atistics on the Nauru economy exist, with estimates of Nauru's GDP
varying widely.

GDP:
purchasing power parity - $60 million (2001 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
NA

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2001 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA

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)

Labor force - by occupation:
employed in mining phosphates, public administration, education,
and transportation

Unemployment rate:
0% (2002 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $23.4 million
expenditures: $64.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA
(FY95/96)

Agriculture - products:
coconuts

Industries:
phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products

Industrial production growth rate:
NA

Electricity - production:
30 million kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
27.9 million kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

Exports:
$18 million f.o.b. (2002)

Exports - commodities:
phosphates

Exports - partners:
Japan 42.3%, India 38.5%, South Korea 7.7% (2003)

Imports:
$31 million c.i.f. (2002)

Imports - commodities:
food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery

Imports - partners:
Australia 67.9%, Indonesia 10.7%, US 7.1% (2003)

Debt - external:
$33.3 million (2002)

Economic aid - recipient:
$2.25 million from Australia (FY96/97 est.) (2000 est.)

Currency:
Australian dollar (AUD)

Currency code:
AUD

Exchange rates:
Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.5419 (2003), 1.2641 (2002)
1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Communications Nauru

Telephones - main lines in use:
1,900 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,500 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate local and international radiotelephone
communication provided via Australian facilities
domestic: NA
international: country code - 674; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:
7,000 (1997