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Palau

Oceania · Micronesia (region)
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Palau is a sovereign state in Micronesia (region), Oceania. It covers 459 km² and has a population of approximately 16,733. Its official language is English and its currency is the United States dollar ($).

Quick facts

Capital
Ngerulmud
Population
16,733
Area
459 km²
Currency
United States dollar ($)
Languages
English, Palauan
Calling code
+680
TLD
.pw
Driving side
Right
Landlocked
No
Continents
Oceania
Timezone
UTC+09:00
Native name
Palau

Appears in 289 rankings

Economy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) #4 158.17
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) #6 35.30
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) #8 122.54
Countries by Gross capital formation (% of GDP) #12 35.62
Countries by Services, value added (% of GDP) #20 74.77
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) #20 4.06
Countries by GDP growth rate #40 0.04
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0”“325) #46 226.61
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0”“188) #53 132.62
Countries by GDP per capita #58 19456.09
Countries by GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) #75 14,780per capita
Countries by GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) #79 13128.13per capita
Countries by Consumer price index (2010 = 100) #89 161.44
Countries by GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) #103 18,320per capita
Countries by GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) #108 18230.27per capita
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) #130 10.28
Countries by GNI per capita (constant LCU) #137 13055.42per capita
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant LCU) #160 80349113.46
Countries by GNI (constant LCU) #163 231433441.16
Countries by Gross savings (current US$) #163 -35143273.62
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant LCU) #164 80988637.27
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant LCU) #165 360040965.38
Countries by Gross savings (% of GNI) #167 -12.64
Countries by Gross savings (% of GDP) #167 -12.70
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #170 77890928.14
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) #171 279052328.11
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) #171 64416008
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (current US$) #171 97682754.52
Countries by Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) #171 58258631.73
Countries by GDP (PPP) #172 0.33
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) #172 178260238.65
Countries by Gross domestic income (constant LCU) #172 230243914.63
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #173 78436740.4
Countries by Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) #173 -22.54
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #174 345050922.16
Countries by GDP per capita (constant LCU) #174 13335.66per capita
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) #174 24147807.13
Countries by Gross capital formation (current US$) #175 98586064.58
Countries by Gross national expenditure (current US$) #176 437695706.61
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #178 266614181.76
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (current US$) #180 339109642.03
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #182 66047108.65
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) #182 37611487.92
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #183 173054442.88
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) #184 2546005.69
Countries by Exports of goods and services (current US$) #186 72729423.52
Countries by Imports of goods and services (current US$) #186 222538085.94
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) #186 10.07
Countries by GDP (Nominal) #187 0.34in billions
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) #188 1.14
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant LCU) #190 211053234.38
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #192 2471965.92
Countries by Services, value added (constant LCU) #192 186978227.22
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU) #193 19851845.67
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current US$) #195 3153000.49
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) #195 3153000.49
Countries by GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) #196 291183210.46
Countries by GNI, PPP (current international $) #196 324789252.81
Countries by GDP, PPP (current international $) #197 323167993.86
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) #198 9039777.62
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$) #198 238545921.88
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU) #198 238545921.88
Countries by Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) #200 186150994.27
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) #201 27859775.88
Countries by Services, value added (current US$) #201 206910139.4
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU) #202 27859775.88
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) #202 19512459.14
Countries by Services, value added (current LCU) #202 206910139.4
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (current US$) #202 22914446.34
Countries by GNI, Atlas method (current US$) #202 262023956.67
Countries by GNI (current US$) #203 278121368.41
Countries by GDP (constant 2015 US$) #208 232722385.88
Countries by GDP (constant LCU) #208 236401290.89
Countries by GDP (current US$) #210 276733062.74

Population & Health

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) #1 99.00
Countries by Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) #4 100.00
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #18 97.70
Countries by Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #22 11.49
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on infectious diseases #23 99
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #31 57.33
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural population) #40 98.43
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban population) #40 99.15
Countries by Low-birthweight babies (% of births) #46 13.53
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of rural population) #48 99.09
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) #49 162.11
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) #53 99.02
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of urban population) #59 99.62
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) #59 90.78
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) #62 226.91
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) #68 99.53
Countries by Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) #69 89per capita
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults) #72 7.60
Countries by Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%) #72 28.10
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) #72 17
Countries by Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) #72 19.1
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) #72 21
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) #74 22.3
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) #74 24.5
Countries by median age #75 37.84
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) #75 19.9
Countries by Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) #76 11.7
Countries by UHC service coverage index #78 75
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access #78 83
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, males (% of male adults) #86 27.10
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) #92 17.30
Countries by Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) #112 753
Countries by Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) #112 25.90
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health #115 69
Countries by Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #144 10.9
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on non-communicable diseases #149 55
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, male (years) #150 67.15years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, female (years) #154 71.8years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, total (years) #156 69.27years
Countries by Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) #167 4.78per capita
Countries by population density #179 38.61
Countries by Number of maternal deaths #183 0
Countries by Number of infant deaths #189 4
Countries by Number of neonatal deaths #189 2
Countries by Number of under-five deaths #190 4
Countries by population growth rate #194 -0.00

