Nauru (Republic of Nauru)

Nauru Republic of Nauru
Status	Independent State
Social and Moral Index	176th best
Capital	Yaren
Land Area
Location	Australasia, Micronesia
Groupings	Small Islands
Population	10 6701
Life Expectancy	63.62yrs (2017)2
GNI	$17 730 (2017)3
ISO3166-1 Codes	NR, NRU, 5204
Internet Domain	.nr5
Currency	Dollar (AUD)6
Telephone	+6747

1. Overview
2. Nauru National and Social Development
3. Nauru's Demographics and Migration
4. Nauru's Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance
   1. Human Rights & Tolerance Datasets
   2. Gender Equality Datasets
   3. Prejudice Datasets
5. Nauru's Health
   1. Health Datasets
   2. Children's Health Datasets
6. Nauru's Responsibility Towards The Environment
7. Nauru's Modernity and Learning
   1. Education Datasets
   2. Technology and Information Datasets
8. Nauru's Culture, Peace and Inequality
   1. National Culture Datasets
   2. Economic Inequality and Poverty Datasets
9. Religion and Beliefs
10. Links

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1. Overview

#australia

“The exact origins of the Nauruans are unclear since their language does not resemble any other in the Pacific. Germany annexed the island in 1888. A German-British consortium began mining the island's phosphate deposits early in the 20th century. Australian forces occupied Nauru in World War I; it subsequently became a League of Nations mandate. After the Second World War - and a brutal occupation by Japan - Nauru became a UN trust territory. It achieved independence in 1968 and joined the UN in 1999 as the world's smallest independent republic.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₈

“Nauru´s beauty can be glimpsed along its coast: seabirds swoop over green cliffs, aqua reigns along wild-ocean vistas and sunsets are nothing short of spectacular. While the coast is beautiful - with opportunities to swim and snorkel, or watch a fiery sunset over coconut trees and salt brush - head to the island´s interior and you´ll find deforestation from phosphate mining and an eerie landscape of limestone pinnacles. The exposed rock reflects the sun´s rays and chases away the clouds so there´s lots of sunshine but frequent periods of drought.

Meanwhile, the wealth accrued from mining, followed by the poverty once the stores were depleted, have brought the country to near collapse. During the phosphate boom in the 1980s, Nauru was the second-richest country in the world in terms of per capita income; 30 years later the estimated average income is US$2500 per year. Freight deliveries are rare and employment scarcer. For the past decade Australia´s controversial off-shore refugee processsing centre has been a major contributor to development on Nauru.

Perhaps tourism, once thought unneeded, could help Nauru get back on its feet. Transport and hospitality services are thin on the ground but smiles are plentiful.”

"The World" by Lonely Planet (2014)₉

2. Nauru National and Social Development

#economics #human_development #wealth

Gross National Income Per-Capita (2021)10
Pos.		Higher is better PPP $10
1	Liechtenstein	$146 830
2	Singapore	$90 919
3	Qatar	$87 134
	...
68	Belarus	$18 849
69	Dominican Rep.	$17 990
70	Mexico	$17 896
71	Nauru	$17 730
72	China	$17 504
73	Thailand	$17 030
74	Antigua & Barbuda	$16 792
75	Botswana	$16 198
	Australasia Avg	$12 519
	World Avg	$20 136
q=193.

Social & Moral Development Index11
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank11
1	Denmark	26.9
2	Norway	29.1
3	Sweden	29.9
	...
173	Laos	120.4
174	Ethiopia	120.5
175	Niger	120.5
176	Nauru	120.6
177	Solomon Islands	121.0
178	Guinea-Bissau	121.1
179	Zimbabwe	121.8
180	Marshall Islands	123.1
	Australasia Avg	95.6
	World Avg	89.0
q=200.

The Social and Moral Development Index concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, public health, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism, and on some technological issues. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: Which are the Best Countries in the World? The Social and Moral Development Index.

