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Palau
East Asia & Pacific · High income · capital Koror
Reports 16 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old69.4years
Ranks 157 of 217 in 2024
7% below world median · 5% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old21.4per 1,000 live births
Ranks 125 of 196 in 2024
43% above world median · 24% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old89per 100,000 live births
Ranks 126 of 194 in 2023
89% above world median · 9% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old10.85% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
71% above world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.88births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
about the same world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2020 · 6 years old99.8% of adults 15+
Ranks 2 of 42 in 2020
6% above world median · 3% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 42 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old106.9% gross
Ranks 29 of 134 in 2024
8% above world median · 7% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old3.44% of GDP
Ranks 68 of 121 in 2023
6% below world median · 8% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old19,532current US$
Ranks 58 of 186 in 2025
1.5× above world median · 1.9× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old23,052international $
Ranks 83 of 185 in 2025
14% above world median · 41% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old-0.4% per year
Not ranked — no better end
1.1× below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2024 · 2 years old90.8% of population
Ranks 59 of 148 in 2024
12% above world median · 45% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old83.9% of population
Ranks 83 of 182 in 2024
2% above world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old82.84t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
31.5× above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old17.7kpeople
Not ranked — no better end
100% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Palau has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Unemployment, Military spending, Child stunting. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.