Investment share of GDP in Palau

Investment in Palau was equal to 35.0% of GDP in 2024.

Palau, 2024 35.0% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.7percentage points 2023: 35.7%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 11th of 169 See the full ranking

Investment share of GDP 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.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period PalauWorld
2024 35.0% 26.3%
2023 35.7% 26.7%
2022 44.2% 27.5%
2021 37.9% 27.2%
2020 42.2% 26.5%
2019 34.6% 26.6%
2018 28.8% 26.7%
2017 32.8% 26.1%
2016 28.9% 25.7%
2015 28.4% 25.9%
2014 31.4% 25.9%
2013 24.5% 25.6%
2012 28.2% 25.5%
2011 30.0% 25.3%
2010 26.1% 24.6%
2009 25.9% 23.4%
2008 32.1% 25.5%
2007 35.6% 25.5%
2006 39.1% 25.0%
2005 43.8% 24.5%
2004 – 24.1%
2003 – 23.4%
2002 – 23.3%
2001 – 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 35.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 31.4%, the figure has changed by +3.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2024, Palau has the 11th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 26.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2005 to 2024 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices