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EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE IN NAURU
Education Expenditures: 7.1 percent of GDP (2021) NA; ranking compared to other countries in the world: 20. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Literacy: total population: NA; male: NA; female: NA. [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Youth Unemployment Rate (ages 15-24): total: 26.6 percent; male: 20.9 percent; female: 37.5 percent (2013); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 53
Health Expenditures: 12 percent of GDP (2020). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Number of Doctors: 1.35 physicians per 1,000 people (2015). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Sanitation Access: improved: urban: 96.3 percent of population; rural: NA; total: 96.3 percent of population; unimproved: urban: 3.7 percent of population; rural: NA; total: 3.7 percent of population (2017 estimate). [Source: CIA World Factbook 2023]
Energy in Nauru
Energy Consumption Per Capita: 0 Btu/person (2019 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 201. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Carbon Dioxide Emissions: 66,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate)
from coal and metallurgical coke: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate)
from petroleum and other liquids: 66,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate)
from consumed natural gas: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: emissions 211.
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Electricity in Nauru
Access to Electricity: electrification: total population: 100 percent (2021). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Electricity Consumption and Production: installed generating capacity: 15,000 kW (2020 estimate)
consumption: 34.216 million kWh (2019 estimate)
exports: 0 kWh (2020 estimate)
imports: 0 kWh (2020 estimate)
transmission/distribution losses: 0 kWh (2019 estimate)
comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 206; consumption 204; exports 191; imports 194; transmission/distribution losses 212. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Sources of Electricity Generation: fossil fuels: 100 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
nuclear: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
solar: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
wind: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
hydroelectricity: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
tide and wave: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
geothermal: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate)
biomass and waste: 0 percent of total installed capacity (2020 estimate).
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Oil, Coal and Natural Gas
Coal: production: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
consumption: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
exports: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
imports: 0 metric tons (2020 estimate)
proven reserves: 0 metric tons (2019 estimate).
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Petroleum: total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2021 estimate)
refined petroleum consumption: 400 bbl/day (2019 estimate)
crude oil and lease condensate exports: 0 bbl/day (2018 estimate)
crude oil and lease condensate imports: 0 bbl/day (2018 estimate)
crude oil estimated reserves: 0 barrels (2021 estimate)
Refined petroleum products: production
0 bbl/day (2015 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 119.
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Refined Petroleum Products: Exports: 0 bbl/day (2015 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 204. Imports: 449 bbl/day (2015 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 205. Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Natural Gas: production: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
consumption: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate)
proven reserves: 0 cubic meters (2021 estimate).
[Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Communications in Nauru
Telephones: Fixed Lines: total subscriptions: (2018 estimate) 0 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: (2018 estimate) 0. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Mobile Telephones: total subscriptions: 10,000 (2021 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 80 (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: subscriptions 219. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Telecommunication Systems: general assessment: relies on satellite as the primary Internet service provider and mobile operator; internet connectivity on the island is very limited and unstable due to the vulnerability of the network infrastructure to bad weather and limited network coverage, with several blind spots (2022). Domestic: fixed-line 0 per 100 and mobile-cellular subscribership approximately 80 per 100 (2021). International: country code: 674; satellite earth station: 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Broadcast Media: 1 government-owned TV station broadcasting programs from New Zealand sent via satellite or on videotape; 1 government-owned radio station, broadcasting on AM and FM, utilizes Australian and British programs (2019). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Internet Users: total: 10,920 (2021 estimate); Percent of the Population: 84 percent (2021 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 218; Broadband: Fixed Subscriptions: total: 950 (2010 estimate); subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (2010 estimate); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 209. Internet Country Code: .nr [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Transportation in Nauru
Roads: total: 30 kilometers (2002); paved: 24 kilometers (2002); unpaved: 6 kilometers (2002); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 219. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Water Transport: Merchant Marine: total: 3; By Type: other 3 (2022); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 171; Ports and Terminals: major seaport(s): Nauru
National Air Transport System: number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020); inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 5; annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 45,457 (2018); annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 7.94 million (2018) mt-km; Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: C2. [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
Airports: 1 (2021); ranking compared to other countries in the world: 229; Airports: with paved runways: 1. Paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 meters (16,000 feet), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 meters (8,000-13,000 feet). [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2023]
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Text Sources: CIA World Factbook, 2023; “Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Volume 2: Oceania,” edited by Terence E. Hays, 1991, Wikipedia, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Times of London, Lonely Planet Guides, Library of Congress, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian magazine, The New Yorker, Reuters, Associated Press, AFP, BBC, CNN, and various books, websites and other publications.
Last updated August 2023