International Rankings of Nauru 2022, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Nauru, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Nauru, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	10	2010
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	187	950	2010
Internet users - percent of population	46	57 %	2019
Internet users - total	201	6136	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	36	19	2009
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	185	1900	2009
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	82	92	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	202	10000	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	203	113.400 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	203	103.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	96	9.2 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	206	114.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	161	11.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	6	37.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	6	98 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	163	89.1 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	9	42.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	2022
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	97	6.1 % of GDP	2009
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	45	33 % of GDP	2009
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	88	60.8 % of GDP	2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	109	N/A %	0
Labor force	208	N/A US Dollars	0
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	140	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - industry	127	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	2022
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	195	150.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	153	N/A US Dollars	2022
Taxes and other revenues	2	90.3 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	22	37.5	2013
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	42	20.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	29	26.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	193	66000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	192	34.216 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	191	15000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	193	0 kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	187	0 Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	180	400 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	190	449 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	175	0.05 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	175	0.01 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	140	12.53 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	136	20	2018
Land use - arable land	149	0	2018
Land use - forest	173	0	2018
Land use - other	18	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	8	20	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	0	2018
Revenue from coal	30	N/A % of GDP	2022
Revenue from forest resources	94	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	172	10.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	149	0.18	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	209	21 sq km	0
Area - total	209	21 sq km	0
Area - water	150	0239 sq km	0
Coastline	152	30 km	0
Elevation - highest point	171	70 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	152	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	136	20	2018
Land use - arable land	149	0	2018
Land use - forest	173	0	2018
Land use - other	18	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	8	20	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	0	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	92	15.68	2806
Age structure - 25-54 years	59	42.57	2050
Age structure - 55-64 years	124	6.97	3401
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	116	0.54 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	54	1.81 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	111	2.44 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	84	0.09 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	62	21.1 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	19	9.8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	115	6.32 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	141	3.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	6	25.8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	45	69.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	39	66 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	105	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	14	7.1 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
Infant mortality rate - female	152	5.5 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	133	10.1 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	140	7.84 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	141	71.62 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	162	64.38 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	151	67.93 years	0
Literacy - female	118	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	103	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	112	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	113	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2022
Median age - female	110	25.9 years	2020
Median age - male	90	28.2 years	0
Median age - total	96	27 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	170	10.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	1	61 %	2016
Physicians density	94	1.35 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	205	9811	2022
Population growth rate	114	0.42 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	28	96.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	91	3.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	65	3.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	31	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	18	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	50	0.7	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	46	0.51 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	1	49.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	17	47.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	1	48.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	53	2.62 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	150	0.18	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	22	37.5	2013
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	42	20.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	29	26.6	0
Transportation
Airports	119	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	131	3	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	86	7.940 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	143	45457	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	95	5	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	149	24 km	2002
Roadways - total	155	30 km	2002
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Nauru on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nauru 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nauru 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.