If you lived in Nauru instead of Algeria, you would:

Health

see 3.4 times more spent on your healthcare

Algeria spends $732 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Nauru spends $2,474 as of 2023.

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live 14.2 years less

In Algeria, the average life expectancy is 76 years (75 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2024. In Nauru, that number is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 3.0 times more likely to be obese

In Algeria, 23.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Nauru, that number is 71.4% of people as of 2024.

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have 18.9% less access to essential health services

Algeria scores 74 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Nauru scores 60 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 2.4 times more money

Algeria has a GDP per capita of $6,051 as of 2025, while in Nauru, the GDP per capita is $14,640 as of 2025.

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Life

be 60.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Algeria, approximately 19.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Nauru, on the other hand, 7.7 children do as of 2024.

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have 30.4% more children

In Algeria, there are approximately 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Nauru, there are 24.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 4.4 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Algeria, approximately 62.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Nauru, 273.0 women do as of 2023.

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Expenditures

spend 35.6% less on education

Algeria spends 9.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Nauru spends 5.8% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 4.2 times more on healthcare

Algeria spends 4.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Nauru, that number is 18.2% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 97.0% less coastline

Algeria has a total of 998 km of coastline. In Nauru, that number is 30 km.

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Safety

be 56.3% less likely to die in a road accident

In Algeria, road accidents kill 18.3 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Nauru, they kill 8.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 25.2% less home broadband

Algeria has 13.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Nauru has 10.0 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Nauru: At a glance

Nauru is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 21 sq km. The exact origins of the Nauruans are unclear since their language does not resemble any other in the Pacific region. Germany annexed the island in 1888. A German-British consortium began mining the island's phosphate deposits early in the 20th century. Australian forces occupied Nauru in World War I; it subsequently became a League of Nations mandate. After the Second World War - and a brutal occupation by Japan - Nauru became a UN trust territory. It achieved independence in 1968 and joined the UN in 1999 as the world's smallest independent republic.
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