Palau: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Palau — 227 indicators across 10 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
0.65
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.02
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
16.02
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
480.97
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
15.66
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
76.08
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
460.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
4.89
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.36
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
1.74
Economy (29)
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
4.06
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
10.28
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2023
3.04
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2023
26.28
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2023
232.72M
GDP (current US$)
2023
276.73M
GDP growth (annual %)
2023
2.22
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2023
13,128.13
GDP per capita (current US$)
2023
15,610.82
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2023
2.40
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2023
16,425.97
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2023
18,230.27
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2023
291.18M
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2023
323.17M
GNI (current US$)
2023
278.12M
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2023
14,780.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2023
18,320.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2023
262.02M
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2023
324.79M
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2023
80.42
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2023
10.07
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2023
11.04
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
2.23
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2023
74.77
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Trade (% of GDP)
2023
106.70
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
12.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2023
3.44
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2020
99.84
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
3.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2024
106.94
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2024
95.73
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
Energy (9)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
4.60
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
4.47M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
4.60
Environment (44)
Bird species, threatened
2022
6.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-32.01
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.47
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
82.84
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.11
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.10
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.49
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.77
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-0.10
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2023
6.01
Fish species, threatened
2022
29.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
5.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-74.18
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2023
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-21.29
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2023
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
7.33
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
5.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
38.54
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
12.29
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
9.51
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
98.00
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
31.40
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
-34.55
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.53
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
86.68
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
2.78
Health & Population (89)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
30.18
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
42.01
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
16.11
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
25.91
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2023
0.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
10.69
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
10.85
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
11.73
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
19.30
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
1.88
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2010
4.34
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
97.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
99.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
96.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
29.50
International migrant stock, total
2024
5,212.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
71.94
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
67.25
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
69.38
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.13
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
753.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
89.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2013
4.78
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2023
162.11
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2023
226.91
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
18.60
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
16.40
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
20.60
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
11.20
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
21.40
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
19.00
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
23.70
Net migration
2025
-16.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
0.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
1.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
1.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
0.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
4.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
0.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
2.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
4.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
0.00
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
99.53
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
99.02
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2023
1.81
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
18.24
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
1,540.00
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
18.85
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
1,689.00
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
17.72
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
3,228.00
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
70.41
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
5,552.00
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
68.00
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
6,907.00
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
72.48
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
12,460.00
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
11.34
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
1,073.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
13.14
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
934.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
9.80
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
2,007.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
-0.18
Population, female
2024
8,165.00
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
46.14
Population, male
2024
9,530.00
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
53.86
Population, total
2024
17,695.00
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
33.50
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
25.90
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
25.90
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
25.90
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
2.10
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
5.90
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
2.50
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
9.70
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
25.00
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2023
5.00
Rural population
2024
3,679.00
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
20.79
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
-0.46
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.08
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
75.72
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
65.78
UHC service coverage index
2023
75.00
Urban population
2024
14,016.00
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
79.21
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
-0.11
Poverty & Inequality (1)
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (32)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2023
28.87
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
69.08M
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2018
51.68
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
3.00M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
1.91M
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
9.17
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
68.54
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
2.55
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.02
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
27.73
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2022
0.06
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.64
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.52
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
28.91
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
2.55
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
138.00M
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
269.22M
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
84.82
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
14.40
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.18
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.09
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.08
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.42
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.78
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
14.40
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
43.12
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
10.35
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
0.00
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.