Nauru, year by year

Every index this site holds for Nauru, in time order: 11 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2005

Human development rose from 0.589 in 2005 to 0.703 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 19 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 62.3 years2024at birthUp 2.9 years from 59.4 years in 2005
Urban population: 100%2025of people in towns and citiesLevel with 2006
Births per woman: 3.292024births per womanDown 0.09 from 3.38 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 2%2022of energy usedUp 2 points from 0% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 1 point from 99% in 2005
Infant mortality: 82024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 24 from 31 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 0%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 11 series · 5 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	59.1	—	4.02	0.0	99	59	0.0	0.0	—	—
1991	—	59.3	100.0	3.99	0.0	99	56	0.0	0.0	—	—
1992	—	59.5	100.0	3.95	0.0	99	54	0.0	0.0	—	—
1993	—	59.8	100.0	3.89	0.0	99	51	0.0	0.0	—	—
1994	—	60.0	100.0	3.84	0.0	99	49	0.0	0.0	—	—
1995	—	60.1	100.0	3.81	0.0	99	47	0.0	0.0	—	—
1996	—	60.1	100.0	3.78	0.0	99	45	0.0	0.0	—	—
1997	—	60.0	100.0	3.74	0.0	99	43	0.0	0.0	—	—
1998	—	59.9	100.0	3.68	0.0	99	41	0.0	0.0	—	—
1999	—	59.7	100.0	3.64	0.0	99	39	0.0	0.0	—	—
2000	—	59.6	100.0	3.54	0.0	99	38	0.0	0.0	—	—
2001	—	59.5	100.0	3.46	0.0	99	36	0.0	0.0	—	—
2002	—	59.4	100.0	3.40	0.0	99	35	0.0	0.0	—	—
2003	—	59.4	100.0	3.39	0.0	99	34	0.0	0.0	—	—
2004	—	59.4	100.0	3.38	0.0	99	32	0.0	0.0	—	—
2005	0.589	59.4	100.0	3.38	0.0	99	31	0.0	0.0	—	—
2006	0.565	59.4	100.0	3.40	0.1	99	30	0.0	0.0	2910	5975
2007	0.581	59.5	100.0	3.50	0.1	100	29	0.0	0.0	2272	4789
2008	0.614	59.7	100.0	3.67	0.1	99	28	0.0	0.0	3757	5863
2009	0.607	59.9	100.0	3.85	0.0	99	26	0.0	0.0	4411	5568
2010	0.616	60.1	100.0	4.02	0.0	99	24	0.0	0.0	4736	5620
2011	0.624	60.3	100.0	4.12	0.0	99	23	0.0	0.0	6444	6544
2012	0.633	60.5	100.0	4.12	0.1	99	21	0.0	0.0	9843	8153
2013	0.640	60.7	100.0	4.10	0.1	99	19	0.0	0.0	8975	8429
2014	0.655	60.8	100.0	4.09	0.0	100	18	0.0	0.0	9230	9726
2015	0.660	60.9	100.0	4.08	0.1	99	16	0.0	0.0	7747	9955
2016	0.670	61.0	100.0	4.03	0.2	100	15	0.0	0.0	8748	10281
2017	0.670	61.1	100.0	3.88	0.6	100	13	0.0	0.0	9657	9650
2018	0.668	61.2	100.0	3.68	0.7	100	12	0.0	0.0	11414	9657
2019	0.678	61.4	100.0	3.53	0.6	100	11	0.0	0.0	10802	10555
2020	0.684	61.5	100.0	3.47	1.3	100	10	0.0	0.0	10709	10813
2021	0.692	61.3	100.0	3.43	1.6	100	9	0.0	0.0	12748	12114
2022	0.700	61.9	100.0	3.38	1.9	100	9	0.0	0.0	15310	12874
2023	0.703	62.1	100.0	3.33	—	100	8	0.0	0.0	13603	13172
2024	—	62.3	100.0	3.29	—	100	8	0.0	—	14048	13612
2025	—	—	100.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	14640	14200
On the profile	0.703	62.3	100.0	3.29	1.9	—	—	0.0	0.0	14640	14200

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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