International trips for personal reasons in Palau
Palau: International trips for personal reasons was 18,000 in 2020. ▲ Rising
International trips for personal reasons in Palau, 1995–2020
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Palau recorded 18,000 for international trips for personal reasons in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 80.9% on the previous year and down 78.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international trips for personal reasons in Palau peaked at 160,400 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 18,000, in 2020.
That places Palau 163rd out of 179 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International trips for personal reasons in Palau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 51,000 | — |
| 1996 | 66,000 | +29.4% |
| 1997 | 71,000 | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 60,000 | -15.5% |
| 1999 | 52,000 | -13.3% |
| 2000 | 54,000 | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 51,000 | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 55,000 | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 60,000 | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 85,000 | +41.7% |
| 2005 | 76,000 | -10.6% |
| 2006 | 78,000 | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 84,000 | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 76,000 | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 68,000 | -10.5% |
| 2010 | 82,000 | +20.6% |
| 2011 | 106,000 | +29.3% |
| 2012 | 116,000 | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 102,000 | -12.1% |
| 2014 | 139,000 | +36.3% |
| 2015 | 160,400 | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 138,000 | -14.0% |
| 2017 | 123,000 | -10.9% |
| 2018 | 106,000 | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 94,000 | -11.3% |
| 2020 | 18,000 | -80.9% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 18,000 is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.47 million, 1% of the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Palau's 18,000 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 466,300, 4% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60,000 | 51,000 | 71,000 | 5 |
| 2000s | 68,700 | 51,000 | 85,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 116,640 | 82,000 | 160,400 | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 160 Sierra Leone 26,300 compare
- 161 Comoros 24,900 compare
- 162 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,200 compare
- 164 Tonga 17,700 compare
- 165 Papua New Guinea 17,600 compare
- 166 American Samoa 16,640 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) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Elections for the governments chief executive 1 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Consumer price index 160.77 (2025)
- Universal suffrage lexical 2 (2025)
- Political regime lexical 7 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international trips for personal reasons in Palau?
- International trips for personal reasons in Palau was 18,000 in 2020, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest international trips for personal reasons recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 160,400 in 2015.
- What is the lowest international trips for personal reasons recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,000 in 2020.
- How does Palau rank for international trips for personal reasons?
- Palau ranks 163rd out of 179 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international trips for personal reasons rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of International trips for personal reasons. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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