Palau's financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU) was 4.24 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.65% from 4.01 million in 2014 (0.55% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.24 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 4.35 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.01 million | 2014 |
| Highest | 5.61 million | 2007 |
| Lowest | 2.99 million | 2012 |
| Average since 2015 | 4.25 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 4.38 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Palau's financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU) fell 8.6% on 2023 (from 4.64 million to 4.24 million).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +1% and a typical year strayed about 12.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below 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 20.9% in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 29.1% in 2012. 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 76,304 a year. A straight line explains 51% 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.
Closest to Palau in the 2024 ranking
- Solomon Islands — 5th of 8: 269 million
- Kiribati — 6th of 8: 16.89 million
- Marshall Islands — 7th of 8: 11.33 million
What this measures
Financial intermediation services which are implicitly charged in the form of either the difference between a reference rate and the interest rate actually paid to depositors, or the difference between the interest rate charged to borrowers and a reference rate. 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 25 values
| Year | Financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,239,400 |
| 2023 | 4,638,400 |
| 2022 | 4,293,800 |
| 2021 | 4,542,500 |
| 2020 | 4,541,200 |
| 2019 | 4,346,200 |
| 2018 | 4,405,300 |
| 2017 | 3,966,700 |
| 2016 | 3,662,300 |
| 2015 | 3,848,800 |
Financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU) in nearby economies
- French Polynesia — 13.45 billion (2020)
- Kiribati — 16.89 million (2024)
- Lao PDR — 100 (2015)
- Marshall Islands — 11.33 million (2024)
- Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 8.08 million (2025)
- New Caledonia — 26.06 billion (2017)
- Samoa — 223.58 million (2025)
- Solomon Islands — 269 million (2024)
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Palau's financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU)?
- 4.24 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 3.28% from 4.38 million in 2000 (0.14% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 5.61 million in 2007 and the lowest 2.99 million in 2012.
- Is the latest change in financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU) unusual for Palau?
- In 2024, Palau's financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU) fell 8.6% on 2023 (from 4.64 million to 4.24 million). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +1% and a typical year strayed about 12.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.FSM.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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