International Rankings of Palau 2014, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	4	231	2012
Telephones - main lines in use	7,300	205	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	17,150	210	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$94,300,000	213	2010 est.
Budget revenues	$89,000,000	211	2010 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-2.40	96	2010 est.
Current account balance	-$20,800,000	60	2010 est.
Debt - external	$0	204	FY99/00
Exports	$12,300,000	208	2010 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	3.20	151	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	20.00	156	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	76.80	38	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$221,000,000	214	2011 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$10,500	114	2011 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$221,000,000	218	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	6.30	38	2013 est.
Imports	$113,400,000	212	2010 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	2.70	147	2011 est.
Labor force	9,777	217	2005
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	20.00	93	1990
Taxes and other revenues	40.3	45	2010 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	4.20	168	2005 est.
Energy
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	0	233	NA
Geography
Coastline(km)	1,519	75	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	242	216	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	111	NA
Land Area - sq km	459.00	196	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	2.17	183	2011
Land use - other (%)	93.48	92	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	4.35	56	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	45.99	162	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	459.00	198	NA
Water Area - sq km	0	199	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - male	6,987	199	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	3,969	216	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	5,272	215	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	222	209	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	216	211	2010 est.
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	2,110	220	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	2,250	220	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	20.70	151	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	1,875	218	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	1,849	218	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	17.60	113	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	3,854	222	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	5,981	219	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	46.60	24	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	1,129	220	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	615	223	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	8.30	102	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	1,038	221	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	407	226	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	6.80	109	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	10.90	176	2014 est.
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	32.80	131	2003
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	7.86	109	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	86	114	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - total	95.3	97	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	97	115	NA
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	14	86	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	4.7	107	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	3	91	2011 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	10.30	5	2002
Health expenditures	10.60	18	2011
Hospital bed density	4.80	41	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	10.10	133	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	13.35	129	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	11.77	132	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	75.68	128	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	69.17	139	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	72.33	133	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	90.00	128	2000
Literacy - male (%)	93.00	123	2000
Literacy - total (%)	92.00	125	1980 est.
Median age - female (years)	33.90	83	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	32.50	83	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	32.90	85	2014 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.66	63	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	48.90	7	2008
Physicians density	1.38	91	2010
Population	21,108	220	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	0.37	159	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	100	15	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	0	176	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	100	17	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	0	176	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	100	16	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	0	172	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	15	55	2000
School life expectancy - male (years)	14	62	2000
School life expectancy - total (years)	15	43	2000
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.07	33	2013 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	0.98	203	2013 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.55	5	2013 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.55	229	2013 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.40	229	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.06	45	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.12	9	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	98	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	1.72	168	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	1.4	125	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	83	46	2011
Transportation
Airports	3	192	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	1	212	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	2	174	2013

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