Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre in Palau
Palau: Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre was 0.0022 units per square kilometre in 2023. ▬ Flat
Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre in Palau, 1994–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
Palau recorded 0.0022 units per square kilometre for political rights rating fh, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights rating fh, per square kilometre in Palau peaked at 0.0022 units per square kilometre in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.0022 units per square kilometre, in 1994.
That places Palau 20th out of 196 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre in Palau, year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1995 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 17 Comoros 0.0027 units per square kilometre compare
- 18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0026 units per square kilometre compare
- 19 Barbados 0.0023 units per square kilometre compare
- 21 Andorra 0.0021 units per square kilometre compare
- 22 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0021 units per square kilometre compare
- 23 Saint Lucia 0.0016 units per square kilometre compare
More social development data for Palau
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Physical Integrity Rights Score 4.52 (2019)
- Political Rights Score 37 (2025)
- Freedom Score 92 (2025)
- Full democracy 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights rating fh, per square kilometre in Palau?
- Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre in Palau was 0.0022 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest political rights rating fh, per square kilometre recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0022 units per square kilometre in 1994.
- What is the lowest political rights rating fh, per square kilometre recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0022 units per square kilometre in 1994.
- How does Palau rank for political rights rating fh, per square kilometre?
- Palau ranks 20th out of 196 countries with data for 2023.
- Is political rights rating fh, per square kilometre rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Palau data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Political rights rating fh divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Political rights rating fh ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Political Rights Rating Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Political rights rating fh divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.