Political Stability - Number of sources in Palau
Palau: Political Stability - Number of sources was 3 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
3
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
192nd
of 208 countries
All-time high
3
in 2022
All-time low
1
in 2003
Years of data
23
2003–2025
Political Stability - Number of sources in Palau, 2003–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political stability - number of sources in Palau is 3, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - number of sources in Palau peaked at 3 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2003.
Palau ranks 192nd of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Political Stability - Number of sources in Palau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1 | — |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2010 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 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 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 2023 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3 | +0.0% |
Palau compared with similar countries
- Palau's 3 is below the median for high income countries, which is 9, 33% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Palau's 3 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7, 43% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.14 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.67 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 192 Andorra 3 compare
- 192 Aruba 3 compare
- 192 Cayman Islands 3 compare
- 192 Marshall Islands 3 compare
- 192 Micronesia (country) 3 compare
- 192 Monaco 3 compare
- 192 Nauru 3 compare
- 192 San Marino 3 compare
More reference data data for Palau
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - 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)
- Urban vs rural majority, annual growth rate 0.0935 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban vs rural majority, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Political opposition, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament and government, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Free country, gaps filled 2 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - number of sources in Palau?
- Political stability - number of sources in Palau was 3 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest political stability - number of sources recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2022.
- What is the lowest political stability - number of sources recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2003.
- How does Palau rank for political stability - number of sources?
- Palau ranks 192nd out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - 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 Political Stability - Number of sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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