Government Effectiveness - Number of sources in Palau
Palau: Government Effectiveness - Number of sources was 3 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Number of sources in Palau, 2008–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - number of sources in Palau stood at 3. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.0% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - number of sources in Palau peaked at 3 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2008.
Palau ranks 190th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Number of sources in Palau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 | — |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2016 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3 | +50.0% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 3 is below the median for high income countries, which is 9, 33% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Palau's 3 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7, 43% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.17 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 190 Antigua and Barbuda 3 compare
- 190 Aruba 3 compare
- 190 Cayman Islands 3 compare
- 190 Dominica 3 compare
- 190 Liechtenstein 3 compare
- 190 Nauru 3 compare
More reference data data for Palau
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Civil liberties rating fh 1 (2025)
- Political regime lexical 7 (2025)
- Elections for the governments chief executive 1 (2025)
- Political regime fh 2 (2025)
- Elections legislature lexical 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - number of sources in Palau?
- Government effectiveness - number of sources in Palau was 3 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest government effectiveness - number of sources recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2025.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - number of sources recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2008.
- How does Palau rank for government effectiveness - number of sources?
- Palau ranks 190th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - number of sources rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Government Effectiveness - Number of sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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