3. Nauru's Demographics and Migration

#birth_control #demographics #fertility #health #immigration #life_expectancy #longevity #migration #overpopulation #population #yemen

Population Datasets:

Nauru's population is predicted to rise to 11 024 by 2030. This country has a fertility rate of 3.46. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population will grow, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity - the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate (two new children for each set of parents who die), which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1, once you take mortality into account₁₂. The highest fertility rate ever detected in a single year was in Yemen in 1985, at 8.86.₁₃

Population1
Pos.		2018 Population1
1	China	1.4b
2	India	1.4b
3	USA	327.1m
	...
188	Marshall Islands	58 413
189	St Kitts & Nevis	52 441
190	Monaco	38 682
191	Liechtenstein	37 910
192	San Marino	33 785
193	Palau	17 907
194	Tuvalu	11 508
195	Nauru	10 670
	World Avg	39.0m
q=195.

Life Expectancy Higher is better10
Pos.		2021 Years10
1	Monaco	85.9
2	Hong Kong	85.5
3	Japan	84.8
	...
155	Ghana	63.8
156	Yemen	63.8
157	Bolivia	63.6
158	Nauru	63.6
159	Congo, (Brazzaville)	63.5
160	Comoros	63.4
161	Haiti	63.2
162	Malawi	62.9
	World Avg	71.28
q=195. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best14
Pos.		202214
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
	...
163	Zimbabwe	3.44
164	Iraq	3.45
165	Gabon	3.46
166	Nauru	3.46
167	Ghana	3.51
168	Vanuatu	3.70
169	Yemen	3.72
170	Rwanda	3.75
	World Avg	2.47
q=208. Also scored for 1960s-2010s.

• The Population of the Earth
• Abortion, Birth Control and Contraception

Migration Datasets:

Immigrants15
Pos.		2017 %15
1	UAE	88.4%
2	Kuwait	75.5%
3	Qatar	65.2%
	...
11	Hong Kong	39.1%
12	Saudi Arabia	37.0%
13	Jordan	33.3%
14	Nauru	32.7%
15	Lebanon	31.9%
16	Switzerland	29.6%
17	Australia	28.8%
18	Antigua & Barbuda	28.1%
	World Avg	9.4%
q=195.

4. Nauru's Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance

#equality #freedom #freethought #gender_equality #homosexuality #human_rights #international_law #morals #politics #prejudice #religious_tolerance #tolerance #women

Compared to Australasia (2025)16
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank16
1	New Zealand	18.9
2	Australia	22.1
3	Micronesia	59.3
4	Vanuatu	78.5
5	Kiribati	81.6
6	Tuvalu	83.8
7	Nauru	89.3
8	Fiji	89.5
9	Palau	91.4
10	Samoa	98.2
11	Tonga	101.0
12	Marshall Islands	102.9
13	Papua New Guinea	108.8
	Australasia Avg	79.23
q=14.

Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance (2025)16
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank16
1	Sweden	7.8
2	Netherlands	8.7
3	Denmark	8.8
	...
88	Belize	86.3
89	Bosnia & Herzegovina	88.0
90	Ghana	88.7
91	Nauru	89.3
92	Fiji	89.5
93	Botswana	90.0
94	St Lucia	90.3
95	Palau	91.4
	World Avg	89.80
q=199.

The best countries in the world at ensuring human rights, fostering equality and promoting tolerance, are Sweden, The Netherlands and Denmark₁₇. These countries are displaying the best traits that humanity has to offer. The worst countries are Somalia, Eritrea and Saudi Arabia₁₇.

31 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on supporting press freedom, combatting modern slavery, supporting personal, civil & economic freedoms, its average Freedom in the World rating, commentary in Human Rights Watch reports, its nominal commitment to Human Rights, speed of uptake of HR treaties, opposing gender inequality, the rate of gender bias (from 7 indicators), the year from which women could participate in democracy, its success in fighting anti-semitic prejudice, LGBT equality and freethought. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Baltic States and Europe₁₇, whereas the worst are The Middle East, Africa and Asia₁₇.

