Nauru
Republic of Nauru
- Region
- Oceania · Micronesia
- Capital
- Yaren
- Population
- 12,025 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary republic
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD)
- Official languages
- English, Nauru
- Spoken languages
- Nauruan 93% (official, a distinct Pacific Island language), English 2% (widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 21 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
Political stability
85 / 100
Economic stability
45 / 100
Population stability
48 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- fish, phosphates (2023)
- Key imports
- ships, titanium ore, refined petroleum, plastic products, other foods (2023)
- Natural resources
- phosphates, fish
- Primary route
- Feeder services to Guam and Asian hubs
- Secondary route
- Transpacific connections to the U.S. West Coast
The xin.bz view
- Nauru sits on the wetter central-equatorial side of the El Niño split, with shifting tuna habitat able to move vessel-day demand and fishing revenue into its EEZ.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño Is Redrawing the Pacific's Water and Fishery Map — Just as Oceania Becomes More Valuable to Global Food, Energy and Critical-Mineral Supply
Australia's 28M t wheat crop and El Niño fire signature, Pacific islands splitting into dry west and wet center, tuna revenue moving between EEZs, New Zealand's west–east water divide, and Australian LNG and rare earths gaining strategic value.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.