Palau
Government debt in Palau
Government debt in Palau: 36.9% of GDP in 2000 and 60.1% of GDP in 2024, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 60.1% of GDP
- Since 2000
- +23.2 percentage points
- Projected, 2031
- 41% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 41% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 73.5% of GDP in 2021, the lowest 15.6% of GDP in 2012.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Palau |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 60.1 |
| 2023 | 71.2 |
| 2022 | 70.1 |
| 2021 | 73.5 |
| 2020 | 55.5 |
| 2019 | 33.7 |
| 2018 | 33.5 |
| 2017 | 35.3 |
| 2016 | 35.1 |
| 2015 | 28.9 |
| 2014 | 35.9 |
| 2013 | 25.8 |
| 2012 | 15.6 |
| 2011 | 26.5 |
| 2010 | 29.5 |
| 2009 | 31.3 |
| 2008 | 30.9 |
| 2007 | 31.2 |
| 2006 | 29.8 |
| 2005 | 31.7 |
| 2004 | 30.8 |
| 2003 | 34.4 |
| 2002 | 33.5 |
| 2001 | 34.6 |
| 2000 | 36.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Palau |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.8 |
| 2026 | 53.8 |
| 2027 | 55.5 |
| 2028 | 53.5 |
| 2029 | 50.6 |
| 2030 | 45.8 |
| 2031 | 41 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
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