International Rankings of Palau 2024, 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	47	7.00	2015
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	192	1224	2015
Internet users - percent of population	84	37.20 %	2021
Internet users - total	219	6696	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	16	44.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	193	8000	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	33	130.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	209	24000	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	212	121.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	212	122.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	3	8.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	88	63.534 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	97	18.380 billion US Dollars	2014
Exports	216	12.070 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	218	292.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	46	55.20 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	17	27.20 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	110	60.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	152	67.60 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	68	22.70 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	37	1.90 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	121	3.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	124	19.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	32	78.00 % of GDP	2016
Imports	215	180.380 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	171	3.42 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	114	2.61 %	2021
Labor force	214	11610 US Dollars	2016
Population below poverty line	68	25 %	2006
Public debt	37	86.13 % of GDP	2019
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	220	248.468 million US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	201	13.33 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	105	13800 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	122	1	2020
Taxes and other revenues	97	18.59 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	200	1.70 %	2015
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	140	5.60 %	2014
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	170	8 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	167	11	2018
Land use - arable land	141	2	2018
Land use - forest	3	88	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	138	4	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	82	1.59	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	39	82	2023
Geography
Area - land	197	459 sq km	N/A
Area - total	200	459 sq km	N/A
Coastline	70	1519 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	174	242 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	167	11	2018
Land use - arable land	141	2	2018
Land use - forest	3	88	2018
Land use - permanent crops	48	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	138	4	2018
Population Density	169	47.45 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	119	11.60 births/1,000 population	2023
Current health expenditure	3	18 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	140	46 %	2023
Death rate	45	8.30 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	83	13.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	89	7.30 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	150	43.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	121	30.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	5	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	18	7 % of GDP	2019
Gross reproduction rate	88	0.82 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	114	9.00 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	108	13.00 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	110	11.00 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	65	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	83	72 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	78	75 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	29	96 %	2015
Literacy - male	25	97 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	28	97 %	N/A
Median age - female	68	37 years	N/A
Median age - male	72	34 years	N/A
Median age - total	65	35 years	2023
Net migration rate	53	0.60 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	3	55.30 %	2016
Physicians density	84	1.77 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	218	21779	2023
Population growth rate	126	0.39 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	3	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	111	1 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	6	1.24 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	60	0.33 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	116	1.70 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	82	1.59	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	39	82	2023
Transportation
Airports	122	3	2024
Merchant marine - total	45	427	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	101	1.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	124	85 km	2018
Roadways - total	134	121 km	2018

*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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Palau 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Palau 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.