International Rankings of Palau 2020, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Internet users - percent of population (%)	135	36%	July 2016
Internet users - total	210	7,650	July 2016
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	28	34	July 2016
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	196	7,204	July 2016
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	112	July 2016
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	207	24,000	July 2016
Economy
Budget - expenditures	211	167.3 million	2012
Budget - revenues	208	193 million	2012
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	3	8.8%	16
Current account balance	77	-$53 million	2017
Debt - external	95	$18.38 billion	31 December 2014
Exports	69	$23.17 billion	2017
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	46	55.2%	2016
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	17	27.2%	2016
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	109	60.5%	2016
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	151	-67.6%	2016
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	67	22.7%	2016
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	37	1.9%	2016
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	119	3%	2016
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	124	19%	2016
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	32	78%	2016
GDP - per capita (PPP)	106	$14,700	2017
GDP - real growth rate (%)	87	-3.7%	2017
GDP - official exchange rate	216	$292 million	2017
GDP - purchasing power parity	216	$264 million	2017
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	2	48.7% of GDP	2016
Imports	133	$4.715 billion	2018
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	80	0.9%	2017
Labor force	211	11,610	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	138	1.2%	2016
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	106	12.4%	2016
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	6	86.4%	2016
Population below poverty line (%)	67	24.9%	2006
Public debt (% of GPD)	159	24.1% of GDP	2016
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	191	$0	31 December 2017
Taxes and other revenues	6	66.1%	16
Unemployment rate (%)	127	1.7%	2015
Energy
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	7	97.2%	2016
Electricity access - electrification - total population	5	99.3%	2016
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	3	99.6%	2016
Geography
Land Area - sq km	195	459 sq km	NA
Total Area - sq km	198	459 sq km	NA
Coastline(km)	70	1,519 km	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	148	0 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land (%)	167	10.8%	2011
Land use - arable land (%)	140	2.2%	2011
Land use - forest (%)	3	87.6%	2011
Land use - other (%)	185	1.6%	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	47	4.3%	2011
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	138	4.3%	2011
Maritime claims - contiguous zone	1	24	NA
Maritime claims - continental shelf	1	200	NA
Maritime claims - exclusive economic zone	1	200	NA
Maritime claims - territorial sea	3	12	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km*	164	47.24	July 2020
Population
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	151	18.68%	20
Age structure 15-24 years (%)	98	15.86%	20
Age structure 25-54 years (%)	24	45.33%	20
Age structure 55-64 years (%)	85	10.68%	20
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	91	9.45%	20
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	122	11.3 births/1,000 population	2020
Current health expenditures	9	11.7%	2016
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	41	8.3 deaths/1,000 population	2020
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	61	86% of population	2011
Drinking water source - Improved - total	36	95.3%	2011
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	29	97% of population	2011
Hospital bed density	26	4.8 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	107	8.3 deaths/1,000 live births	2020
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	112	11.2 deaths/1,000 live births	2020
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	117	9.8 deaths/1,000 live births	2020
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	73	77.5 years	2020
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	83	70.9 years	2020
Life expectancy at birth - total population	72	74.1 years	2020
Literacy - female (%)	26	96.3%	2015
Literacy - male (%)	28	96.8%	2015
Literacy - total population	28	96.6%	2015
Median age - female (years)	68	35.9 years	2020
Median age - male (years)	70	32.9 years	2020
Median age - total (years)	67	33.9 years	2020
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	47	0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population	2020
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	3	55.3%	2016
Physicians density	100	1.19 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	218	21,685	July 2020
Population growth rate (%)	119	0.39%	2020
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	1	100% of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	1	100%	2015
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	1	100% of population	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	18 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	2013
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	9	1.07 male(s)/female	2020
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	24	1 male(s)/female	2020
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	5	1.58 male(s)/female	2020
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	55	0.58 male(s)/female	2020
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	61	0.32 male(s)/female	2020
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	7	1.07 male(s)/female	2020
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	17	106.7 male(s)/female	2020
Suffrage	4	18 years of age	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	112	1.7 children born/woman	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	75	1.77% annual rate of change	15-20
Urbanization - urban population (%)	42	80.5% of total population	2019
Transportation
Airports	117	3	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m	45	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - total	78	1	2019
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m	32	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	95	2	2013
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	95	1	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	1	2015
Roadways - paved (km)	146	89 km	NA
Roadways - total (km)	199	125 km	NA
Roadways - unpaved (km)	125	36 km	NA