All indicators in the section for Palau — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of immigrants people | 5,212 | 2024 | UN DESA |
| Share of immigrants in the population % | 29.5 | 2024 | UN DESA |
| Refugees by country of asylum people | 5 | 2024 | UNHCR |
| Refugees by country of origin people | 5 | 2023 | UNHCR |
| Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k | 28.2 | 2024 | UNHCR |
| Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k | 0 | 2024 | UNHCR |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women in parliament % | 25 | 2025 | World Bank |
| Poverty at the national line % | 24.9 | 2006 | World Bank |
| Women in ministerial positions % | 14.3 | 2025 | World Bank |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health expenditure (% of GDP) % | 10.85 | 2023 | WHO |
| Health expenditure per capita US$ | 1,684 | 2023 | WHO |
| Physicians per 1,000 people per 1,000 | 1.81 | 2023 | WHO |
| Hospital beds per 1,000 people per 1,000 | 4.34 | 2010 | WHO |
| DPT immunization coverage % | 97 | 2024 | WHO |
| Government health expenditure (% of GDP) % | 6.61 | 2023 | WHO |
| Health share of government spending % | 13.26 | 2023 | WHO |
| Government health expenditure per capita US$ | 1,025 | 2023 | WHO |
| Out-of-pocket health expenditure % | 12.1 | 2023 | WHO |
| Physicians, total people | 32 | 2023 | WHO |
| Nurses and midwives, total people | 117 | 2023 | WHO |
| Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people per 1,000 | 6.61 | 2023 | WHO |
| Dentists per 10,000 people per 10k | 3.96 | 2023 | WHO |
| Number of pharmacists people | 5 | 2020 | WHO |
| Universal health coverage index index | 75 | 2023 | WHO |
| Measles immunization % | 96 | 2024 | WHO |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis incidence per 100k | 28 | 2024 | WHO |
| Tuberculosis cases people | 5 | 2024 | WHO |
| Malaria death rate per 100k | 0 | 2021 | WHO |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 | 18.6 | 2024 | WHO |
| Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 | 21.4 | 2024 | WHO |
| Maternal mortality ratio per 100k | 89 | 2023 | WHO |
| Road traffic death rate per 100k | 4.8 | 2013 | WHO |
| Road traffic deaths people | 4 | 2021 | WHO |
| Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 | 226.9 | 2023 | UN DESA |
| Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 | 162.1 | 2023 | UN DESA |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco use prevalence % | 23 | 2024 | WHO |
| Access to clean water % | 99.5 | 2024 | WHO |
| Access to basic sanitation % | 99 | 2024 | WHO |
| Obesity in adults % | 40.5 | 2024 | WHO |
| Overweight in adults % | 71.4 | 2024 | WHO |
| Underweight in adults % | 1.8 | 2024 | WHO |
| Food insecurity % | 28.1 | 2023 | FAO |
| Safely managed drinking water % | 90.8 | 2024 | WHO |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government debt % | 28.2 | 2031 | IMF |
| Tax revenue (% of GDP) % | 18.08 | 2020 | World Bank |
| Government revenue % | 24.22 | 2020 | World Bank |
| Government expense % | 58.95 | 2020 | World Bank |
| Budget balance % | 0.1 | 2031 | IMF |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current account balance % | -12.5 | 2031 | IMF |
| Current account balance (World Bank) % | -48.61 | 2023 | World Bank |
| Exchange rate to the US dollar per US$ | 1 | 2025 | IMF |
| Current account balance in US dollars bn US$ | -0.06 | 2031 | IMF |
| Remittances received US$ | 2.22M | 2023 | World Bank |
| Remittances paid US$ | 17.56M | 2023 | World Bank |
| Development aid received US$ | 28.79M | 2023 | World Bank |
| Development aid given US$ | 25.68M | 2023 | World Bank |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign direct investment inflows US$ | 69.08M | 2024 | UNCTAD |
| Foreign direct investment outflows US$ | -38,000 | 1998 | UNCTAD |
| FDI inflows (% of GDP) % | 21.49 | 2024 | UNCTAD |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural land share % | 9.35 | 2023 | FAO |
| Arable land share % | 0.65 | 2023 | FAO |
| Arable land per capita ha/person | 0.0169 | 2023 | FAO |
| Fertilizer use kg/ha | 26.7 | 2023 | FAO |
| Agricultural land km² | 43 | 2023 | FAO |
| Arable land ha | 300 | 2023 | FAO |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest cover % | 90.54 | 2023 | FAO |
| Forest area km² | 417 | 2023 | FAO |
| Protected areas % | 98 | 2025 | World Bank |
| PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ | 4.9 | 2023 | WHO |
| Land area km² | 460 | 2023 | FAO |
| Surface area km² | 460 | 2023 | FAO |
| Population living in slums % | 0.6 | 2022 | World Bank |
| Population below five meters above sea level % | 12.29 | 2015 | World Bank |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO2 emissions Mt | 0.23 | 2024 | OWID |
| CO2 emissions per capita t/person | 12.76 | 2024 | OWID |
| Cumulative CO2 emissions Mt | 11.4 | 2024 | OWID |
| Greenhouse gas emissions Mt CO₂e | 0.29 | 2024 | OWID |
| Methane emissions Mt | 0.04 | 2024 | OWID |
| Nitrous oxide emissions Mt | 0.03 | 2024 | OWID |
| Greenhouse gases excluding land use Mt | 0.29 | 2024 | OWID |
| Greenhouse gases per capita t/person | 16.58 | 2024 | OWID |
| CO2 emissions from oil Mt | 0.23 | 2024 | OWID |
| CO2 emissions from land use Mt | 0 | 2024 | OWID |
| Share of global CO2 emissions % | 0.001 | 2024 | OWID |
| Share of cumulative CO2 emissions % | 0.001 | 2024 | OWID |
| Contribution to temperature change °C | 0 | 2024 | OWID |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renewables share of final energy consumption % | 0.9 | 2022 | World Bank |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access to electricity % | 100 | 2024 | World Bank |
| Coal share of electricity % | 0 | 2021 | World Bank |
| Gas share of electricity % | 0 | 2021 | World Bank |
| Oil share of electricity % | 95.4 | 2021 | World Bank |
| Nuclear share of electricity % | 0 | 2021 | World Bank |
| Hydro share of electricity % | 0 | 2021 | World Bank |
| Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity % | 4.6 | 2021 | World Bank |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Container port traffic TEU | 16,399 | 2019 | UNCTAD |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users % | 83.93 | 2024 | ITU |
| Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 | 135.4 | 2023 | ITU |
| Fixed broadband internet per 100 | 7.33 | 2023 | ITU |
| Fixed telephone lines per 100 | 45.1 | 2023 | ITU |
| Secure internet servers per 1M | 1,469 | 2024 | World Bank |
| ICT service exports % | 0.26 | 2023 | UNCTAD |
| ICT service exports, US$ US$ | 164,000 | 2023 | World Bank |
| Number of mobile subscriptions subs | 24,000 | 2023 | ITU |
| Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs | 1,300 | 2023 | ITU |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literacy rate % | 99.84 | 2020 | UIS |
| Education expenditure (% of GDP) % | 3.44 | 2023 | UIS |
| Primary school enrollment % | 94.9 | 2014 | UIS |
| Secondary school enrollment % | 95.7 | 2024 | UIS |
| Tertiary education enrollment % | 71.8 | 2024 | UIS |
| Scientific and technical journal articles articles | 5 | 2023 | UIS |
| Primary completion rate % | 100.42 | 2024 | UIS |
| Harmonized test scores score | 463 | 2020 | World Bank |
| Children out of school people | 18 | 2024 | UIS |
| Share of children out of school % | 1.33 | 2024 | UIS |
| Population with tertiary education % | 14.69 | 2020 | UIS |
| Education expenditure in the budget % | 9.13 | 2025 | UIS |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intentional homicides per 100k | 11.23 | 2018 | World Bank |
| Number of intentional homicides people | 2 | 2018 | UNODC |
| Prison population per 100,000 per 100k | 367 | 2023 | UNODC |
| Capacity of prisons and detention facilities people | 133 | 2023 | UNODC |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arms imports M TIV | 7,000,000 | 2020 | SIPRI |
| Armed forces personnel since 1816 people | 0 | 2022 | SIPRI |
| Armed forces as a share of the population % | 0 | 2022 | SIPRI |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human development index index | 0.786 | 2023 | UNDP |
| Gender development index ratio | 0.992 | 2023 | UNDP |
| Human capital index index | 0.59 | 2020 | World Bank |
| Indicator | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| International tourist arrivals people | 18,400 | 2020 | UN Tourism |
| International tourist departures people | 9,000 | 1998 | UN Tourism |
| Inbound tourism receipts US$ | 123M | 2017 | UN Tourism |
| Outbound tourism expenditure US$ | 23.3M | 2017 | UN Tourism |
| Tourism share of exports % | 93.55 | 2017 | UN Tourism |
| Tourism contribution to GDP % | 9.76 | 2020 | UN Tourism |
Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.
