International Rankings of Palau 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	4	226	2012
Telephones - main lines in use	7,300	196	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	17,150	206	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$94,300,000	210	2010 est.
Budget revenues	$89,000,000	209	2010 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-2.40	58	2010 est.
Current account balance	-$20,800,000	63	2010 est.
Debt - external	$0	197	FY99/00
Exports	$12,300,000	210	2010 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	3.20	119	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	20.00	124	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	76.80	30	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$221,000,000	213	2011 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$10,500	102	2011 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$245,500,000	218	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	3.50	44	2013 est.
Imports	$113,400,000	210	2010 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	2.70	65	2011 est.
Labor force	9,777	216	2005
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	20.00	62	1990
Taxes and other revenues	40.3	36	2010 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	4.20	111	2005 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	1,519	74	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	242	208	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	35	NA
Land Area - sq km	459.00	196	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	2.17	171	2011
Land use - other (%)	93.48	58	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	4.35	52	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	46.16	164	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	459.00	198	NA
Water Area - sq km	0	142	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	207	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	216	211	2010 est.
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	2,101	220	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	2,239	220	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	20.50	117	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	1,855	218	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	1,835	218	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	17.40	48	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	3,842	222	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	5,985	219	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	46.40	19	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	1,188	220	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	642	223	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	8.60	54	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	1,089	221	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	410	227	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	6.80	78	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	10.95	172	2014 est.
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	32.80	106	2003
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	7.93	95	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	86	60	2011 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	95.3	36	2011 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	97	29	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	14	73	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	4.7	89	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	3	67	2011 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	7.30	13	2002
Health expenditures	10.60	16	2011
Hospital bed density	4.80	28	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	9.81	128	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	13.01	126	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	11.46	129	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	75.96	124	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	69.43	130	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	72.60	122	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	90.00	58	2000
Literacy - male (%)	93.00	46	2000
Literacy - total (%)	92.00	50	1980 est.
Median age - female (years)	34.20	59	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	32.50	66	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	33.00	60	2014 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.66	62	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	48.90	7	2008
Physicians density	1.38	79	2010
Population	21,186	220	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	0.37	129	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	100	1	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	0	154	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	100	1	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	0	147	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	100	1	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	0	138	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	15	7	2000
School life expectancy - male (years)	13	8	2000
School life expectancy - total (years)	14	7	2000
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.07	10	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	0.99	24	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.56	5	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.10	8	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.40	61	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	11	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.12	9	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	1.71	122	2014 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	1.67	86	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	84.2	31	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	3	116	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	1	78	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	2	98	2013

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