Nauru - Economy
How is the economy of Nauru? Based on the information we have, Nauru has a 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 on foreign subsidies. Key agricultural products in this country include: coconuts, tropical fruits, pork, eggs, pork offal, pork fat, chicken, papayas, vegetables, cabbages (2022).
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Labor force
Industrial production growth rate 4.3% (2014 est.)
Industries phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products
Population below poverty line
Taxes and other revenues 44.35% (of GDP) (2020 est.)
Fiscal year
Exchange rates
Currency Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar -
Exchange rates 2023 1.505 (2023 est.)
Exchange rates 2022 1.442 (2022 est.)
Exchange rates 2021 1.331 (2021 est.)
Exchange rates 2020 1.453 (2020 est.)
Exchange rates 2019 1.439 (2019 est.)
Current account balance
Current account balance 2018 $8.406 million (2018 est.)
Current account balance 2017 $14.11 million (2017 est.)
Current account balance 2016 $2.079 million (2016 est.)
Public debt
Public debt 2017 62% of GDP (2017 est.)
Budget
Revenues $199.728 million (2020 est.)
Expenditures $132.607 million (2020 est.)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)
Remittances
Remittances 2018 4.99% of GDP (2018 est.)
Remittances 2017 9.46% of GDP (2017 est.)
Remittances 2016 12.04% of GDP (2016 est.)
Imports
Imports 2021 $94.2 million (2021 est.)
Imports 2020 $103 million (2020 est.)
Imports 2019 $88.2 million (2019 est.)
Imports (partners) Australia 47%, China 17%, Japan 12%, Fiji 11%, NZ 2% (2022)
Comodities Imports force ships, plastic products, other foods, cars, refined petroleum (2022)
Exports
Imports 2021 $94.2 million (2021 est.)
Imports 2020 $103 million (2020 est.)
Imports 2019 $88.2 million (2019 est.)
Exports (partners) Thailand 59%, Philippines 19%, South Korea 11%, India 3%, Japan 2% (2022)
Comodities Exports force fish, phosphates, gas turbines, power equipment, plastic products (2022)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023 $145.958 million (2023 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022 $144.937 million (2022 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021 $141.875 million (2021 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate) $154.128 million (2023 est.)
Real GDP Per capita
Real GDP per capita 2023 $11,400 (2023 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2022 $11,400 (2022 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2021 $11,300 (2021 est.)
GDP - composition, by end use
Exports of goods and services 54.7% (2022 est.)
Imports of goods and services -113.2% (2022 est.)
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Nauru is found in Micronesia