Current account balance in Palau

The current account balance of Palau was -48.6% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2005 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Palau, 2023 -48.6% % of GDP
Change from 2022 −1.3percentage points 2022: -47.3%

Current account balance in Palau over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2005 to 2023
Period Palau
2023 -48.6%
2022 -47.3%
2021 -40.7%
2020 -43.9%
2019 -30.4%
2018 -18.6%
2017 -22.9%
2016 -16.1%
2015 -8.6%
2014 -19.7%
2013 -12.9%
2012 -16.0%
2011 -13.0%
2010 -10.1%
2009 -3.3%
2008 -17.2%
2007 -18.5%
2006 -25.6%
2005 -21.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.3 percentage points from -47.3% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was -12.9%, the figure has changed by −35.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2005 to 2023 for Palau
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics