Foreign direct investment inflows in Palau
Net foreign direct investment inflows to Palau were 16.6% of GDP in 2025.
Palau, 2025
16.6%
Change from 2024
−0.6percentage points
World, 2025
1.4%
Position in 2025
9th of 184
Foreign direct investment inflows in Palau over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Palau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.6% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 17.2% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 28.9% | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 30.1% | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 13.6% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 17.0% | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 16.1% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 17.6% | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 16.5% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 21.3% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 12.2% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 16.2% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 8.0% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 2.4% | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 17.4% | 4.2% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 4.1% | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 3.0% | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| 2001 | -0.9% | 2.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 17.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 12.2%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Palau has the 9th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.