Alii! Welcome to the Office of Planning & Statistics Website, Bureau of Budget and Planning in the Ministry of Finance. The Statistics Division is the official statistical agency of the Republic of Palau. This website contains the key statistical indicators provided as a ‘national effort’ by the various statistical agencies in Palau. We gratefully acknowledge the support of these agencies through the provision of their statistical information. This information has been collected, compiled and processed in close cooperation with the relevant Government ministries and agencies, as well as semi-government agencies, banking institutions and non-profit institutions. 

We are also grateful for the support of the US Bureau of the Census for their assistance with demographic and social statistics. Contact information for these agencies is available here. 

This statistical website will serve as a major source of information both within Palau and the wider international community. It will be updated on a quarterly basis or as statistics become available to the Statistics Division. Our schedule of publication provides the expected dates or timing when certain reports will be available in our website.

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We would like to thank the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, Statistical and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Statistics Section, Pacific (PRISM) project for training, equipment and technical assistance provided.

We trust that this website will be of great use to all visitors. Any comments and suggestions are welcome.

With training from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community PRISM project