International Rankings of Nauru 2023, 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	44	10	2010
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	195	950	2010
Internet users - percent of population	24	84 %	2021
Internet users - total	216	10920	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2018
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	204	N/A	2018
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	77	80	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	212	10000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	209	158.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	208	195.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	100	9.2 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	74	8.406 million US Dollars	2018
Debt - external	201	33.300 million US Dollars	2004
Exports	213	31.101 million US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	226	114.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	172	11.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	8	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	174	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	75	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	101	6.1 % of GDP	2009
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	48	33 % of GDP	2009
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	99	60.8 % of GDP	2009
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	79	34.8 %	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	218	94.796 million US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	197	N/A %	0
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	62	5.1 %	2017
Labor force	231	N/A US Dollars	0
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	73	62 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	224	149.474 million US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	157	1.5 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	116	11900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	195	N/A US Dollars	2023
Taxes and other revenues	6	48.24 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	13	23 %	2011
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	37	37.5	2013
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	57	20.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	45	26.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	206	66000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	203	34.216 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	201	15000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	204	0 kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	195	0 Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	191	400 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	206	449 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	182	0.05 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	184	0.01 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	146	12.53 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	145	20	2018
Land use - arable land	160	0	2018
Land use - forest	184	0	2018
Land use - other	19	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	10	20	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Revenue from coal	34	N/A % of GDP	2023
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	177	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	159	0.18	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	239	21 sq km	0
Area - total	241	21 sq km	0
Area - water	162	0239 sq km	0
Coastline	179	30 km	0
Elevation - highest point	196	70 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	160	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	145	20	2018
Land use - arable land	160	0	2018
Land use - forest	184	0	2018
Land use - other	19	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	10	20	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	119	0.54 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	57	1.81 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	115	2.44 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	87	0.09 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	63	20.71 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	10	12 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	62	59.6 %	2023
Death rate	127	6.39 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	151	3.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	6	25.8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	48	69.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	41	66 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	16	7.1 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	49	1.27 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	163	5.41 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	138	9.94 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	151	7.72 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	155	71.95 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	180	64.69 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	165	68.25 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	118	25.9 years	2020
Median age - male	97	28.2 years	0
Median age - total	106	27 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	190	10.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	1	61 %	2016
Physicians density	97	1.35 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	223	9852	2023
Population growth rate	120	0.42 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	28	96.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	96	3.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	67	3.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	26	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	57	0.51 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	1	49.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	19	47.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	1	48.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	59	2.58 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	159	0.18	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	37	37.5	2013
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	57	20.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	45	26.6	0
Transportation
Airports	122	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	141	3	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	89	7.940 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	147	45457	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	97	5	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	165	24 km	2002
Roadways - total	184	30 km	2002
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nauru 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nauru 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.