Palau PW

East Asia & Pacific · High income · capital Koror

Population: 17,663; 2025
GDP: $345,000,000; 2025
Life expectancy: 69.4 y; 2024

In the live services

corpus	rows for this country
legal	1

Geospatial extent

Bounding box 131.13°–134.73° E, 2.95°–8.10° N · centroid 5.52, 132.93 · source natural-earth-1:110m

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Extent only; no cadastre or address data.

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Top research institutions

Palau International Coral Reef Center — 195 works · ROR · site
Coral Reef Research Foundation — 164 works · ROR · site
Republic of Palau Ministry of Health — 155 works · ROR · site
Palau Community College — 36 works · ROR · site
Palau Automated Land and Resources Information System — 3 works · ROR · site

OpenAlex works counts; not a quality ranking.

Legal system

mixed system of civil, common, and customary law

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json)

Measured indicators

indicator	value	year	source
Agricultural land (% of land)	9.3	2024	World Bank
airline_routes_departures	10.0	2026	OpenFlights route database
airports_openflights	1.0	2026	OpenFlights airport database
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV)	7,000,000.0	2020	World Bank
arrivals	18,400.0	2020	World Bank ST.INT.ARVL
atm_per_100k	56.1	2017	World Bank FB.ATM.TOTL.P5
bachelors_attainment_pct	14.7	2020	World Bank SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS
basic_water_pct	99.5	2024	World Bank
budget_debt_pct_gdp	85.2	2019	World Bank
budget_expense_pct_gdp	59.0	2020	World Bank
central_gov_debt_pct_gdp	85.2	2019	World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
che_gdp_pct	10.9	2023	WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHEGDP_SHA2011
che_per_capita_usd	1,683.8	2023	WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHE_pc_US_SHA2011
clean_fuels_cooking	96.0	2024	World Bank EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS
container_port_traffic	16,399.0	2019	World Bank IS.SHP.GOOD.TU
container_traffic_teu	2.5	2021	World Bank IS.SHP.GCNW.XQ
cpi	160.8	2025	World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL
cts_homicide_count	2.0	2018	UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_rate	11.2	2018	UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
Ease of doing business rank (archived DB2020)	145.0	2020	World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
Ease of doing business score (archived DB2020)	53.7	2020	World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
dentists_per_10k	66.1	2023	WHO Global Health Observatory HWF_0006
Emigrants living abroad (UN DESA 2020)	1,270.0	2020	UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
International migrant stock (UN DESA 2020)	2,200.0	2020	UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
dpt_immun_pct	97.0	2024	World Bank SH.IMM.IDPT
education_spend_pct_gdp	3.4	2023	World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
Access to electricity (%)	100.0	2024	World Bank
electricity_access_rural	100.0	2024	World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS
electricity_access_urban	100.0	2024	World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.UR.ZS
eu_sanctions_count	0.0	2026-10-26	EU sanctions targets snapshot 2026-10-26 (via sanctions.db)
exports_pct	32.7	2024	World Bank NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
exports_usd	105,728,304.0	2024	UNSD Analysis of Main Aggregates (keyless download, 2026-01 upload)
Airports (Factbook)	3.0	2025	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Budget expenditures (US$, Factbook)	152,398,000.0	2020	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Budget revenues (US$, Factbook)	127,757,000.0	2020	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Current account balance (US$, Factbook)	135,428,000.0	2022	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Drinking water access, urban (%, Factbook)	99.6	2022	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Education expenditure (% national budget, Factbook)	3.5	2023	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Electricity access (%, Factbook)	100.0	2022	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Exports (US$, Factbook)	24,480,000.0	2022	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Fixed telephone lines (Factbook)	8,000.0	2023	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Real GDP growth (%, Factbook)	1.9	2023	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
GDP, official exchange rate (Factbook)	281,849,000.0	2023	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
GDP per capita, PPP (int'l $, Factbook)	15,800.0	2023	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
GDP, PPP (US$, Factbook)	280,025,000.0	2023	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Health expenditure (% national budget, Factbook)	16.4	2021	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Imports (US$, Factbook)	216,681,000.0	2022	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Infant mortality (per 1,000, Factbook)	10.6	2025	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Inflation, consumer prices (Factbook)	2.2	2024	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Internet users (% pop., Factbook)	27.0	2004	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Life expectancy (years, Factbook)	75.2	2024	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Merchant marine vessels (Factbook)	427.0	2023	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Mobile subscriptions (Factbook)	24,000.0	2023	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Public debt (% of GDP, Factbook)	85.2	2019	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
Sanitation access, urban (%, Factbook)	99.1	2022	CIA World Factbook (US Government work, public domain, factbook.json)
faostat_FS_210071F_61321_20212023	0.1	20212023	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071F_61321_20222024	0.1	20222024	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071F_61321_20232025	0.1	20232025	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071F_61322_20212023	0.1	20212023	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071F_61322_20222024	0.1	20222024	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071F_61322_20232025	0.1	20232025	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071F_6132_20212023	0.1	20212023	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071F_6132_20222024	0.1	20222024	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071F_6132_20232025	0.1	20232025	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071M_61321_20212023	0.1	20212023	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071M_61321_20222024	0.1	20222024	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071M_61321_20232025	0.1	20232025	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071M_61322_20212023	0.1	20212023	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071M_61322_20222024	0.1	20222024	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071M_61322_20232025	0.1	20232025	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071M_6132_20212023	0.1	20212023	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071M_6132_20222024	0.1	20222024	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071M_6132_20232025	0.1	20232025	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071_61321_20212023	0.1	20212023	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071_61321_20222024	0.1	20222024	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071_61321_20232025	0.1	20232025	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071_61322_20212023	0.1	20212023	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071_61322_20222024	0.1	20222024	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071_61322_20232025	0.1	20232025	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
faostat_FS_210071_6132_20212023	0.1	20212023	FAOSTAT Suite of Food Security Indicators (FS), All Data Normalized bulk, 2026-07-10
showing 80 of 5,749 measured series — full list: CSV · JSON

Language

Name label

English canonical body. 249 name labels held (Wikidata). Missing languages are absent, not machine-translated.

ab Палау
ace Palau
aeb-arab پالاو
af Palau
am ፐላው
ami Palau
an Palau
ang Palau
anp पालाउ
ar بالاو
ary پالاو
arz بالاو
ast Paláu
avk Belaua
az Palau
azb پالاو
ba Палау
ban Palau
bar Palau
bcl Palau
be Палау
be-tarask Палаў
bew Palau
bg Палау
bi Palau
bjn Palau
bn পালাউ
bo པ་ལའུ།
bpy পালাউ
br Palau
bs Palau
bxr Палау
ca Palau
cbk-zam Palau
cdo Palau
ce Палау
ceb Palau
cho Palau
chr ᏆᎴᎠᏫ
chy Palau
ckb پالاو
co Pelau
crh Palau
crh-latn Palau
cs Palau
cv Палау
cy Palaw
da Palau
dag Palau
de Palau
de-at Palau
de-ch Palau
diq Palau
dty पलाउ
dv ޕަލާއޫ
dz པ་ལཱཝ།
el Παλάου
en Palau
en-ca Palau
eo Palaŭo
es Palaos
et Belau
eu Palau
ext Palau
fa پالائو
fi Palau
fj Palau
fo Palau
fr Palaos
frp Palaos
frr Paalau
fy Palau
ga Palau
gag Palau
gcr Palaos
gd Palau
gl Palau
glk پالاؤ
gn Paláu
gom पलाऊ
gom-deva पलाऊ
gom-latn Palau
got 𐍀𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿
gpe Palau
gsw Palau
gu પલાઉ
gv Palau
ha Palau
hak Palau
he פלאו
hi पलाउ
hif Palau
hr Palau
hsb Palau
ht Palao
hu Palau
hy Պալաու
ia Palau
id Palau
ie Palau
ik Palau
ilo Palau
inh Палау
io Palau
is Palaú
it Palau
ja パラオ
jam Palau
jv Palau
ka პალაუ
kaa Palau
kcg Pa̱la̱u
kge Palau
kk Палау Республикасы
km ប៉ាឡាវ
kn ಪಲಾವು
ko 팔라우
krc Палау
krj Kapalauhan
ksh Palau
ku Palau
kv Палау
kw Palau
ky Палау
la Palau
lad Palau
lb Palau
lfn Belau
li Palau
lij Palau
lld Palau
lmo Palau
lt Palau
lv Palau
lzh 帛琉
mg Palao
mhr Палау
mi Pārau
min Palau
mk Палау
ml പലാവു
mn Палау
mni ꯄꯥꯂꯥꯎ
mr पलाउ
mrj Палау
ms Palau
mt Palau
my ပလောင်းနိုင်ငံ
mzn پالائو
na Parau
nah Palaos
nan Palau
nb Palau
nds Palau
ne पालाउ
new पलाउ
nl Palau
nn Palau
nov Palau
nup Palau
oc Belau
olo Palau
or ପଲାଓ
os Палау
pa ਪਲਾਊ
pam Palau
pap Palau
pcd Palaos
pi पलाऊ
pih Palau
pl Palau
pms Palau
pnb پالاو
ps پالايو
pt Palau
pt-br Palau
qu Palaw
rki ပလောင်းသမ္မတနိုင်ငံ
rm Palau
ro Palau
ru Палау
rw Palawu
sah Палау
sat ᱯᱟᱞᱟᱣ
sc Palau (istadu)
scn Palau
sco Palau
sd پالائو
se Palau
sgs Palau
sh Palau
shn မိူင်းပႃႇလၢဝ်း
si පලාවු
sk Palau
sl Palav
sm Palau
smn Palau
sms Palau
sn Palau
so Balau
sq Palau
sr Палау
su Palau
sv Palau
sw Palau
szl Palau
szy Palau
ta பலாவு
tay Palau
te పలావు
tg Палау
th ประเทศปาเลา
tk Palau
tl Palaw
to Palau
tok ma telo Pela
tr Palau
trv Poryo
tt Палау
tum Palau
ty Parau
udm Палау
ug پالاۋ
uk Палау
ur پلاؤ
uz Palau
vec Palau
vep Palau
vi Palau
vo Palauvuäns
vro Belau
war Palau
wo Palau
wuu 帛琉
xal Паламудин Орн
xmf პალაუ
yo Páláù
yue 帛琉
za Palau
zea Palau
zh 帛琉
zh-cn 帕劳
zh-hans 帕劳
zh-hant 帛琉
zh-hk 帕勞
zh-mo 帕勞
zh-sg 帕劳
zh-tw 帛琉
zu i-Palau

