Palau: Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2021, Palau had the 180th highest value of the 196 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 2021 ranking

• Malta — 189th of 196: 0%
• Marshall Islands — 190th of 196: 0%
• Monaco — 191st of 196: 0%
• Puerto Rico (US) — 193rd of 196: 0%
• St. Kitts and Nevis — 194th of 196: 0%
• Tuvalu — 195th of 196: 0%

What this measures

Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 22 values

Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 0% (2021)
• Australia — 13.36% (2021)
• Brunei Darussalam — 24.28% (2021)
• Cambodia — 0.84% (2021)
• China — 1.71% (2021)
• Fiji — 2.25% (2021)
• French Polynesia — 0.00357% (2021)
• Guam — 0% (2021)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.000993% (2021)
• Indonesia — 5.16% (2021)

More environment data for Palau

• Rural population — 3,659 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 20.72% (2025)
• Urban population — 14,004 (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 79.28% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 11 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 803.11 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 814.11 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — -0.55% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — -0.09% (2025)
• Agricultural land (sq. km) — 43 (2024)
• Surface area (sq. km)

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Questions people ask

What is Palau's total natural resources rents (% of GDP)?

0% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is unchanged since 2000. The highest value was 0% in 2000 and the lowest 0% in 2000.

How does Palau rank?

180th highest of 196 economies with data for 2021.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/changing-wealth-of-nations/data, note: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations., publisher: World Bank (WB); Staff estimates, Wo….

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/changing-wealth-of-nations/data, note: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations., publisher: World Bank (WB); Staff estimates, Wo… 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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