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+ Added Communications.Broadband - fixed subscriptions.subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.text β€” 10 (2022 est.)
+ Added Communications.Broadband - fixed subscriptions.total.text β€” 1,000 (2022 est.)
+ Added Communications.Broadcast media.text β€” 1 state-owned TV station broadcasting programs from New Zealand; 1 state-owned radio station, broadcasting on AM and FM, uses Australian and British programs (2019)
+ Added Communications.Internet country code.text β€” .nr
+ Added Communications.Internet users.percent of population.text β€” 82% (2020 est.)
+ Added Communications.Telephones - fixed lines.subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.text β€” (2022 est.) less than 1
+ Added Communications.Telephones - fixed lines.total subscriptions.text β€” 0 (2019 est.) 0
+ Added Communications.Telephones - mobile cellular.subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.text β€” 87 (2022 est.)
+ Added Communications.Telephones - mobile cellular.total subscriptions.text β€” 10,300 (2022 est.)
+ Added Economy.Agricultural products.note β€” note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
+ Added Economy.Agricultural products.text β€” coconuts, tropical fruits, pork, eggs, pork offal, pork fat, chicken, papayas, vegetables, cabbages (2023)
+ Added Economy.Budget.expenditures.text β€” $157.86 million (2020 est.)
+ Added Economy.Budget.note β€” note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
+ Added Economy.Budget.revenues.text β€” $199.74 million (2020 est.)
+ Added Economy.Current account balance.Current account balance 2021.text β€” $6.597 million (2021 est.)
+ Added Economy.Current account balance.Current account balance 2022.text β€” $2.966 million (2022 est.)
+ Added Economy.Current account balance.Current account balance 2023.text β€” $1.923 million (2023 est.)
+ Added Economy.Current account balance.note β€” note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
+ Added Economy.Economic overview.text β€” upper-middle-income Pacific island country; phosphate resource exhaustion made island interior uninhabitable; licenses fishing rights; houses Australia’s Regional Processing Centre; former tax haven; largely dependent o…
+ Added Economy.Exchange rates.Currency.text β€” Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar -
+ Added Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2020.text β€” 1.453 (2020 est.)
+ Added Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2021.text β€” 1.331 (2021 est.)
+ Added Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2022.text β€” 1.442 (2022 est.)
+ Added Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2023.text β€” 1.505 (2023 est.)
+ Added Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2024.text β€” 1.515 (2024 est.)
+ Added Economy.Exports - commodities.note β€” note: top export commodities based on value in dollars over $500,000
+ Added Economy.Exports - commodities.text β€” fish, phosphates (2023)
+ Added Economy.Exports - partners.note β€” note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
+ Added Economy.Exports - partners.text β€” Thailand 78%, Philippines 11%, NZ 5%, Japan 1%, Canada 1% (2023)
+ Added Economy.Exports.Exports 2021.text β€” $54.403 million (2021 est.)
+ Added Economy.Exports.Exports 2022.text β€” $78.383 million (2022 est.)
+ Added Economy.Exports.Exports 2023.text β€” $64.931 million (2023 est.)
+ Added Economy.Exports.note β€” note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
+ Added Economy.GDP (official exchange rate).note β€” note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
+ Added Economy.GDP (official exchange rate).text β€” $160.351 million (2024 est.)
+ Added Economy.Imports - commodities.note β€” note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
+ Added Economy.Imports - commodities.text β€” ships, titanium ore, refined petroleum, plastic products, other foods (2023)
+ Added Economy.Imports - partners.note β€” note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
+ Added Economy.Imports - partners.text β€” Australia 50%, Japan 11%, Fiji 9%, Senegal 9%, China 9% (2023)
+ Added Economy.Imports.Imports 2021.text β€” $141.185 million (2021 est.)
+ Added Economy.Imports.Imports 2022.text β€” $165.371 million (2022 est.)
+ Added Economy.Imports.Imports 2023.text β€” $150.193 million (2023 est.)
+ Added Economy.Imports.note β€” note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
+ Added Economy.Industries.text β€” phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products
+ Added Economy.Inflation rate (consumer prices).Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020.text β€” 1.8% (2020 est.)
+ Added Economy.Inflation rate (consumer prices).Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021.text β€” 2.4% (2021 est.)
+ Added Economy.Inflation rate (consumer prices).Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022.text β€” 2.6% (2022 est.)
+ Added Economy.Inflation rate (consumer prices).note β€” note: annual % change based on consumer prices
+ Added Economy.Public debt.Public debt 2016.text β€” 65% of GDP (2016 est.)
+ Added Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022.text β€” $147.026 million (2022 est.)
+ Added Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023.text β€” $147.976 million (2023 est.)
+ Added Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024.text β€” $150.581 million (2024 est.)
+ Added Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).note β€” note: data in 2021 dollars
+ Added Economy.Real GDP growth rate.Real GDP growth rate 2022.text β€” 3% (2022 est.)
+ Added Economy.Real GDP growth rate.Real GDP growth rate 2023.text β€” 0.6% (2023 est.)
+ Added Economy.Real GDP growth rate.Real GDP growth rate 2024.text β€” 1.8% (2024 est.)
+ Added Economy.Real GDP growth rate.note β€” note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
+ Added Economy.Real GDP per capita.Real GDP per capita 2022.text β€” $12,500 (2022 est.)
+ Added Economy.Real GDP per capita.Real GDP per capita 2023.text β€” $12,500 (2023 est.)
