Palau — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Palau, 1970–2025.
GDP per capita for Palau was 19,532 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 56 years, from 1970 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1,017 in 1970 (about 19.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.52% per year.
Palau ranks 77 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 36%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Palau sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 23%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 13 of 36 economies; American Samoa (18,017) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 17% in 2024. That is 22% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1979; grown tenfold by 2008. Doubling roughly every 13 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 43rd of 146 in 1970 → 60th of 163 in 1980 → 55th of 192 in 1990 → 58th of 204 in 2000 → 83rd of 212 in 2010 → 73rd of 210 in 2020 → 58th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19,532.36 | +7.5% |
| 2024 | 18,169.08 | +16.6% |
| 2023 | 15,578.35 | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 13,934.95 | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 13,267.49 | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 14,556.31 | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 15,841.89 | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 16,179.88 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 16,280.24 | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 17,043.67 | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 15,938.37 | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 13,854.73 | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 12,820.59 | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 12,098.41 | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 10,795.64 | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 10,018.07 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 9,837.5 | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 10,471.15 | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 10,155.05 | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 9,737.02 | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 9,367.69 | +11.6% |
| 2004 | 8,393.73 | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 7,862.39 | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 8,340.19 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 8,239.26 | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 7,798.08 | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 7,629.57 | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 8,047.92 | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 7,944.6 | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 7,788.3 | +10.7% |
| 1995 | 7,038.01 | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 6,329.07 | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 5,891.5 | -10.1% |
| 1992 | 6,552.71 | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 6,824.34 | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 6,402.93 | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 5,741.09 | +11.6% |
| 1988 | 5,145.01 | +11.5% |
| 1987 | 4,616.29 | +11.4% |
| 1986 | 4,143.56 | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 3,728.13 | +11.0% |
| 1984 | 3,360.15 | +10.2% |
| 1983 | 3,049.48 | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 2,838.16 | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 2,638.82 | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 2,422.63 | +10.7% |
| 1979 | 2,188.88 | +11.0% |
| 1978 | 1,971.87 | +10.7% |
| 1977 | 1,781.09 | +10.2% |
| 1976 | 1,616.48 | +10.4% |
| 1975 | 1,463.54 | +10.2% |
| 1974 | 1,328.03 | +8.7% |
| 1973 | 1,221.47 | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 1,144.54 | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 1,080.61 | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 1,017.16 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Palau’s GDP per capita in 1971?
1,080.61 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Palau’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Palau’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1820.3% in total — about 5.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 19,532.36; 2024: 18,169.08; 2023: 15,578.35; 2022: 13,934.95; 2021: 13,267.49. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.