Health in Palau 1,112 indicators covering health for Palau. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure 12.1% 2023 down 24.4% 157th Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 6.6% 2023 up 20.5% 29th Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 13.3% 2023 down 2.6% 61st Current health expenditure (CHE) per capita in US$ 1,684 2023 up 20.3% 47th Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$ 347.23 2023 down 9.9% 60th Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) per capita in 1,025 2023 up 46.0% 50th Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 10.9% 2023 down 0.7% 19th Health spending as a share of total government spending 13.3% 2023 down 2.6% 61st Mumps - number of reported cases 0 2025 — 110th Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 0 2025 — 99th Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population) 0 2023 down 100.0% 175th Dentists 7 2023 up 75.0% 169th Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against Haemophilus influenzae type B 99.0% 2024 unchanged 1st External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$ 311.87 2023 down 0.0% 4th Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases 0 2025 — 16th Nursing and midwifery personnel 117 2023 up 5.4% 186th Nursing personnel 117 2023 up 5.4% 185th People using safely managed drinking water services, rural 57.3% 2024 up 1.9% 31st Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 38.06 2019 down 3.7% 25th Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 39.62 2019 up 7.3% 16th Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 53.9% 2019 up 17.2% 98th Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 44.2 2019 up 1.6% 33rd Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 14.0% 2019 up 53.8% 121st Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 14.6% 2019 up 67.8% 111th Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 37.6% 2019 up 30.1% 109th Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 36.2% 2019 up 12.4% 119th Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 55.2% 2019 up 26.3% 91st Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 46.4 2019 up 14.9% 33rd Pneumococcal conjugate second or third-dose vaccines (PCVc) 95.0% 2025 unchanged 38th Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against rubella 7.84 one-year-olds 2023 up 239.4% 166th Medical doctors 18.08 2023 up 28.0% 96th Adolescent birth rate 0 2019 — 147th Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 99.5% 2023 up 0.4% 64th Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 26.4% 2022 down 8.8% 101st Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 26.0% 2022 down 12.3% 93rd 3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 94 2022 up 5.6% 67th Nursing and midwifery personnel 66.1 2023 up 5.4% 48th Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe 88.0% 2024 up 8.6% 78th Share of children fully vaccinated against measles 88.0% 2024 up 8.6% 78th TB patients with known HIV status 80.0% 2024 up 1.3% 126th Dentists 3.96 2023 up 76.0% 71st Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 0 2024 down 100.0% 169th Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against Haemophilus influenzae type B 15.68 one-year-olds 2023 up 578.8% 186th Capital health expenditure 1.0% 2022 up 1,226.1% 5th Adolescent birth rate 0 2019 — 170th Births attended by skilled health personnel 99.5% 2023 up 0.5% 59th Number of new leprosy cases 2 2025 unchanged 117th New cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 100.0% 2024 up 16.3% 1st Deaths from falls 2.58 deaths 2021 up 12.2% 186th Death rate from falls 14.31 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 13.5% 20th Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year 1.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 16.7% 36th Death rate from natural disasters 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — 83rd Deaths from natural disasters 0 deaths 2021 — 89th Deaths from fires and burns 0.79 deaths 2021 down 9.2% 184th Number of deaths 206.67 deaths 2021 up 15.3% 190th Death rate from fires and burns 4.38 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.2% 17th Diarrheal disease deaths 3.87 deaths 2021 up 20.6% 174th Diarrheal diseases death rate 21.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 22.0% 40th Number of deaths from malaria 0 deaths 2021 — 70th Number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases 73.95 deaths 2021 up 12.8% 189th ← Previous Page 15 of 19 Next →