For more, see:

• " Which are the Best Countries for Human Rights, Equality and Tolerance?" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

4.1. Human Rights & Tolerance Datasets

#freedom #human_rights #international_law #politics

Freedom in the World Lower is better
Pos.		2024 Score
1=	Norway	1.0
1=	Canada	1.0
1=	Cape Verde	1.0
	...
78=	Israel	2.5
78=	Solomon Islands	2.5
78=	Colombia	2.5
78=	Nauru	2.5
78=	Lesotho	2.5
78=	Namibia	2.5
78=	Brazil	2.5
78=	Bhutan	2.5
	Australasia Avg	1.8
	World Avg	3.7
q=205. Also scored for 1970s-2010s.

Nominal Commitment to HR Higher is better18
Pos.		2009 Treaties18
1	Argentina	24
2=	Chile	23
2=	Costa Rica	23
	...
185=	Tuvalu	5
185=	Micronesia	5
185=	Singapore	5
185=	Nauru	5
189=	Marshall Islands	4
189=	Myanmar	4
189=	Palau	4
189=	Malaysia	4
	Australasia Avg	8.7
	World Avg	15.1
q=194.

HR Treaties Lag Lower is better19
Pos.		2019 Avg Yrs/Treaty19
1	Ecuador	2.15
2	Uruguay	2.25
3	Tunisia	3.65
	...
187	Somalia	15.71
188	Kiribati	15.80
189	Solomon Islands	15.81
190	Nauru	16.16
191	Sao Tome & Principe	16.17
192	Tuvalu	16.33
193	Palau	16.34
194	Marshall Islands	16.34
	Australasia Avg	14.35
	World Avg	10.02
q=195.

4.2. Gender Equality Datasets

#gender_equality #human_rights #politics #women

See:

• "Religion Versus Womankind" by Vexen Crabtree (2007)

Year Women Can Vote Lower is better
Pos.		Total Year
1	New Zealand	1893
2	Australia	1902
3	Finland	1906
	...
152=	Kiribati	1967
152=	Ecuador	1967
154=	Swaziland	1968
154=	Nauru	1968
156=	Congo, (Brazzaville)	1970
156=	Congo, DR	1970
156=	Yemen	1970
159	Switzerland	1971
	Australasia Avg	1962
	World Avg	1930
q=189.

4.3. Prejudice Datasets

#freethought #homosexuality #religious_tolerance

LGBT Equality in the 2020s Higher is better20
Pos.		Total Score20
1=	Germany	4.88
1=	Spain	4.88
3	Portugal	4.81
	...
98	Bolivia	-0.01
99=	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	-0.02
99=	Marshall Islands	-0.02
101	Nauru	-0.10
102	Cambodia	-0.12
103	Laos	-0.13
104	Trinidad & Tobago	-0.19
105	Albania	-0.40
	Australasia Avg	-0.93
	World Avg	-1.21
q=215. Also scored for 1970s-2020s.

Homosexuality in Nauru has been legal since 2016, when the Crimes Act repealed laws imposed by the German colonial protectorate in 1899 and reimposed by Australia, and then upon independence, self-imposed by Fiji's own law in 1968 that made being a male homosexual punishable with 14 years' prison and hard labour. ILGA researchers in 2017 found that Nauru had no legal protections against anti-LGBT discrimination. Same-sex marriage remains banned, and there are no anti-discrimination protections or gender identity recognition.

Actions taken at the United Nations:

•  ⇡  In 2025, signed the UN Human Rights Council Joint statement on ending acts of violence and human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Freedom of Thought Lower is better21
Pos.		202121
1=	Belgium	1.0
1=	Taiwan	1.0
1=	Netherlands	1.0
4=	Ecuador	1.3
4=	Bolivia	1.3
4=	Sao Tome & Principe	1.3
4=	Nauru	1.3
4=	France	1.3
9=	Sweden	1.5
9=	Iceland	1.5
9=	Norway	1.5
9=	Congo, (Brazzaville)	1.5
	Australasia Avg	2.6
	World Avg	3.0
q=196.

