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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Nauru: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Nauru is placed 126th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 62.11 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 8.261 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
126th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
- 62.11Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 8.261Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- 15.74Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
- —Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Nauru on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
62.11
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Nauru: 62.11. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Micronesia
- 78.81 Northern Mariana Islands
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
8.261
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Nauru: 8.261. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Micronesia
- 8.261 Nauru
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Nauru’s is from 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
15.74
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
Nauru: 15.74. Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Micronesia
- 15.18 Kiribati
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Nauru, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Micronesia
- 4.8 Kiribati
02Over time
Which way Nauru is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
NauruWorld median
Nauru rose from 59.57 in 2000 to 62.11 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Nauru World median 2023 62.109 74.630 2022 61.930 74.313 2021 61.331 72.433 2020 61.527 73.063 2019 61.393 74.196 2018 61.238 74.081 2017 61.101 74.029 2016 60.996 74.013 2015 60.897 73.783 2014 60.834 73.330 2013 60.701 73.386 2012 60.533 73.210 2011 60.287 73.003 2010 60.074 72.827 2009 59.852 72.426 2008 59.675 72.264 2007 59.490 72.113 2006 59.409 72.027 2005 59.361 71.876 2004 59.346 71.477 2003 59.359 71.409 2002 59.427 71.173 2001 59.482 70.926 2000 59.574 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
NauruWorld median
Nauru fell from 41.13 in 2000 to 8.261 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Nauru World median 2024 8.3 14.5 2023 8.7 15.2 2022 9.3 14.7 2021 10.0 15.1 2020 10.9 15.3 2019 12.0 15.7 2018 13.1 16.3 2017 14.4 16.8 2016 15.9 17.5 2015 17.5 17.9 2014 19.2 18.3 2013 20.9 18.7 2012 22.7 18.8 2011 24.6 19.0 2010 26.4 19.2 2009 28.2 20.8 2008 29.8 20.7 2007 31.4 21.8 2006 32.7 22.8 2005 34.0 24.0 2004 35.2 25.9 2003 36.5 26.9 2002 37.9 28.0 2001 39.4 29.1 2000 41.1 30.4 Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Population in severe food insecurity (%) · lower is better
NauruWorld median
Nauru was at 9.2 in both 2020 and 2022; the world median went from 5.6 to 5.45.
Every year’s figures
Year Nauru World median 2024 — 4.9 2023 — 4.7 2022 9 5.4 2021 9 5.7 2020 9 5.6 2019 — 5.0 2018 — 4.2 2017 — 4.0 2016 — 3.4 2015 — 3.4
03In context
Nauru beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Nauru and Micronesia
Nauru has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nauru | 126th | 62.11 | 8.261 | 15.74 | — |
 Palau | 138th | 69.27 | 21.43 | — | 6.9 |
 Kiribati | 141st | 66.47 | 53.09 | 15.18 | 4.8 |
 Micronesia | =148th | 67.2 | 22.42 | — | — |
 Marshall Islands | 162nd | 66.95 | 26.74 | 34.78 | — |
 Guam | not placed | 77.21 | — | — | — |
 Northern Mariana Islands | not placed | 78.81 | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Micronesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Nauru in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Nauru is ahead of the world, and behind
38 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median15
Statistics on which Nauru does better than the middle country measured.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.453.714.45No real change since 2013
Nauru: 3.7 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 210th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 412541▼ Worsened since 2020
Nauru: 25 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5461.3163.546No earlier reading
Nauru: 1.316 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 139th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Nauru: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Early Initiation of BreastfeedingUNICEF · 2024 · world median 52.9569.7452.95No earlier reading
Nauru: 69.74 · world median 52.95 · Newborns put to the breast within one hour of birth (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.749 to 93.1; higher is better.
Position 24th of 136 · derived.
Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 40.7452.7840.74No earlier reading
Nauru: 52.78 · world median 40.74 · Infants under 6 months exclusively breastfed (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.497 to 83.3; higher is better.
Position 37th of 136 · derived.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1344.4718.134▲ Improved since 2014
Nauru: 4.471 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 135th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 21.2612.1721.26No earlier reading
Nauru: 12.17 · world median 21.26 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at most 2 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.169 to 63.08; lower is better.
Position 76th of 113 · derived, 1st = worst.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.267.71912.26▲ Improved since 2014
Nauru: 7.719 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 133rd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.998.796.9No earlier reading
Nauru: 98.7 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 37.5749.5737.57No earlier reading
Nauru: 49.57 · world median 37.57 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at least 5 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 8.089 to 85.88; higher is better.
