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Palau
Palau has no digital ID for citizens; its digital residency programme issues an ID to non-citizens. Palau ran a government USD-pegged stablecoin pilot with Ripple in 2023. Palau uses the US dollar.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Palau
- Program
- Republic of Palau ID card; Digital Residency (RNS) Palau ID for non-citizens
- Status
- No government digital ID
- National ID card
- ID card voluntary
- Biometrics
- Not confirmed
- Law
- Digital Residency Act; RPPL 11-14 Cyber Security Regulation
Palau has no digital ID system for citizens. A digital residency scheme from 2021-2022 gives non-citizens a Palau ID without living there. It does not confer citizenship. The source reports a 2024 ransomware attack on the Ministry of Finance. The citizen card is not described in the source; the 'voluntary' value comes from our earlier data.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Pilot
- Name
- Palau stablecoin (Ripple)
The tracker describes a government USD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger. Ripple ran a pilot in 2023 with about 200 government employees, froze it in September 2023, and began a second phase on 15 December 2023.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2024Rolling it out
A ransomware attack on the Ministry of Finance disrupted payroll. SEAP / Nationality For All — Digital ID: Palau ↗
- 2023-12-15Rolling it out
A second phase of the government stablecoin pilot began. Human Rights Foundation CBDC Tracker — Palau ↗
UN and WHO
How Palau has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- Not ranked
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the -1 adds up
- -1Running a CBDC pilot source ↗
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.