Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 11.2 years longer

In Nauru, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 years for women) as of 2024. In Russia, that number is 73 years (68 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 75.3% less likely to be obese

In Nauru, 71.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Russia, that number is 17.6% of people as of 2024.

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see 29.5% more spent on your healthcare

Nauru spends $2,474 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Russia spends $3,204 as of 2023.

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have 31.7% more access to essential health services

Nauru scores 60 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Russia scores 79 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 19.9% more money

Nauru has a GDP per capita of $14,640 as of 2025, while in Russia, the GDP per capita is $17,547 as of 2025.

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Life

be 96.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Nauru, approximately 273.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Russia, 9.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 46.8% less likely to die during infancy

In Nauru, approximately 7.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Russia, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 65.8% fewer children

In Nauru, there are approximately 24.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Russia, there are 8.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 13.7% more likely to have internet access

In Nauru, approximately 83.0% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Russia, about 94.4% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 28.0% less on education

Nauru spends 5.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Russia spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 61.3% less on healthcare

Nauru spends 18.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Russia, that number is 7.0% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 1255.1 times more coastline

Nauru has a total of 30 km of coastline. In Russia, that number is 37,653 km.

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Safety

be 32.5% more likely to die in a road accident

In Nauru, road accidents kill 8.0 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Russia, they kill 10.6 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 2.7 times more home broadband

Nauru has 10.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Russia has 27.1 as of 2024.

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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

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Russia: At a glance

Russia is a sovereign country in Central Asia, with a total land area of approximately 16,377,742 sq km. Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 contributed to the Revolution of 1905, which resulted in the formation of a parliament and other reforms. Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the imperial household. The communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Iosif STALIN (1928-53) strengthened communist rule and Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the following decades until General Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize communism, but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991 splintered the USSR into Russia and 14 other independent republics. Since then, Russia has shifted its post-Soviet democratic ambitions in favor of a centralized semi-authoritarian state in which the leadership seeks to legitimize its rule through managed national elections, populist appeals by President PUTIN, and continued economic growth. Russia has severely disabled a Chechen rebel movement, although violence still occurs throughout the North Caucasus.
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