+ Added Economy.Real GDP per capita.Real GDP per capita 2024.text β€” $12,600 (2024 est.)
+ Added Economy.Real GDP per capita.note β€” note: data in 2021 dollars
+ Added Economy.Remittances.Remittances 2021.text β€” 0.7% of GDP (2021 est.)
+ Added Economy.Remittances.Remittances 2022.text β€” 0.6% of GDP (2022 est.)
+ Added Economy.Remittances.Remittances 2023.text β€” 0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)
+ Added Economy.Remittances.note β€” note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
+ Added Economy.Taxes and other revenues.note β€” note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP
+ Added Economy.Taxes and other revenues.text β€” 44.4% (of GDP) (2020 est.)
+ Added Energy.Electricity access.electrification - total population.text β€” 100% (2022 est.)
+ Added Energy.Electricity generation sources.fossil fuels.text β€” 88% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
+ Added Energy.Electricity generation sources.solar.text β€” 12% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
+ Added Energy.Electricity.consumption.text β€” 37.893 million kWh (2023 est.)
+ Added Energy.Electricity.installed generating capacity.text β€” 19,000 kW (2023 est.)
+ Added Energy.Electricity.transmission/distribution losses.text β€” 3.922 million kWh (2023 est.)
+ Added Energy.Petroleum.refined petroleum consumption.text β€” 500 bbl/day (2023 est.)
+ Added Environment.Carbon dioxide emissions.from petroleum and other liquids.text β€” 86,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
+ Added Environment.Carbon dioxide emissions.total emissions.text β€” 86,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
+ Added Environment.Climate.text β€” tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February)
+ Added Environment.Environmental issues.text β€” limited natural freshwater resources; effects of intensive phosphate mining that left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland; air and water pollution from cadmium residue, phosphate dust, and other contaminants; rising se…
+ Added Environment.International environmental agreements.party to.text β€” Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Lay…
+ Added Environment.International environmental agreements.signed, but not ratified.text β€” none of the selected agreements
+ Added Environment.Land use.agricultural land.text β€” 20% (2023 est.)
+ Added Environment.Land use.agricultural land: arable land.text β€” arable land: 0% (2022 est.)
+ Added Environment.Land use.agricultural land: permanent crops.text β€” permanent crops: 20% (2023 est.)
+ Added Environment.Land use.agricultural land: permanent pasture.text β€” permanent pasture: 0% (2022 est.)
+ Added Environment.Land use.forest.text β€” 0% (2022 est.)
+ Added Environment.Land use.other.text β€” 80% (2023 est.)
+ Added Environment.Particulate matter emissions.text β€” 7.4 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
+ Added Environment.Total renewable water resources.text β€” 10 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
+ Added Environment.Urbanization.rate of urbanization.text β€” 0.18% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
+ Added Environment.Urbanization.urban population.text β€” 100% of total population (2023)
+ Added Environment.Waste and recycling.municipal solid waste generated annually.text β€” 6,200 tons (2024 est.)
+ Added Geography.Area - comparative.text β€” about 0.1 times the size of Washington, D.C.
+ Added Geography.Area.land.text β€” 21 sq km
+ Added Geography.Area.total .text β€” 21 sq km
+ Added Geography.Area.water.text β€” 0 sq km
+ Added Geography.Climate.text β€” tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February)
+ Added Geography.Coastline.text β€” 30 km
+ Added Geography.Elevation.highest point.text β€” Command Ridge 70 m
+ Added Geography.Elevation.lowest point.text β€” Pacific Ocean 0 m
+ Added Geography.Geographic coordinates.text β€” 0 32 S, 166 55 E
+ Added Geography.Geography - note.text β€” Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world behind the Holy See (Vatican City) and Monaco; it is the smallest country in the Pacific Ocean, the smallest country outside Europe, the world's smallest island country, …
+ Added Geography.Irrigated land.text β€” 0 sq km (2022)
+ Added Geography.Land boundaries.total.text β€” 0 km
+ Added Geography.Land use.agricultural land.text β€” 20% (2023 est.)
+ Added Geography.Land use.agricultural land: arable land.text β€” arable land: 0% (2022 est.)
+ Added Geography.Land use.agricultural land: permanent crops.text β€” permanent crops: 20% (2023 est.)
+ Added Geography.Land use.agricultural land: permanent pasture.text β€” permanent pasture: 0% (2022 est.)
+ Added Geography.Land use.forest.text β€” 0% (2022 est.)
+ Added Geography.Land use.other.text β€” 80% (2023 est.)
+ Added Geography.Location.text β€” Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands
+ Added Geography.Map references.text β€” Oceania
+ Added Geography.Maritime claims.contiguous zone.text β€” 24 nm
+ Added Geography.Maritime claims.exclusive economic zone.text β€” 200 nm
+ Added Geography.Maritime claims.territorial sea.text β€” 12 nm
+ Added Geography.Natural hazards.text β€” periodic droughts
+ Added Geography.Natural resources.text β€” phosphates, fish
+ Added Geography.Population distribution.text β€” most people live in the fertile coastal areas, especially along the southwest coast
+ Added Geography.Terrain.text β€” sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center
+ Added Government.Administrative divisions.text β€” 14 districts; Aiwo, Anabar, Anetan, Anibare, Baitsi, Boe, Buada, Denigomodu, Ewa, Ijuw, Meneng, Nibok, Uaboe, Yaren
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