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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Palau: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Palau is placed 138th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 69.27 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 21.43 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
138th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
- 69.27Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 21.43Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- —Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024No reading for this country
- 6.9Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024Population in severe food insecurity (%)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Palau on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
69.27
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Palau: 69.27. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Micronesia
- 78.81 Northern Mariana Islands
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
21.43
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Palau: 21.43. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Micronesia
- 8.261 Nauru
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) publishes no reading from 2014–2024 for Palau, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Micronesia
- 15.18 Kiribati
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
6.9
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
Palau: 6.9. Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Micronesia
- 4.8 Kiribati
02Over time
Which way Palau is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
PalauWorld median
Palau rose from 64.5 in 2000 to 69.27 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Palau World median 2023 69.269 74.630 2022 68.922 74.313 2021 68.563 72.433 2020 68.689 73.063 2019 68.982 74.196 2018 68.989 74.081 2017 69.019 74.029 2016 69.046 74.013 2015 69.070 73.783 2014 69.062 73.330 2013 68.981 73.386 2012 68.863 73.210 2011 68.638 73.003 2010 68.347 72.827 2009 67.990 72.426 2008 67.562 72.264 2007 67.113 72.113 2006 66.633 72.027 2005 66.219 71.876 2004 65.816 71.477 2003 65.446 71.409 2002 65.076 71.173 2001 64.800 70.926 2000 64.499 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
PalauWorld median
Palau fell from 26.47 in 2000 to 21.43 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Palau World median 2024 21.426 14.5 2023 21.930 15.2 2022 22.419 14.7 2021 22.726 15.1 2020 22.948 15.3 2019 23.010 15.7 2018 22.878 16.3 2017 22.548 16.8 2016 21.935 17.5 2015 21.266 17.9 2014 20.629 18.3 2013 20.101 18.7 2012 19.694 18.8 2011 19.503 19.0 2010 19.523 19.2 2009 19.721 20.8 2008 20.096 20.7 2007 20.643 21.8 2006 21.316 22.8 2005 22.067 24.0 2004 22.865 25.9 2003 23.710 26.9 2002 24.600 28.0 2001 25.523 29.1 2000 26.475 30.4 Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Population in severe food insecurity (%) · lower is better
PalauWorld median
Palau was at 6.9 in both 2022 and 2024; the world median went from 5.45 to 4.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Palau World median 2024 7 4.9 2023 7 4.7 2022 7 5.4 2021 — 5.7 2020 — 5.6 2019 — 5.0 2018 — 4.2 2017 — 4.0 2016 — 3.4 2015 — 3.4
03In context
Palau beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Palau and Micronesia
Palau has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nauru | 126th | 62.11 | 8.261 | 15.74 | — |
| Palau | 138th | 69.27 | 21.43 | — | 6.9 |
 Kiribati | 141st | 66.47 | 53.09 | 15.18 | 4.8 |
 Micronesia | =148th | 67.2 | 22.42 | — | — |
 Marshall Islands | 162nd | 66.95 | 26.74 | 34.78 | — |
 Guam | not placed | 77.21 | — | — | — |
 Northern Mariana Islands | not placed | 78.81 | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Micronesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Palau in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Palau is ahead of the world, and behind
24 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median8
Statistics on which Palau does better than the middle country measured.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.910096.9No earlier reading
Palau: 100 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.455.114.45▼ Worsened since 2013
Palau: 5.1 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 199th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Palau: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919691▲ Improved since 2015
Palau: 96 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 909490▲ Improved since 2015
Palau: 94 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.7860.762▼ Worsened since 2013
Palau: 0.786 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 84th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.5880.564▲ Improved since 2018
Palau: 0.588 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.
Position 76th of 172 · derived.
Births Attended by Skilled Health StaffUNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) · 2023 · world median 99.399.599.3▼ Worsened since 2013
Palau: 99.5 · world median 99.3 · Births attended by skilled health staff (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 60.9 to 100; higher is better.
Position 37th of 84 · derived.
Behind the world median12
Statistics on which Palau does worse than the middle country measured.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1638.4198.163▼ Worsened since 2013
Palau: 8.419 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 97th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4629.9327.46▼ Worsened since 2013
Palau: 29.93 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 106th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2024 · world median 20.928.120.9▼ Worsened since 2022
Palau: 28.1 · world median 20.9 · Population in moderate or severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 88.8; lower is better.
Position 56th of 135 · derived, 1st = worst.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2563.871.25No real change since 2013
Palau: 63.8 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 118th of 196 · derived.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.13411.228.134▼ Worsened since 2014
Palau: 11.22 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 77th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2618.5712.26▼ Worsened since 2014
Palau: 18.57 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 72nd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.6589.4246.65▼ Worsened since 2013
Palau: 89.42 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 68th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8584.6052.858▼ Worsened since 2014
Palau: 4.605 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 63rd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.2113.5310.21No real change since 2010
Palau: 13.53 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 46th of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7198.44133.7▼ Worsened since 2013
Palau: 198.44 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 53rd of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3913.8716.39▼ Worsened since 2013
Palau: 13.87 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 178th of 222 · derived.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.52365.5▼ Worsened since 2018
Palau: 23 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 818181No earlier reading
Palau: 81 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 77th of 153 · derived.
No better end3
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.7310.81.73Moved since 2014
Palau: 10.8 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 28th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.425.635.4Moved since 2013
Palau: 25.6 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.2528.541.25Moved since 2013
Palau: 28.5 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
No current reading for Palau
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Average Weekly Hours Worked, Caesarean Section Rate, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Dietary Energy Supply, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Meat Supply per Person, Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Vegetable Supply per Person, Violent Discipline of Children and Wasting Prevalence in Children Under Five. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Palau’s 7 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Palau’s 6th best-placed topic of 7. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Democracy & Civil Liberties14th of 1982/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 52nd of 1933/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge78th of 1983/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital81st of 1963/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions117th of 1942/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing138th of 2003/4 keys
- Digital & Technology184th of 1983/4 keys
No standing on Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Peace & Security, Mobility & Trade, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality, Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Palau can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Oceania
Australia38th3/4 keysHighest in Micronesia
Nauru126th3/4 keysThis page
Palau138th3/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Palau and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Palau on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Palau rank on health & wellbeing?
Palau is placed 138th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth, Under-Five Mortality Rate and Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Palau?
69.27 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Palau?
21.43 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How have Palau’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 64.5 in 2000 to 69.27 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 26.47 in 2000 to 21.43 in 2024; Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity was 6.9 in both 2022 and 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Palau?
No current reading is published for Palau on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Average Weekly Hours Worked, Caesarean Section Rate, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Dietary Energy Supply, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Meat Supply per Person, Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Vegetable Supply per Person, Violent Discipline of Children and Wasting Prevalence in Children Under Five. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 24 statistics on this page come from 12 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Palau’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Palau (banner) — Lukas from Munich, Germany derivative work: Inkey, CC BY 2.0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Palau: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/palau/health