Palau World Economy Ranking: 61 stats

Economic indicators provided by The World Bank. Freedom indexes by The Heritage and Cato Institute. Human development data from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Palau	Rank
GDP	$284M	192
GDP growth, 1 year	1.71%	148
GDP growth, 5-years average	N/A	-
Population	22k	194
GDP per capita	$16k	60
GDP per capita growth	1.14%	128
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.86	152
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.86	29
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$19k	78
GNI, Atlas method	$309.4M	188
GNI per capita	$17k	45
GNI, PPP adjusted	$349.4M	183
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$20k	67

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Palau	Rank
Income Tax Rate	N/A	-
Corporate Tax Rate	N/A	-
Inflation, consumer prices	1.3%	42
Inflation, GDP deflator	-2.5%	3
Unemployment	1.4%	11
Economic Freedom Index	62	93
Personal Freedom Index	6.4	127
Human Freedom Index	6.4	127
Property Rights Index	N/A	-
Judical Effectiveness Index	N/A	-
Business Freedom Index	N/A	-
Fiscal Health Index	N/A	-
Labor Freedom Index	N/A	-
Investment Freedom Index	N/A	-
Financial Freedom Index	N/A	-
Trade Freedom Index	N/A	-
Monetary Freedom Index	N/A	-
Government Spending Index	N/A	-
Tax Burden Index	N/A	-
Government Integrity Index	N/A	-
Corruption Perceptions Index	49	70
Life expectancy at birth, years	69.1	138
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	21.7	189
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	4.8	23
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	3.1	94
International tourism, number of arrivals	106k	168

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Palau	Rank
Central government debt, % of GDP	67.5%	52
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	-
External debt stocks	N/A	-
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	-
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	-
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	N/A	-
Gross savings, % of GDP	10.7%	152
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	26.7%	50
Total reserves including gold	N/A	-
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$21.5M	162

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Palau	Rank
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	47%	58
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	76.3%	21
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$51.8M	64
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	27.3%	61
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$81.2M	110
Personal remittances received	$2.2M	178
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	8%	187
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	3.2%	130
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	N/A	-
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	-
Expense, % of GDP	41.4%	12
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	N/A	-