Palau's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) was US$116 million in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 78.46% from US$65 million in 2007 (5.96% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$116 million | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | US$105 million | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | US$65 million | 2007 |
| Highest | US$149 million | 2015 |
| Lowest | US$40 million | 2002 |
| Average since 2008 | US$106.2 million | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | US$58 million |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Palau's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) fell 17.7% on 2016 (from US$141 million to US$116 million).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2016), the average change was +5.7% and a typical year strayed about 12.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 24.7% in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.7% in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$8.18 million a year. A straight line explains 78% 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.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Palau | US$116 million | 2017 |
| World | US$1.47 trillion | 2019 |
| East Asia & Pacific | US$390.16 billion | 2019 |
| High income | US$1.04 trillion | 2019 |
What this measures
International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 20 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 116,000,000 |
| 2016 | 141,000,000 |
| 2015 | 149,000,000 |
| 2014 | 127,000,000 |
| 2013 | 113,000,000 |
| 2012 | 105,000,000 |
| 2011 | 91,000,000 |
| 2010 | 73,000,000 |
| 2009 | 73,000,000 |
| 2008 | 74,000,000 |
International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Australia — US$25.67 billion (2020)
- Brunei Darussalam — US$38 million (2020)
- Cambodia — US$1.02 billion (2020)
- China — US$14.23 billion (2020)
- Fiji — US$151 million (2020)
- French Polynesia — US$642 million (2018)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — US$2.84 billion (2020)
- Indonesia — US$3.31 billion (2020)
- Japan
More private sector & trade data for Palau
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 47.83% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$162 million (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$3 million (2025)
- International tourism, number of arrivals — 18,400 (2020)
- Import unit value index (2015 = 100) — 125.2 (2025)
- Export unit value index (2015 = 100) — 121.7 (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 84.82% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.78% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Palau's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$)?
- US$116 million in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1998?
- It is up 100% from US$58 million in 1998 (3.72% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$149 million in 2015 and the lowest US$40 million in 2002.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) unusual for Palau?
- In 2017, Palau's international tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) fell 17.7% on 2016 (from US$141 million to US$116 million). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2016), the average change was +5.7% and a typical year strayed about 12.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
- Where does this data come from?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TVLR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism 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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