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Government debt

Palau

Palau. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 202552.8%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 20250.185856History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 202510,325History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 20250.352History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Palau: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 52.8% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 0.185856 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 7.3 percentage points below its 2024 level.
  • This is below the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio increases by 23.9 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time02550751002000200520102015202020252031Palau · 2000: 36.9% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2001: 34.6% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2002: 33.5% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2003: 34.4% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2004: 30.8% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2005: 31.6% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2006: 29.8% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2007: 31.2% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2008: 30.9% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2009: 31.3% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2010: 29.5% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2011: 26.5% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2012: 15.6% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2013: 25.8% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2014: 35.9% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2015: 28.9% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2016: 35.1% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2017: 35.3% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2018: 33.5% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2019: 33.7% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2020: 55.5% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2021: 73.5% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2022: 70.1% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2023: 71.2% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2024: 60.1% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2025: 52.8% — History / IMF estimatesPalau · 2026: 53.8% — IMF estimate / projectionPalau · 2027: 55.5% — IMF projectionPalau · 2028: 53.5% — IMF projectionPalau · 2029: 50.6% — IMF projectionPalau · 2030: 45.8% — IMF projectionPalau · 2031: 41.0% — IMF projection
Palau
Chart data table
YearPalau (%)Source
203141.0IMF projection
203045.8IMF projection
202950.6IMF projection
202853.5IMF projection
202755.5IMF projection
202653.8IMF estimate / projection
202552.8History / IMF estimates
202460.1History / IMF estimates
202371.2History / IMF estimates
202270.1History / IMF estimates
202173.5History / IMF estimates
202055.5History / IMF estimates
201933.7History / IMF estimates
201833.5History / IMF estimates
201735.3History / IMF estimates
201635.1History / IMF estimates
201528.9History / IMF estimates
201435.9History / IMF estimates
201325.8History / IMF estimates
201215.6History / IMF estimates
201126.5History / IMF estimates
201029.5History / IMF estimates
200931.3History / IMF estimates
200830.9History / IMF estimates
200731.2History / IMF estimates
200629.8History / IMF estimates
200531.6History / IMF estimates
200430.8History / IMF estimates
200334.4History / IMF estimates
200233.5History / IMF estimates
200134.6History / IMF estimates
200036.9History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data