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