5. Nauru's Health

#alcohol #birth_control #demographics #health #kiribati #life_expectancy #longevity #myanmar #nauru #obesity #overpopulation #parenting #population #smoking #vaccines

Compared to Australasia (2025)22
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank22
1	Australia	60.4
2	New Zealand	65.0
3	New Caledonia	68.1
	...
11	Guam	122.6
12	Solomon Islands	122.9
13	Samoa	124.2
14	Micronesia	126.6
15	Cook Islands	127.5
16=	Nauru	136.0
16=	Kiribati	136.0
18	Papua New Guinea	136.9
19	Marshall Islands	141.2
	Australasia Avg	112.00
q=19.

Health (2025)22
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank22
1	Monaco	10.3
2	Liechtenstein	30.1
3	Japan	37.3
	...
175	Zambia	133.2
176	Comoros	134.8
177	Laos	135.1
178=	Nauru	136.0
178=	Kiribati	136.0
180	Guinea-Bissau	136.2
181	Ethiopia	136.3
182	Benin	136.7
	World Avg	97.57
q=207.

The countries with the best overall approach to public health, in terms of both public policy and individual lifestyle choices, are Monaco, Liechtenstein and Japan₂₃. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are Angola, Somalia and S. Sudan₂₃.

42 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on its average life expectancy, its alcohol consumption rate, its fertility rate, its smoking rate, its suicide rate, its food aid and health contributions and WHO compliance, the prevalence of overweight adults, obesity rate, its adolescent birth rate, delivery rate of infant DTP immunizations, delivery rate of 7x Infant Immunizations 2011-2015 and childhood mortality. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Europe and The Mediterranean₂₃, whereas the worst are Africa, Micronesia and Melanesia₂₃.

For more, see:

• "Countries With the Healthiest Cultures and Health Policies" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

5.1. Health Datasets

#alcohol #birth_control #children's_health #demographics #health #kiribati #life_expectancy #longevity #myanmar #nauru #obesity #overpopulation #smoking #vaccines

Nauru is a pretty unhealthy country. Nauru comes in the best 20 for delivery rate of infant DTP immunizations in the 2020s₂₄. It does better than average when it comes to its alcohol consumption rate₂₅ (but bad for Australasia) and in delivery rate of 7x Infant Immunizations 2011-2015₂₆. However Nauru performs less well in most areas. It does worse than average for childhood mortality in the 2020s₂₇, its adolescent birth rate₂₈ (the worst in Australasia), its average life expectancy₁₀ (the lowest in Australasia) and in its fertility rate₁₄ (amongst the worst in Australasia). And finally, it is the worst in its smoking rate₂₉ and in the prevalence of overweight adults₃₀. The prevalence of overweight adults has increased by 14% during the last 40 years. Life expectancy in Nauru improved by just +2.1yrs in the 30 years from 1990, significantly less than almost everywhere else in the world. Nauru's peak fertility rate was 5.3 in 1964.

Life Expectancy Higher is better10
Pos.		2021 Years10
1	Monaco	85.9
2	Hong Kong	85.5
3	Japan	84.8
	...
155	Ghana	63.8
156	Yemen	63.8
157	Bolivia	63.6
158	Nauru	63.6
159	Congo, (Brazzaville)	63.5
160	Comoros	63.4
161	Haiti	63.2
162	Malawi	62.9
	Australasia Avg	70.11
	World Avg	71.28
q=195. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

Alcohol Consumption Lower is better25
Pos.		2016 Per Capita25
1	Bangladesh	0.0
2	Kuwait	0.0
3	Libya	0.0
	...
89=	Liberia	5.8
89=	Haiti	5.8
89=	Colombia	5.8
92	Nauru	6.0
93	Cuba	6.1
94	Kyrgyzstan	6.2
95=	Guyana	6.3
95=	Peru	6.3
	Australasia Avg	4.3
	World Avg	6.2
q=189.

