Life expectancy vs. health spending in Palau
Palau: Life expectancy vs. health spending was 69.27 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy vs. health spending in Palau, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy vs. health spending in Palau stood at 69.27 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. health spending in Palau peaked at 69.27 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 52.67 years, in 1950.
Palau ranks 176th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 53.61 years | 52.67 years | 54.59 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 55.95 years | 54.85 years | 57.25 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 59.71 years | 57.67 years | 61.62 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.53 years | 61.91 years | 62.78 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 63.32 years | 62.79 years | 64.23 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.12 years | 64.5 years | 67.99 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.9 years | 68.35 years | 69.07 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.86 years | 68.56 years | 69.27 years | 4 |
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More health data for Palau
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 99 (2025)
- Population, female 8,157 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 42.4% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 25.5% (2025)
- Population, female 46.2% (2025)
- Population, male 9,506 (2025)
- Population, male 53.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 97 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 100 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 107 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy vs. health spending in Palau?
- Life expectancy vs. health spending in Palau was 69.27 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 69.27 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.67 years in 1950.
- How does Palau rank for life expectancy vs. health spending?
- Palau ranks 176th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy vs. health spending rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy at birth.