Trade

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) #9 20.27
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) #17 20.27
Countries by Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) #21 55.98
Countries by Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) #22 84.82
Countries by Transport services (% of commercial service imports) #23 58.23
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%) #39 9.49
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%) #41 16.86
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) #61 9.49
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) #89 6.80
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #90 4.20
Countries by Import volume index (2015 = 100) #91 117.6
Countries by Import value index (2015 = 100) #91 149.8
Countries by Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) #101 6.11
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #111 4.33
Countries by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) #121 14.40
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #126 4.20
Countries by Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) #129 24,622,160
Countries by Import unit value index (2015 = 100) #132 124.4
Countries by Merchandise trade (% of GDP) #134 43.12
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #135 4.17
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) #155 10.04
Countries by Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) #156 4.94
Countries by Export unit value index (2015 = 100) #156 120.1
Countries by Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) #160 2.46
Countries by Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$) #163 1,056,000
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) #166 4.55
Countries by Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) #178 19,557,000
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) #180 8.75
Countries by Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #180 23,669,000
Countries by Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #181 45,410,000
Countries by Goods imports (BoP, current US$) #188 164,167,000
Countries by Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #188 247,403,000
Countries by Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #189 207,171,000
Countries by Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #190 63,639,000
Countries by Personal remittances, received (current US$) #190 1,953,000
Countries by Goods exports (BoP, current US$) #191 1,745,000
Countries by Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #191 87,308,000
Countries by Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) #199 269,216,466
Countries by Export value index (2015 = 100) #202 29.2
Countries by Export volume index (2015 = 100) #203 25
Countries by Merchandise imports (current US$) #204 138,000,000
Countries by Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) #205 1,910,650
Countries by Merchandise exports (current US$) #206 3,000,000

Environment

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #1 86.68per capita
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #1 82.84per capita
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) #1 6.01
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP) #1 4.8
Countries by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) #31 31.40
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #141 1.36
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #141 0.49
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #143 0.001
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #144 0.0005
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #147 0.01
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #152 0.03
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #152 0.77
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #152 0
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #155 0.1
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #156 1.47
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #158 0.003
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #161 0.1
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #163 0.0001
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #165 0.0016
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #165 0.0002
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #167 0.01
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #169 1.53
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #177 -21.29
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #178 0.03
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #182 -34.55
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #185 0.0003
Countries by PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) #188 7.33
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #189 0.04
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #191 0.0003
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #198 0
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #198 0
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) #199 0.0004
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #202 -74.18

Governance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Standard Error #3 0.29
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Standard Error #7 0.28
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Standard Error #10 0.5
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #16 98.10
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank #20 89.57
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #22 68.25
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #22 96.57
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #27 93.87
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank #32 83.82
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #39 89.15
Countries by Rule of Law: Estimate #39 0.94
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank #39 80.66
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #46 66.18
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #47 88.21
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #54 57.08
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #56 82.08
Countries by Control of Corruption: Estimate #59 0.59
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank #59 69.81
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank #63 67.45
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank #69 65.09
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #77 49.53
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #84 43.40
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #85 36.79
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Number of Sources #185 2
Countries by Rule of Law: Number of Sources #187 3
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Number of Sources #189 3
Countries by Control of Corruption: Number of Sources #191 2
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Number of Sources #191 2
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Number of Sources #192 1

Society & Culture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) #11 1.08
Countries by Urban population (% of total population) #61 79.21
Countries by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) #87 16.11
Countries by Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) #101 25.00
Countries by Fertility rate, total (births per woman) #112 1.91
Countries by Population living in slums (% of urban population) #143 0.62
Countries by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) #149 25.91
Countries by Rural population (% of total population) #156 20.79
Countries by Population density (people per sq. km of land area) #163 38.54km²
Countries by Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100) #169 56.25
Countries by Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin #181 5
Countries by Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) #193 42.01
Countries by Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin #199 0
Countries by Rural population #200 3,679
Countries by International migrant stock, total #202 5,212
Countries by Urban population #213 14,016
Countries by Population, female #214 8,165
Countries by Population, total #214 17,695
Countries by Population, male #214 9,530

Agriculture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Forest area (% of land area) #4 90.54
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) #129 3.04
Countries by Forest area (sq. km) #169 416.5km²
Countries by Aquaculture production (metric tons) #177 11
Countries by Agricultural land (% of land area) #180 9.35
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) #189 8299531.74
Countries by Arable land (% of land area) #195 0.65
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #195 7978660.01
Countries by Total fisheries production (metric tons) #196 814.31
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) #197 8414415.28
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) #197 8414415.28
Countries by Arable land (hectares) #201 300

Finance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate #21 0.86
Countries by PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) #158 0.99
Countries by Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) #160 1
Countries by PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) #160 0.86

Business

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 4 data sources score (scale 0-100) #105 55.84
Countries by SPI Pillar 4: Data Sources #105 55.84
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100) #116 55
Countries by SPI Pillar 5: Data Infrastructure #116 55
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) #126 70
Countries by SPI Pillar 1: Data Use #126 70
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) #130 60.95
Countries by SPI Overall Score #130 60.95
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 2 data services score (scale 0-100) #152 61.57
Countries by SPI Pillar 2: Data Services #152 61.57
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) #158 62.36
Countries by SPI Pillar 3: Data Products #158 62.36

Technology

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) #47 135.39per capita
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) #125 7.33per capita
Countries by Scientific and technical journal articles #186 6.45
Countries by Fixed telephone subscriptions #191 6,154
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions #197 1,300
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions #206 24,000

Energy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) #1 100.00
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) #1 100.00
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) #1 100.00
Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) #1 100.00
Countries by Access to electricity (% of population) #1 100.00
Countries by Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) #168 4.60

Geography

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Coastline Length #66 1,519kilometers

Tourism

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) #22 10.50
Countries by International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) #144 116,000,000
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (current US$) #169 23299999.24
Countries by International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) #176 13699999.81

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