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best14
Pos.		202214
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
	...
163	Zimbabwe	3.44
164	Iraq	3.45
165	Gabon	3.46
166	Nauru	3.46
167	Ghana	3.51
168	Vanuatu	3.70
169	Yemen	3.72
170	Rwanda	3.75
	Australasia Avg	2.82
	World Avg	2.47
q=208. Also scored for 1960s-2010s.

Smoking in the 2020s Lower is better29
Pos.		Total %29
1	Nigeria	3.3%
2	Ghana	3.4%
3	Panama	5.2%
	...
158	Indonesia	38.2%
159	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	38.8%
160	Bulgaria	39.5%
161	Serbia	39.6%
162	Papua New Guinea	39.7%
163	Kiribati	39.7%
164	Myanmar	44.4%
165	Nauru	48.3%
	Australasia Avg	29.2%
	World Avg	20.0%
q=165. Also scored for 2000s-2020s.

In the 2000s, Nauru had the 3^rd-worst average smoking rate (61%) in the world (after Kiribati and Myanmar), needlessly adding a huge burden to its health services and damaging its economy. Although total numbers fell, in the 2010s and 2020s it was the smokiest country in the world due to other countries' reducing rates.

Overweight Adults Lower is better30
Pos.		1976 %30
1	Bangladesh	4.7
2	Vietnam	5.1
3	Nepal	5.4
	...
184	Niue	51.7
185	Kuwait	52.2
186	Tonga	53.2
187	Samoa	54.0
188	Cook Islands	63.0
189	Marshall Islands	63.3
190	Palau	64.0
191	Nauru	78.1
	Australasia Avg	48.8
	World Avg	27.1
q=191.

Adult Obesity Lower is better31
Pos.		2022 %31
1	Vietnam	2.1%
2	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	2.2%
3	Ethiopia	2.4%
	...
192	Samoa	61.2%
193	Tuvalu	63.9%
194	Niue	66.5%
195	Cook Islands	68.4%
196	Tokelau	69.2%
197	Nauru	70.2%
198	Tonga	70.5%
199	American Samoa	75.6%
	Australasia Avg	49.3%
	World Avg	24.7%
q=199. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

5.2. Children's Health Datasets

#children's_health #health #parenting #population #vaccines

Adolescent Birth Rate Lower is better28
Pos.		2022 Per 100028
1	Hong Kong	1.6
2	Denmark	1.8
3	S. Korea	2.1
	...
154	Swaziland	68.4
155	Panama	68.5
156	Paraguay	69.9
157	Nauru	71.1
158	Honduras	71.3
159	Laos	71.8
160	Bangladesh	73.3
161	Mauritania	76.8
	Australasia Avg	40.2
	World Avg	43.8
q=195. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

Infant DTP Immunizations (2020s) Higher is better24
Pos.		Total Avg %24
1=	Luxembourg	99.0
1=	Oman	99.0
1=	Niue	99.0
	...
13	Iran	98.6
14=	Israel	98.5
14=	Malta	98.5
14=	Nauru	98.5
14=	Guyana	98.5
14=	New Caledonia	98.5
19=	Turkmenistan	98.4
19=	Andorra	98.4
	Australasia Avg	90.0
	World Avg	88.5
q=211. Also scored for 1980s-2020s.

7x Infant Immunizations (2011-2015) Higher is better26
Pos.		2015 Avg %26
1=	Hungary	99.0
1=	China	99.0
3	Uzbekistan	98.9
	...
94	Chile	93.3
95	Georgia	93.1
96	New Zealand	92.9
97	Nauru	92.9
98	USA	92.8
99	Latvia	92.8
100	Romania	92.7
101	France	92.6
	Australasia Avg	86.4
	World Avg	88.3
q=194.

