Palau vs Post-demographic dividend: Expense

Palau
59.0%
in 2020
Post-demographic dividend
30.5%
in 2023
Palau rank
5th
Post-demographic dividend rank
10th

Expense over time

  • Palau
  • Post-demographic dividend
2030405060197219972023

How they compare

Palau currently reports 59.0% against 30.5% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 28.5%.

That makes Palau's figure about 1.9 times Post-demographic dividend's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Palau has been ahead every year.

Palau ranks 5th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 10th of 157 countries.

Palau has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Palau Post-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
2000s 51.5% 28.1% 23.4% Palau
2010s 45.8% 27.9% 17.9% Palau
2020s 59.0% 34.7% 24.3% Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher expense, Palau or Post-demographic dividend?
Palau, at 59.0% against 30.5% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2020.
What is the difference in expense between Palau and Post-demographic dividend?
28.5%, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Post-demographic dividend?
13 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2020.
How do Palau and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for expense?
Palau ranks 5th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 10th of 157 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Expense (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Palau vs Post-demographic dividend: Expense. Statizoid, drawing on Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/expense-percent-of-gdp/palau/post-demographic-dividend/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/expense-percent-of-gdp/palau/post-demographic-dividend/">Palau vs Post-demographic dividend: Expense</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Expense (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 5,211 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.