# Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Palau

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Palau was 73.1% of GDP in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `imports_goods_services_gdp`
- Place id: `pw`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: Goods whose economic ownership passes from non-residents to residents, and services non-residents provide to residents, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Can pass 100% in re-export hubs, because imports are gross while GDP is value added. National accounts basis, so it differs from customs trade totals. For the amount in dollars see imports_goods_services_usd.
- Source: World Bank, Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/imports-share-of-gdp/palau
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=imports_goods_services_gdp&place=pw

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 73.1 |
| 2023 | 80.6 |
| 2022 | 88.2 |
| 2021 | 73 |
| 2020 | 81.1 |
| 2019 | 77.2 |
| 2018 | 75 |
| 2017 | 77 |
| 2016 | 70.6 |
| 2015 | 74.6 |
| 2014 | 90.5 |
| 2013 | 86.4 |
| 2012 | 88.3 |
| 2011 | 85.8 |
| 2010 | 76.7 |
| 2009 | 72.2 |
| 2008 | 80.9 |
| 2007 | 74 |
| 2006 | 82 |
| 2005 | 78 |