Infant Mortality (2020s) Lower is better27
Pos.		Total Per 100027
1	San Marino	2.11
2	Finland	2.59
3	Luxembourg	2.60
	...
97	Peru	18.09
98	Jamaica	18.79
99	Samoa	18.81
100	Nauru	18.87
101	St Kitts & Nevis	19.01
102	Vanuatu	19.11
103	Nicaragua	19.21
104	Cape Verde	20.21
	Australasia Avg	25.09
	World Avg	32.19
q=195. Also scored for 1960s-2020s.

From the 1990s to the 2000s, Naura saw the world's worst increase in adolescent birth rate; one of only two countries to see a two-figure increase, although the situation stabilized by the 2010s.

6. Nauru's Responsibility Towards The Environment

#biodiversity #climate_change #deforestation #environmentalism #food #hong_kong #internationalism #meat #over-exploitation #the_environment #USA #veganism #vegetarianism

Compared to Australasia (2025)32
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank32
1	New Zealand	75.8
2	Australia	76.6
3	Fiji	89.1
	...
8	Kiribati	111.4
9	Micronesia	114.6
10	Cook Islands	119.6
11	Solomon Islands	121.6
12	Marshall Islands	123.1
13	Palau	124.5
14	Tuvalu	127.4
15	Niue	129.5
16	Nauru	134.4
	Australasia Avg	93.28
q=16.

Responsibility Towards The Environment (2025)32
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank32
1	Sri Lanka	34.9
2	Uruguay	43.2
3	Switzerland	45.0
	...
191	Somalia	131.0
192	N. Korea	132.3
193	Turkmenistan	134.1
194	Nauru	134.4
195	San Marino	134.9
196	Andorra	136.3
197	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	137.5
198	Vatican City	138.3
	World Avg	84.93
q=199.

We have known for a long term that we must protect the environment from habitation destruction, over-exploitation, pollution, and the emissions that cause climate change. In 1998, Greenpeace wrote that "Environment can no longer be meaningfully separated from health, quality of life, democracy, education, economy or trade"₃₃. What countries have been doing the right thing, via legislation and national culture? All countries' current and historical approach towards the environment is gauged via 21 datasets, including multiple decades of data on its forested percent change 2000-2020, its environmental performance, energy to GDP efficiency, its sign-up rate to major international accords on protecting the environment, the rate of rational beliefs on the environment in the population, reducing annual meat consumption per person and its score on the Green Future Index.

The countries that do the best (Sri Lanka, Uruguay and Switzerland) tend to have avoided the excesses of early industrial countries, and have not yet repeated the same mistakes of environmental destruction - at least, not on the same scale. The regions with the best average results per country are Central America, South America and Scandinavia. The worst are Eritrea, The Vatican City and Timor-Leste (E. Timor), and the worst regions Micronesia, Australasia and Melanesia.

For more, see:

• "Countries With the Best Environmental Records" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

Nauru is positioned 6th-worst in the world regarding its responsibility towards the environment. This rank is formulated from 21 data sets. Nauru does better than average for its forested percent change 2000-2020₃₄. But that's it. Nauru has problems. It falls into the worst-performing 20 in reducing annual meat consumption per person₃₅ (the worst in Australasia) and in its sign-up rate to major international accords on protecting the environment.

Forest Area Change 2000-2020 Higher is better34
Pos.		Total34
1	Guernsey	82.6%
2	Bahrain	75.2%
3	Iceland	64.7%
	...
99=	Vatican City	0.0%
99=	Vanuatu	0.0%
99=	Tuvalu	0.0%
99=	Nauru	0.0%
99=	Seychelles	0.0%
99=	St Martin	0.0%
99=	St Kitts & Nevis	0.0%
99=	Monaco	0.0%
	Australasia Avg	0.1%
	World Avg	-0.1%
q=234.

