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

Human development rose from 0.736 in 2000 to 0.786 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 24 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 69.4 years2024at birthUp 3.2 years from 66.2 years in 2005
Urban population: 79%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 1 point from 78% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.882024births per womanDown 0.14 from 2.02 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 1%2022of energy usedUp 1 point from 0% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 1 point from 99% in 2005
Infant mortality: 192024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsLevel with 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 82.8 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 4.7 t from 87.5 t in 2005
Forest area: 91%2023of land under forestUp 4 points from 87% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	70.0	2.74	—	97	30	137.1	83.3	—	—
1992	—	62.9	70.4	2.71	0.0	97	29	122.3	83.6	—	—
1993	—	63.0	70.9	2.73	0.0	97	28	122.3	83.9	—	—
1994	—	63.1	71.2	2.66	0.0	97	27	178.6	84.2	—	—
1995	—	63.3	71.4	2.55	0.0	97	27	136.7	84.5	—	—
1996	—	63.5	71.3	2.39	0.0	97	26	125.3	84.8	—	—
1997	—	63.7	70.8	2.19	0.0	98	25	139.1	85.1	—	—
1998	—	64.0	70.2	2.01	0.0	98	24	123.0	85.4	—	—
1999	—	64.2	69.7	1.91	0.0	98	23	128.0	85.7	—	—
2000	0.736	64.5	69.6	1.82	0.0	98	23	110.7	86.0	—	—
2001	0.741	64.8	70.5	1.87	0.0	98	22	122.1	86.3	—	—
2002	0.746	65.1	72.4	1.92	0.0	98	21	74.0	86.5	—	—
2003	0.749	65.5	74.5	1.96	0.0	98	20	87.4	86.7	—	—
2004	0.755	65.8	76.5	1.99	0.0	98	19	76.8	86.9	—	—
2005	0.761	66.2	77.6	2.02	0.0	99	19	87.5	87.1	—	—
2006	0.765	66.6	78.3	2.00	0.0	98	18	86.7	87.3	9737	13510
2007	0.771	67.1	79.0	1.97	0.0	98	18	71.7	87.5	10155	14182
2008	0.773	67.6	79.7	1.95	0.0	99	17	73.5	87.8	10471	13863
2009	0.776	68.0	80.2	1.94	0.0	99	17	116.2	88.0	9837	13294
2010	0.779	68.3	80.7	1.94	0.0	99	17	114.7	88.2	10018	13270
2011	0.784	68.6	81.0	1.97	0.0	99	17	131.1	88.4	10796	14409
2012	0.787	68.9	81.1	2.01	0.0	98	17	202.9	88.5	12098	15244
2013	0.791	69.0	81.1	2.05	0.0	99	17	103.4	88.7	12821	15388
2014	0.795	69.1	80.7	2.03	0.3	100	18	71.6	88.9	13855	16254
2015	0.802	69.1	80.4	2.00	0.4	100	18	67.3	89.1	15938	17756
2016	0.804	69.0	80.1	2.06	0.6	100	19	64.3	89.3	17044	18196
2017	0.804	69.0	79.8	2.02	0.6	100	19	67.2	89.5	16280	17873
2018	0.805	69.0	79.5	1.97	0.6	100	20	69.1	89.7	16180	18204
2019	0.806	69.0	79.3	1.98	0.9	100	20	71.3	89.8	15842	18577
2020	0.799	68.7	79.1	1.97	0.9	100	20	71.7	90.0	14556	17702
2021	0.789	68.6	79.1	1.95	0.9	100	20	74.7	90.2	13267	16312
2022	0.786	68.9	79.1	1.93	0.9	100	19	78.7	90.4	13935	17415
2023	0.786	69.3	79.2	1.91	—	100	19	78.9	90.5	15578	18313
2024	—	69.4	79.2	1.88	—	100	19	82.8	—	18169	21059
2025	—	—	79.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	19532	23052
On the profile	0.786	69.4	79.3	1.88	0.9	—	—	82.8	90.5	19532	23052

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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. The last row, On the profile, is the figure the country profile shows today, set under its series so the two can be checked against each other. ≠ marks a difference of more than 2%: none on this page.

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