NRU · Oceania
Nauru
Nauru, officially the Republic of Naoero, is an island country and microstate in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies within the Micronesia subregion of Oceania, with its nearest neighbour being Banaba about 300 kilometres (190 mi) to the east.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
The Institute's composite reading
Vigilance
4.2 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 7.5
- Economy 6.5
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
- Capital
- Yaren
- Population
- 11,680 inh.
- Area
- 21 km²
- Currency
- AUD
- Regime
- —
Executive in office
Head of State
David Adeang
Parliament
Parlement de Nauru
19 seats
Inception 1961
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
176 M$
GDP / capita
14,640 $
Growth
2.1 %
Life expectancy
62.3 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem · Freedom House 2026 · CPI · RSF
Freedoms (Freedom House)
75/100
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
0 Md$
Imports
0 Md$
Balance
0 Md$
Top exports
- 71% Phosphate + poisson
Top imports
- 24% Pétrole raffiné
Import partners
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Australie
31%
-
Émirats arabes unis
15%
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
50%
-
GBR
53%
-
FRA
58%
-
DEU
58%
-
RUS
31%
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CHN
42%
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IND
62%
Abstention: 24%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Last election
- 2025-10-11
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.703/1
Refugees hosted
5
Refugees originating
5
National anthem
Nauru Bwiema
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- Commonwealth
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 4,407 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 2,666, or ×0.7.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · UNHCR 2025 · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)