International Accords on the Environment Higher is better
Pos.		Total Avg Rate
1	Sweden	83%
2	Canada	82%
3	Norway	81%
	...
183	Tuvalu	40%
184	Sao Tome & Principe	40%
185	Brunei	39%
186	Nauru	39%
187	S. Sudan	37%
188	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	36%
189	Bhutan	35%
190	Palau	34%
	Australasia Avg	48.2%
	World Avg	57.5%
q=197. Also scored for 1970s-2020s.

Nauru is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and was one of 19 countries that signed the Paris Agreement within the first few months in Q2 2016.

Meat Consumption Lower is better35
Pos.		2021 kg35
1	Congo, DR	03.0
2	Burundi	03.5
3	Bangladesh	04.3
	...
178	St Vincent & Grenadines	109.5
179	Australia	110.2
180	Bahamas	111.9
181	Argentina	115.5
182	Mongolia	115.6
183	Nauru	125.9
184	USA	126.8
185	Hong Kong	146.9
	Australasia Avg	74.2
	World Avg	52.5
q=185. Also scored for 2010s.

When the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation collected meat consumption data for Nauru for the first time in 2019, it was the country with the 3rd-highest rate per person (after Hong Kong and the USA.₃₅

7. Nauru's Modernity and Learning

#education #the_internet

7.1. Education Datasets

#education

Length of Schooling Higher is better36
Pos.		2021 Years36
1	Australia	21.1
2	New Zealand	20.3
3	Greece	20.0
	...
140	Comoros	11.9
141	India	11.9
142	Kiribati	11.8
143	Nauru	11.7
144	Tajikistan	11.7
145	Micronesia	11.5
146	Vanuatu	11.5
147	Cambodia	11.5
	Australasia Avg	13.4
	World Avg	13.5
q=193. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

7.2. Technology and Information Datasets

#the_internet

IPv6 Uptake Higher is better37
Pos.		2017 Ratio37
1	Belgium	55.4
2	Germany	41.8
3	Switzerland	35.1
	...
52	Hong Kong	0.7
53	Spain	0.6
54	St Kitts & Nevis	0.6
55	Nauru	0.5
56	Egypt	0.4
57	Mexico	0.4
58	Bhutan	0.4
59	China	0.3
	Australasia Avg	1.55
	World Avg	3.82
q=176.

8. Nauru's Culture, Peace and Inequality

#capitalism #economics #inequality #internationalism #social_development

8.1. National Culture Datasets

#internationalism

Passport Reach (2020s) Higher is better38
Pos.		Total Q38
1	Singapore	192.2
2	Japan	192.0
3	S. Korea	190.7
	...
98	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	94.5
99	Ecuador	92.3
100	Maldives	89.7
101	Nauru	89.3
102	Guyana	88.7
103	Fiji	88.5
104=	Botswana	86.8
104=	Jamaica	86.8
	Australasia Avg	123.4
	World Avg	108.8
q=195. Also scored for 2000s-2020s.

8.2. Economic Inequality and Poverty Datasets

#capitalism #economics #inequality #social_development

Income Inequality (Gini Coefficient) Lower is better39
Pos.		2023 %39
1	Slovakia	24.1%40
2	Slovenia	24.3%40
3	Belarus	24.4%41
	...
51	Vanuatu	32.3%42
52=	Germany	32.4%41
52=	UK	32.4%40
52=	Nauru	32.4%43
55	Luxembourg	32.7%40
56	India	32.8%40
57=	Greece	32.9%40
57=	Niger	32.9%40
	Australasia Avg	34.8%
	World Avg	36.5%
q=167. Also scored for 1980s-2010s.

Income inequality data for Nauru is only available for the year 2012.

9. Religion and Beliefs

The CIA World Factbook states: Protestant 45.8% (Nauru Congregational 35.4%, Nauru Independent Church 10.4%), Roman Catholic 33.2%, other 14.1%, none 4.5%, unspecified 2.4% (2002 census)₄₄.

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems