Country
Palau
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Koror
- ISO code
- PW · PLW
55 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 17.7K
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 19,699 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 69.4 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 82.8 t CO₂
Population
- Population 17.7K 2025 213th of 214
- Population density 38 people/km² 2024 160th of 212
- Population growth -0.18 % per year 2025 187th of 214
- Natural increase -0.6 per 1,000 people 2023 180th of 228
- Net migration -0.9 per 1,000 people 2025 128th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.88 births per woman 2024 111th of 214
- Urban population 79.3 % 2025 61st of 214
- Median age 37.8 years 2023 71st of 228
- Population aged 65+ 11.8 % 2025 85th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 16.8 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 87th of 214
- Children under 15 17.9 % 2025 139th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 69.4 years 2024 155th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 71.9 years 2024 155th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 67.3 years 2024 150th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.7 years 2024 120th of 214
- Infant mortality 18.6 per 1,000 births 2024 71st of 195
- Under-5 mortality 21.4 per 1,000 births 2024 72nd of 195
- Maternal mortality 89 per 100,000 births 2023 68th of 193
- Health spending per person 1,684 USD 2023 45th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,857 $ (PPP) 2023 68th of 191
- Physicians 1.81 per 1,000 people 2023 89th of 179
- Hospital beds 4.3 per 1,000 people 2010 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 96 % 2024 45th of 191
- Tobacco use 23.0 % 2024 60th of 165
Economy
- GDP 345M USD 2025 183rd of 185
- GDP per capita 19,532 USD 2025 58th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 19,699 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 83rd of 184
- GDP growth 6.3 % 2025 30th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 6.5 % 2025 10th of 185
- Inflation -0.4 % 2025 164th of 169
- Youth not in education, employment or training 11.3 % 2023 112th of 150
- Trade 106 % of GDP 2024 54th of 172
- Agriculture in the economy 2.7 % of GDP 2024 129th of 187
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.786 2023 84th of 192
- Literacy rate 99.8 % 2020 6th of 122
- Education spending 3.6 % of GDP 2022 102nd of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 97 % 2023 62nd of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 41 % 2023 81st of 127
- Primary completion rate 94 % 2023 81st of 135
- Women in parliament 25.0 % 2025 98th of 183
- Homicide rate 11.2 per 100,000 people 2018 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 1.5 Mt CO₂ 2024 156th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 82.8 t CO₂ 2024 1st of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 12.76 t CO₂ 2024 17th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 188th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 86.7 t CO₂e 2024 1st of 201
- Forest area 90.8 % of land 2024 4th of 208
- Arable land 0.7 % of land 2024 193rd of 205
- Renewable energy 0.9 % of final energy 2021 192nd of 210
- PM2.5 air pollution 4.9 µg/m³ 2023 186th of 199
Palau on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldPalauan, English · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldUS dollar (USD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+9Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, B · 120 V · 60 Hz
- National dishes of the world1 national dish
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants