Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
We advise caution when travelling to Palau We advise caution when travelling to Palau. We detected travel advisories from 2 sources for this specific country.
This country shares no land border with any other country. Thus, the region score is identical to the country risk rating.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Palau. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Palau.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Palau.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Palau from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.0 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 0 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Danger level: 0 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
If you are planning international travel at this time, please read our COVID-19 related travel advice here, alongside our destination specific travel advice below.
Danger level: 1 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Reissued after periodic review without changes Exercise normal precautions in Palau. Read the country information page for additional information on travel to Palau.
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Palau. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Palau changed from 4.3 to 3.7. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government decreased their existing warning for Palau to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -2.0).
The total rating for Palau changed from 3.3 to 4.3. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Palau to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +3.0).
The total rating for Palau changed from 3.0 to 3.3. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Palau with a rating of 4.0.
The total rating for Palau changed from 2.5 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government increased their existing warning for Palau to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Palau changed from 1.0 to 2.5. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Palau with a rating of 4.0.
The total rating for Palau changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government issued a new warning for Palau with a rating of 1.0.
Palau with its capital Melekeok is a country in Oceania (Micronesia), slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC (458 km²). The country is located Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines. The climate can be described as tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November. The landscape is varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs. With a population of less than a million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Melekeok |
| Population | less than one million |
| Size | 458 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC |
| Common languages | English, Finnish, Japanese, Panjabi, Somali, Tonga, Chinese |
| Currency | Dollar (short: USD) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 115/230V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900 |
| International phone prefix | +680 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .pw |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | PW |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | PLW |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 585 |
These are problems Palau is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Palau. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Palau.
Export products
Import products
Palau is currently rated at 3,0 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 2 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Palau.
Visiting the country Palau is usually fine. The score is at 3,0 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 2 individual sources for Palau.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Palau. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Palau.
Palau has a size of 458 km² or 177 mi² which is slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC.
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Travel safety map for Palau.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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