Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Palau
Palau: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 10.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Palau, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Palau recorded 10.9% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023.
That represents a change of down 27.0% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Palau peaked at 14.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 2002.
Palau ranks 19th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.5% | 7.3% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 9.8% | 12.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.4% | 10.9% | 14.9% | 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 total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Palau?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Palau was 10.9% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 14.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 2002.
- How does Palau rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Palau ranks 19th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).