Palau geopolitical profile
National context alongside 69 of 194 possible reviewed directions from Palau. Relationship scores remain directional: the reverse country view may differ.
1Cooperative68Mixed
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Economy
People & place
Global context
2026 OUTLOOK · ESTIMATES
Current-year economic outlook
IMF projections are shown separately from observed World Bank data and may be revised.
IMF World Economic Outlook · April 2026 database · published 2026-04-14 · downloaded 2026-09-25
GDP per capita$19.5K
2015 $15.9K → 2025 $19.5KGDP growth6.3%
2015 8.6% → 2025 6.3%Inflation-0.4%
2015 0.9% → 2025 -0.4%Population17.7K
2015 17.8K → 2025 17.7KWorld Bank Indicators API · downloaded 2026-09-17 · each card uses its latest available year · CC BY 4.0
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Geopolitical position
A relational fingerprint calculated only from reviewed directions. Coverage is stated beside every aggregate.
CURRENT REVIEWED LAYER
Relationships from Palau
Sorted from highest to lowest for navigation, not as a league table. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties. Select a row for the evidence-backed directional page and its reciprocal comparison.
CountryScoreBandConfidenceEvidence
United StatesPLW → USA+22Cooperative95%Broad sourced evidenceAlgeriaPLW → DZA+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceAustraliaPLW → AUS+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceAustriaPLW → AUT+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBangladeshPLW → BGD+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBelgiumPLW → BEL+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBrazilPLW → BRA+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBulgariaPLW → BGR+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceChilePLW → CHL+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceColombiaPLW → COL+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCroatiaPLW → HRV+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCzechiaPLW → CZE+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceDenmarkPLW → DNK+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceDominican RepublicPLW → DOM+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceEcuadorPLW → ECU+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceEgyptPLW → EGY+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceEthiopiaPLW → ETH+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceFinlandPLW → FIN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceFrancePLW → FRA+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGermanyPLW → DEU+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGreecePLW → GRC+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceHungaryPLW → HUN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIndonesiaPLW → IDN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIraqPLW → IRQ+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIrelandPLW → IRL+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceItalyPLW → ITA+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceJapanPLW → JPN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceKazakhstanPLW → KAZ+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceKenyaPLW → KEN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceKuwaitPLW → KWT+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceMalaysiaPLW → MYS+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceMexicoPLW → MEX+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceMoroccoPLW → MAR+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNetherlandsPLW → NLD+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNew ZealandPLW → NZL+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNigeriaPLW → NGA+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidencePeruPLW → PER+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidencePhilippinesPLW → PHL+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidencePolandPLW → POL+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidencePortugalPLW → PRT+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceQatarPLW → QAT+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceRomaniaPLW → ROU+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSaudi ArabiaPLW → SAU+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSingaporePLW → SGP+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSouth AfricaPLW → ZAF+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSpainPLW → ESP+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSwedenPLW → SWE+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceThailandPLW → THA+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceTürkiyePLW → TUR+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceUnited Arab EmiratesPLW → ARE+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceUnited KingdomPLW → GBR+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceUzbekistanPLW → UZB+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceVietnamPLW → VNM+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceAngolaPLW → AGO+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyArgentinaPLW → ARG+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCanadaPLW → CAN+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyGhanaPLW → GHA+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyGuatemalaPLW → GTM+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIndiaPLW → IND+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIranPLW → IRN+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNorwayPLW → NOR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPakistanPLW → PAK+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceRussiaPLW → RUS+2Mixed53%Documented bilateral evidenceSlovakiaPLW → SVK+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySouth KoreaPLW → KOR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySwitzerlandPLW → CHE+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUkrainePLW → UKR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIsraelPLW → ISR0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyChinaPLW → CHN-3Mixed56%Documented bilateral evidenceEvery component begins at zero. Only documented rules and measured thresholds alter the score; unavailable evidence is not converted into a neutral assumption. Gaps below 5 points should not be interpreted as a meaningful ranking.