country profile

Nauru

East Asia & PacificHigh income12K population

Last updated July 15, 2026

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Microstate notice: This country is classified as a microstate (population under 300,000) and is indexed but not included in GEFRI global or regional rankings.
Progressing readiness

Composite GEFRI Score

Access & Parity is a strength, but Innovation lags

Nauru shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (73rd percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.

60.97Composite score
Global percentile
73rd
Global rank
Not ranked (microstate)
Regional rank
Not ranked (microstate)
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Emerging readiness
Infrastructure
59.82
46th percentileGlobal avg. 55.13
Progressing readiness
Human Capital
61.37
87th percentileGlobal avg. 47.36
Emerging readiness
Innovation
49.59
66th percentileGlobal avg. 46.19
Emerging readiness
Governance
53.86
67th percentileGlobal avg. 47.46
Advanced readiness
Access & Parity
80.21
72nd percentileGlobal avg. 48.49

Country profile

Nauru shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Most dimension scores sit close to global norms, without a single dimension standing far above the rest.

Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned. Strong tertiary enrollment expands future talent pipelines and strengthens national innovation potential.

Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Regulatory quality falls short of global standards, signalling structural hurdles in policy execution. Girls outperform boys in secondary pathways, adding pressure to address male dropout risks.

Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.

Key insights

Sits above the global median at the 73rd percentile.

Scores range from Access & Parity (80.2) to Innovation (49.6), reflecting variation across dimensions.

Leads regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.

Regional peers: East Asia & Pacific

Composite GEFRI Score

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
21Korea, Rep.77.90
32Hong Kong SAR, China77.59
43Singapore77.58
124Japan76.03
145Australia75.84
206New Zealand72.96
467Brunei Darussalam61.47
NauruMicrostate60.97
Northern Mariana IslandsMicrostate60.89
498Fiji60.57
509Thailand60.56
GuamMicrostate59.78
New CaledoniaMicrostate59.45
PalauMicrostate59.12
American SamoaMicrostate58.64
6110Macao SAR, China58.41
French PolynesiaMicrostate57.22
6811Indonesia56.89
6912Mongolia56.89
7113Malaysia56.62
7314Viet Nam55.90
7515China55.59
8716Philippines51.84
SamoaMicrostate51.51
TuvaluFCSMicrostate51.41
TongaMicrostate48.23
KiribatiFCSMicrostate46.37
Marshall IslandsFCSMicrostate45.13
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.FCSMicrostate41.97
11217Vanuatu40.83
11318Timor-LesteFCS40.80
11519Korea, Dem. People's Rep.39.28
12320Cambodia35.88
13121Solomon IslandsFCS33.48
13422Lao PDR32.64
14723Papua New GuineaFCS27.72
15124MyanmarFCS26.22