Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Palau
Palau: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 98.5% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Palau, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Palau stood at 98.5%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Palau peaked at 98.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 96.0%, in 2010.
Palau ranks 159th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Palau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 96.7% | — |
| 2004 | 96.7% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 96.4% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 96.7% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 96.9% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 97.0% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 97.1% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 96.0% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 96.1% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 96.5% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 97.5% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 97.8% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 97.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 98.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 98.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 98.1% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 98.5% | +0.5% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 98.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 100.0%, 99% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Palau's 98.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 100.0%, 99% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.8% | 96.4% | 97.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 97.4% | 96.0% | 98.5% | 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: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Palau?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Palau was 98.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 98.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.0% in 2010.
- How does Palau rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Palau ranks 159th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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 Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement 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.