Position 40th of 115 · derived.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1635.2428.163▲ Improved since 2013
Nauru: 5.242 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 129th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8582.0722.858▲ Improved since 2014
Nauru: 2.072 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 122nd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.8393.8884.83▲ Improved since 2019
Nauru: 93.88 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 2025 · world median 0.0390.0270.039No earlier reading
Nauru: 0.027 · world median 0.039 · MPI (0–1). Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.517; lower is better.
Position 62nd of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median16
Statistics on which Nauru does worse than the middle country measured.
Violent Discipline of ChildrenUNICEF · 2025 · world median 75.880.675.8No earlier reading
Nauru: 80.6 · world median 75.8 · Children aged 1-14 experiencing violent discipline (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 37.6 to 94; lower is better.
Position 36th of 90 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.7030.762▲ Improved since 2013
Nauru: 0.703 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 124th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.58.1645.5▼ Worsened since 2014
Nauru: 8.164 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 57th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2557.571.25No real change since 2013
Nauru: 57.5 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 137th of 196 · derived.
Births Attended by Skilled Health StaffUNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) · 2023 · world median 99.39899.3▼ Worsened since 2007
Nauru: 98 · world median 99.3 · Births attended by skilled health staff (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 60.9 to 100; higher is better.
Position 59th of 84 · derived.
Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with DiarrhoeaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 41.534.441.5No earlier reading
Nauru: 34.4 · world median 41.5 · Children under 5 with diarrhoea given oral rehydration salts (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 9.9 to 95.4; higher is better.
Position 94th of 127 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 907190▼ Worsened since 2015
Nauru: 71 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.6940.19102.69▼ Worsened since 2019
Nauru: 40.19 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4676.2427.46▼ Worsened since 2013
Nauru: 76.24 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 34th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of PneumoniaUNICEF · 2024 · world median 67.744.467.7No earlier reading
Nauru: 44.4 · world median 67.7 · Children under 5 with pneumonia symptoms taken to a health provider (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 14 to 99.1; higher is better.
Position 108th of 127 · derived.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.65273.3846.65▼ Worsened since 2013
Nauru: 273.38 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 27th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8150.781No earlier reading
Nauru: 50.7 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 135th of 153 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 916691▼ Worsened since 2015
Nauru: 66 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.5665.5No real change since 2024
Nauru: 6 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3912.3316.39No real change since 2013
Nauru: 12.33 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 218th of 222 · derived.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7348.32133.7▼ Worsened since 2013
Nauru: 348.32 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 4th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end7
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.83109.4157.83Moved since 2019
Nauru: 109.41 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.7318.821.73Moved since 2014
Nauru: 18.82 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 14th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1726.0616.17Moved since 2019
Nauru: 26.06 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6512.520.65No earlier reading
Nauru: 12.5 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.425.835.4Moved since 2013
Nauru: 25.8 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.2531.441.25No real change since 2013
Nauru: 31.4 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
Children with Functional DifficultiesUNICEF · 2024 · world median 132.213No earlier reading
Nauru: 2.2 · world median 13 · Children aged 5-17 with a functional difficulty (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.9 to 35.2.
No current reading for Nauru
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Average Weekly Hours Worked, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Dietary Energy Supply, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Gender Inequality Index, Global Report on Food Crises, Human Capital Index, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity (last 2022), Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity (last 2022), Prevalence of Undernourishment and Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Nauru’s 9 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Nauru’s 5th best-placed topic of 9. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Risk & Resilience43rd of 1933/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge66th of 1984/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties81st of 1982/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture110th of 1842/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing126th of 2003/4 keys
- Energy105th of 1652/3 keys
- Development & Human Capital125th of 1963/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions147th of 1942/4 keys
- Digital & Technology171st of 1983/4 keys
No standing on Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Peace & Security, Mobility & Trade, Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Nauru can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Oceania
Australia38th3/4 keysHighest in Micronesia
Nauru126th3/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Nauru and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Nauru on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Nauru rank on health & wellbeing?
Nauru is placed 126th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth, Under-Five Mortality Rate and Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Nauru?
62.11 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Nauru?
8.261 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How have Nauru’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 59.57 in 2000 to 62.11 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 41.13 in 2000 to 8.261 in 2024; Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity was 9.2 in both 2020 and 2022.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Nauru?
No current reading is published for Nauru on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Average Weekly Hours Worked, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Dietary Energy Supply, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Gender Inequality Index, Global Report on Food Crises, Human Capital Index, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment and Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 38 statistics on this page come from 12 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Nauru’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Nauru (banner) — Hadi Zaher, CC BY 2.0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Nauru: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/nauru/health