Starting a business: Minimum capital in Palau
Palau: Starting a business: Minimum capital was 5.9% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Palau, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of income per capita.
Analysis
Palau recorded 5.9% for starting a business: minimum capital in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 24.4% on the previous year and down 49.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: minimum capital in Palau peaked at 16.1% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.9%, in 2019.
That places Palau 33rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Palau, year by year
| Year | % of income per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13.3% | — |
| 2004 | 13.1% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 14.6% | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 13.1% | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 12.5% | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 12.2% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 11.6% | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 16.1% | +38.8% |
| 2011 | 15.4% | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 13.9% | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | -27.3% |
| 2014 | 8.8% | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 8.7% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 7.7% | -11.5% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 5.9% | -24.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.9% | 11.6% | 14.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 10.2% | 5.9% | 16.1% | 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 starting a business: minimum capital in Palau?
- Starting a business: minimum capital in Palau was 5.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 16.1% in 2010.
- What is the lowest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9% in 2019.
- How does Palau rank for starting a business: minimum capital?
- Palau ranks 33rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: minimum capital rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palau data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related to the payment of the minimum capital requirement is recorded. In case the legal minimum capital is provided per share, it is assumed 5 shareholders own the company and the legal minimum capital is multiplied by 5 shares. If an economy requires a minimum capital but allows businesses to pay only a part of it before registration, only this part is recorded.