Distillers Country guides / Nauru
Nauru
A one-page guide to Nauru for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Yaren (de facto; no official capital)
- Official languages
- Nauruan, English
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD)
- Time zone
- UTC+12
- Area
- 20 km²
People
- Population
- 12,025 (2025)
- Population growth
- 0.7% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 100%
- Aged under 15
- 37.2%
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.0%
- Life expectancy
- 62.3 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$172.0 million (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$14,274 (2025)
Climate
Hot and humid all year; daytime 30-35 C and nights about 25 C; monsoon rains November to February, with rainfall varying with El Nino.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal with restrictions
- Legal drinking age
- 21 (Liquor Ordinance 1967, Art. 33, as cited by Wikipedia)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 2.9 litres of pure alcohol (2019)
- What people drink
- Beer 22.0%, wine 3.7%, spirits 74.3% (2019)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Nauru (Wikipedia); Legal drinking age; World Bank country data; WHO Global status report on alcohol and health 2024 (via Wikipedia table); UN Comtrade public API, HS 2208. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.