Palau: Final consumption expenditure (current LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Palau's final consumption expenditure (current LCU) rose 7% on 2023 (from 339.25 million to 363.09 million).

Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2023), the average change was +3.6% and a typical year strayed about 3.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.9% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.9% in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 7.47 million a year. A straight line explains 82% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 373.77 million for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 9.23 million, against 39.26 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Palau had the 36th highest value of the 37 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Palau in the 2024 ranking

• Timor-Leste — 33rd of 37: 2.69 billion
• Tonga — 34th of 37: 1.84 billion
• Kiribati — 35th of 37: 846.7 million
• Marshall Islands — 37th of 37: 353.45 million

What this measures

Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.

All 20 values

Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) in nearby economies

• Australia — 2.08 trillion (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 10.44 billion (2025)
• Cambodia — 131.49 trillion (2025)
• China — 76.41 trillion (2024)
• Fiji — 12.09 billion (2024)
• French Polynesia — 737.4 billion (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 2.62 trillion (2025)
• Indonesia — 14,950.6 trillion (2025)
• Japan — 464.34 trillion (2024)
• Kiribati

More economic policy & debt data for Palau

• GDP (current US$) — US$345 million (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 345 million (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$275.84 million (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 280 million (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$19,532 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 19,532 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$15,617 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 15,852 (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$351.4 million (2025)
• GNI (current LCU) — 351.4 million (2025)
• GNI per capita (current LCU) — 19,895 (2025)
• GDP (annual % growth)

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Questions people ask

What is Palau's final consumption expenditure (current LCU)?

363.09 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2005?

It is up 99.85% from 181.68 million in 2005 (3.71% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 363.09 million in 2024 and the lowest 181.68 million in 2005.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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