Life expectancy
69.4 · 2024
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Palau
$15,611GDP per capita · 2023
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
17.7K · 2024
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Population growth
-0.2% · 2024
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Urban population
79.2% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
82.8 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
-48.5% · 2023
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Current account balance (IMF)
-19.0% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
85.2% · 2019
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Government gross debt
62.3% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
No data
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
No data
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Output & growth
GDP
$276.7M · 2023
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GDP (IMF)
$345M · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 340M · 2025
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GDP growth
2.2% · 2023
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GDP per capita
$15,611 · 2023
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$19,685 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$14,780 · 2023
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Real GDP growth
6.3% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
2.2% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
0.3% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
No data
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Internet users
83.9% · 2024
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Trade
Exports
26.3% · 2023
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Imports
80.4% · 2023
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Trade
106.7% · 2023
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