International Rankings of Palau 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Palau, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Palau, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	148	N/A	2021
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	198	N/A	2021
Internet users - percent of population	153	36 %	2016
Internet users - total	209	7650	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	29	40.78	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	188	8808	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	134.41	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	205	29033	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	209	167.300 million US Dollars	2012
Budget - revenues	206	193.000 million US Dollars	2012
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	3	8.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	94	52.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	114	53.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	82	82.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	110	61	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	210	292.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	45	55.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	17	27.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	108	60.5 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	148	67.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	67	22.7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	36	1.9 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	121	3 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	123	19 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	29	78 % of GDP	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	110	N/A %	0
Labor force	206	11610 US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	136	1.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	101	12.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	6	86.4 %	2016
Population below poverty line	67	24.9	2006
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	199	316.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	76	17579 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	6	66.1 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	208	N/A	2021
Crude oil - exports	83	N/A	2021
Crude oil - imports	85	N/A	2021
Crude oil - production	90	N/A	2021
Crude oil - proved reserves	91	N/A	2021
Electricity - consumption	211	N/A kWh	2021
Electricity - exports	95	N/A kWh	2021
Electricity - from fossil fuels	82	N/A	2021
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	70	N/A	2021
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	20	N/A	2021
Electricity - from other renewable sources	42	N/A	2021
Electricity - imports	118	N/A kWh	2021
Electricity - installed generating capacity	210	N/A kWh	2021
Electricity - production	208	N/A	2021
Natural gas - consumption	109	N/A cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	N/A cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	80	N/A cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	93	N/A cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proved reserves	95	N/A	2021
Refined petroleum products - consumption	171	N/A	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	125	N/A bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - imports	205	N/A bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - production	111	N/A bbl/day	2021
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	169	0.22 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	175	0.06 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	147	12.18 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	163	10.8	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	3	87.6	2018
Land use - other	180	1.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	136	4.3	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	0	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	81	1.59	2025
Urbanization - urban population	40	81.5	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	194	459 sq km	0
Area - total	194	459 sq km	0
Area - water	181	0197 sq km	0
Coastline	68	1519 km	0
Elevation - highest point	167	242 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	147	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	163	10.8	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	3	87.6	2018
Land use - other	180	1.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	136	4.3	2018
Total renewable water resources	178	0	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	95	15.86 %	1716
Age structure - 25-54 years	24	45.33 %	3804
Age structure - 55-64 years	83	10.68 %	1463
Birth rate	152	11.47 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	12	10.9 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	70	8.19 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	120	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	156	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	171	N/A %	2021
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	24	4.8 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	126	9.39 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	118	13.53 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	121	11.52 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	102	77.75 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	119	71.19 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	117	74.38 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	65	35.9 years	2020
Median age - male	67	32.9 years	0
Median age - total	65	33.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	65	0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	3	55.3 %	2016
Physicians density	94	1.42 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	210	21613	2021
Population growth rate	124	0.38 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	5	1.58	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	54	0.58	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	60	0.32 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	10	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	113	1.7 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	81	1.59	2025
Urbanization - urban population	40	81.5	2021
Transportation
Airports	119	3	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	28	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	101	1	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	150	89 km	2018
Roadways - total	160	125 km	2018
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Palau on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Palau 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Palau 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.