Palau
Palau in numbers — 15 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Palau recorded GDP per capita: 19,532 (2025), ranking 77 of 212 worldwide; Population: 17,663 (2025), ranking 215 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 69.4 (2024), ranking 157 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: -0.42% (2025), ranking 181 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP growth shows the largest increase (+4876%) and Population growth the largest decrease (-108%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
It sits close to the world median across the measures below. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 15 comparable series are higher and 6 are lower.
Its population of 17,663 (2025) makes it one of the smallest populations in this dataset.
All 15 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 345,000,000 | 2025 | +2883.6% |
| GDP per capita | 19,532.36 | 2025 | +1820.3% |
| GDP growth | 6.29% | 2025 | +4875.8% |
| Population | 17,663 | 2025 | +89.4% |
| Population growth | -0.18% | 2025 | -107.5% |
| Urban population | 79.28% | 2025 | +80.6% |
| Life expectancy | 69.38 | 2024 | +26.5% |
| Infant mortality | 18.6 | 2024 | -77.0% |
| CO2 per capita | 82.84 | 2024 | -52.8% |
| GDP (PPP) | 407,161,801.09 | 2025 | +178.4% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 23,051.68 | 2025 | +140.5% |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | +3.5% |
| Inflation | -0.42% | 2025 | +67.8% |
| Forest area | 90.54% | 2023 | +8.8% |
| Health spending | 10.85% | 2023 | +25.7% |