Lane coverage

Measured, not promised
lane	status	what exists
patents · service	YELLOW · partial	2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 patent-document corpus (0%); only patent-count series present. Missing: full national patent-office document corpus. source
legal · service	YELLOW · partial	1 primary-law documents, 0 with full text mirrored (newest 1992); corpus covers this jurisdiction's official texts, not every instrument ever made source
alerts · service	GREEN · ingested	0 alerts in current GDACS/USGS window (measured, not an all-clear). \| 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full current GDACS (125) + USGS (284) window (409 alert rows) with per-record metadata. Kept green. source
defense · service	YELLOW · partial	2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 defense record corpus (0%); only SIPRI/World Bank series present. Missing: full UNROCA/SIPRI/DoD award records. source
space · service	YELLOW · partial	no orbital launch site in this country in the GCAT launch log (1942-2026) source
maps · service	GREEN · ingested	Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + centroid + bbox area computed (18.5 deg2); no cadastre, address data or navigation map. GADM L0 fallback: ok (gadm41_PLW_0.json). \| 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + GADM L0 fallback for every mapped country; complete geodata record set. Kept green. source
passport · service	GLOBAL · service live	pass.go-v.org is live; per-country identity documents are NOT ingested source
research · service	GREEN · ingested	196 scholarly works since 2021 with authoring institutions here (OpenAlex); a publication index, not a quality ranking source
economy · service	GREEN · ingested	GDP per capita, current US$ (World Bank); not a cost-of-living or inequality measure source
health · service	GREEN · ingested	life expectancy at birth, World Bank; not a health system performance rating source
education · service	YELLOW · partial	primary school enrolment (% gross), World Bank; tertiary data is shown when available source
energy · service	GREEN · ingested	access to electricity (% of population), World Bank source
water · service	YELLOW · partial	at least basic drinking water (% of population), World Bank/WHO; safely managed data shown when available source
connectivity · service	YELLOW · partial	fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, World Bank/ITU; internet-user share shown when available source
crime	YELLOW · partial	2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 0 numeric UNODC/OWID crime series rows only. Missing: full UNODC CTS offence/incident records. source
conflict	YELLOW · partial	2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UCDP/GDELT event corpus. source
business	YELLOW · partial	stale data (2020) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full company/enterprise registry corpus. source
science	GREEN · ingested	OpenAlex institutions snapshot 2026-10: 5 institutions, works counted per country; CC0 1.0. source
prison	YELLOW · partial	stale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full World Prison Brief prison corpus. source
interpol	YELLOW · partial	0 public Interpol Red Notices in the ingested snapshot list a national of this country (measured zero for this snapshot; not an absence of crime). source
arms	YELLOW · partial	stale data (2020) SIPRI arms-transfer trend indicator values (imports and exports) via the World Bank; TIV is a trend measure, not currency source
sanctions	GREEN · ingested	OFAC SDN 9 + UN consolidated 0 + EU 0 designation reference(s), snapshot 2026-10-26; counts are list references (text/code attribution), not convictions or proof of activity; 0 is a measured zero against these three ingested lists \| 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full OFAC SDN (19,471), UN consolidated (1,001) and EU (11,154) designation lists with per-record metadata (snapshot 2026-10-26). Kept green. source
agriculture	GREEN · ingested	agricultural land (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
food	YELLOW · partial	2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FAOSTAT food-balance corpus. source
labor	YELLOW · partial	2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full ILOSTAT labor corpus. source
finance	YELLOW · partial	2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full IMF/World Bank financial corpus. source
environment	GREEN · ingested	forest area (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
trade	GREEN · ingested	trade (% of GDP), World Bank source
migration	YELLOW · partial	net migration (5-year estimate), World Bank/UN source
tourism	YELLOW · partial	international tourist arrivals, World Bank/UNWTO source
housing	YELLOW · partial	urban population (% of total), World Bank; not a housing-cost or tenure measure source
transport	YELLOW · partial	2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 5 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full transport-network corpus. source
investment	YELLOW · partial	2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FDI/investment corpus. source
remittances	YELLOW · partial	2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WB/IMF remittance corpus. source
health_finance	YELLOW · partial	stale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WHO GHED health-finance corpus. source
budget	YELLOW · partial	stale data (2020) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full national budget/tender corpus. source
treaty	YELLOW · partial	2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNTC treaty-text corpus. source

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Backlinks

Department pages with measured records for Palau:

patents legal alerts defense space maps research economy health education energy water connectivity crime conflict business science prison interpol arms sanctions agriculture food labor finance environment trade migration tourism housing transport investment remittances health_finance budget treaty

patents recipes legal alerts defense space passport research

estate.json .well-known alias

Cite this page

Palau (PW). go-v.org estate, https://estate.116.202.234.183.nip.io/pw. Data: World Bank Open Data, OpenAlex, WIPO, Natural Earth, OpenStreetMap. Accessed 2026-11-08.