Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Palau
Palau: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 99.4% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Palau, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Palau is 99.4%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Palau peaked at 99.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 98.3%, in 2010.
Palau ranks 41st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Palau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 98.8% | — |
| 2010 | 98.3% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 98.5% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 98.4% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 98.9% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.2% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.2% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.4% | +0.2% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 99.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.3%, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Palau's 99.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 98.1%, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.8% | 98.8% | 98.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 98.9% | 98.3% | 99.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Palau
More private sector data for Palau
- Merchandise trade 47.8% (2025)
- Food imports 23.0% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 50.8% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 162.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 88.7% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 9.0% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 3.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 169.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Palau?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Palau was 99.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.3% in 2010.
- How does Palau rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Palau ranks 41st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Palau data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.