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Introduction - Nauru: | Location - Nauru: | People - Nauru: | Government - Nauru: | Economy - Nauru: | Economy overview | Revenues of this tiny island have traditionally come from exports of phosphates, now significantly depleted. An Australian company in 2005 entered into an agreement intended to exploit remaining supplies. Few other resources exist with most necessities being imported, mainly from Australia, its former occupier and later major source of support. The rehabilitation of mined land and the replacement of income from phosphates are serious long-term problems. In anticipation of the exhaustion of Naurus phosphate deposits, substantial amounts of phosphate income were invested in trust funds to help cushion the transition and provide for Naurus economic future. As a result of heavy spending from the trust funds, the government faces virtual bankruptcy. To cut costs the government has frozen wages and reduced overstaffed public service departments. In 2005, the deterioration in housing, hospitals, and other capital plant continued, and the cost to Australia of keeping the government and economy afloat continued to climb. Few comprehensive statistics on the Nauru economy exist, with estimates of Naurus GDP varying widely. | | Gdp purchasing power parity | $60 million (2005 est.) | | Gdp official exchange rate | NA | | Gdp real growth rate | NA% | | Gdp per capita ppp | $5,000 (2005 est.) | | Gdp composition by sector | agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA% | | Labor force by occupation | note: employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education, and transportation (1992) | | Unemployment rate | 90% (2004 est.) | | Population below poverty line | NA% | | Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA% | | Inflation rate consumer prices | -3.6% (1993) | | Budget | revenues: $13.5 million
expenditures: $13.5 million (2005) | | Agriculture products | coconuts | | Industries | phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products | | Industrial production growth rate | NA% | | Electricity production | 30 million kWh (2004) | | Electricity consumption | 27.9 million kWh (2004) | | Electricity exports | 0 kWh (2004) | | Electricity imports | 0 kWh (2004) | | Oil production | 0 bbl/day (2004 est.) | | Oil consumption | 1,000 bbl/day (2004 est.) | | Oil exports | NA bbl/day | | Oil imports | NA bbl/day | | Oil proved reserves | 0 bbl | | Natural gas production | 0 cu m (2004 est.) | | Natural gas consumption | 0 cu m (2004 est.) | | Exports | $64,000 f.o.b. (2005 est.) | | Exports commodities | phosphates | | Exports partners | South Africa 63.7%, South Korea 7.6%, Canada 6.6% (2006) | | Imports | $20 million c.i.f. (2004 est.) | | Imports commodities | food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery | | Imports partners | South Korea 43.8%, Australia 36.2%, US 5.9%, Germany 4.3% (2006) | | Debt external | $33.3 million (2002) | | Economic aid recipient | $20 million mostly from Australia (2005) | | Currency code | Australian dollar (AUD) | | Exchange rates | Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002) | |
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