 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 83.9% | 2024 | 86/188 | 15/28 | +57.0 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 135.4 | 2023 | 48/210 | 10/34 | +33% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 7.3 | 2023 | 129/208 | 18/34 | −28% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 100.0% | 2024 | 80/215 | 14/36 | +0.2 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 96.0% | 2024 | 82/192 | 9/30 | +2.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 82.84 t | 2024 | 1/203 | 1/37 | +16% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 0.9% | 2022 | 196/212 | 33/37 | +0.9 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 4.6% | 2021 | 167/206 | 29/35 | +3.7 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 90.8% | 2024 | 4/214 | 2/35 | +1.9 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 0.7% | 2024 | 194/206 | 32/34 | ±0.0 pp | 10.7% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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