Palau, year by year

Every index this site holds for Palau, in time order: 11 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2000

0.747 → 0.797 (+0.050)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 23 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth66.2 → 69.4 (+3.2)

Urban population78 → 79 (+1)

Births per woman2.02 → 1.88 (-0.14)

Renewable share of energy0 → 1 (+1)

Access to electricity99 → 100 (+1)

Infant mortality19 → 19 (-0)

CO2 emissions per person87.5 → 82.8 (-4.7)

Forest area87 → 91 (+4)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 11 series · 6 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	62.8	—	2.88	—	97	30	141.3	—	—	—
1991	—	62.9	70	2.74	—	97	30	137.1	83.3	—	—
1992	—	62.9	70	2.71	0	97	29	122.3	83.6	—	—
1993	—	63.0	71	2.73	0	97	28	122.3	83.9	—	—
1994	—	63.1	71	2.66	0	97	27	178.6	84.2	—	—
1995	—	63.3	71	2.55	0	97	27	136.7	84.5	—	—
1996	—	63.5	71	2.39	0	97	26	125.3	84.8	—	—
1997	—	63.7	71	2.19	0	98	25	139.1	85.1	—	—
1998	—	64.0	70	2.01	0	98	24	123.0	85.4	—	—
1999	—	64.2	70	1.91	0	98	23	128.0	85.7	—	—
2000	0.747	64.5	70	1.82	0	98	23	110.7	86.0	—	—
2001	0.754	64.8	71	1.87	0	98	22	122.1	86.3	—	—
2002	0.760	65.1	72	1.92	0	98	21	74.0	86.5	—	—
2003	0.765	65.5	75	1.96	0	98	20	87.4	86.7	—	—
2004	0.768	65.8	76	1.99	0	98	19	76.8	86.9	—	—
2005	0.779	66.2	78	2.02	0	99	19	87.5	87.1	—	—
2006	0.780	66.6	78	2.00	0	98	18	86.7	87.3	9737	13510
2007	0.782	67.1	79	1.97	0	98	18	71.7	87.5	10155	14182
2008	0.780	67.6	80	1.95	0	99	17	73.5	87.8	10471	13863
2009	0.777	68.0	80	1.94	0	99	17	116.2	88.0	9837	13294
2010	0.775	68.3	81	1.94	0	99	17	114.7	88.2	10018	13270
2011	0.778	68.6	81	1.97	0	99	17	131.1	88.4	10796	14409
2012	0.780	68.9	81	2.01	0	98	17	202.9	88.5	12098	15244
2013	0.776	69.0	81	2.05	0	99	17	103.4	88.7	12821	15388
2014	0.777	69.1	81	2.03	0	100	18	71.6	88.9	13855	16254
2015	0.782	69.1	80	2.00	0	100	18	67.3	89.1	15938	17756
2016	0.784	69.0	80	2.06	1	100	19	64.3	89.3	17044	18196
2017	0.786	69.0	80	2.02	1	100	19	67.2	89.5	16280	17873
2018	0.788	69.0	80	1.97	1	100	20	69.1	89.7	16180	18204
2019	0.792	69.0	79	1.98	1	100	20	71.3	89.8	15842	18577
2020	0.794	68.7	79	1.97	1	100	20	71.7	90.0	14556	17702
2021	0.802	68.6	79	1.95	1	100	20	74.7	90.2	13267	16312
2022	0.797	68.9	79	1.93	1	100	19	78.7	90.4	13935	17415
2023	—	69.3	79	1.91	—	100	19	78.9	90.5	15578	18313
2024	—	69.4	79	1.88	—	100	19	82.8	—	18169	21059
2025	—	—	79	—	—	—	—	—	—	19532	23052
Profile shows	0.797	69.4	79	1.88	1	—	—	82.8	90.5	19532	23052

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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