Record No.
MRB-2026-006962
Highest GDP per capita in the world during the phosphate boom
Business & Industry
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Record Holder
Institutional / General Record
Nauru
Category
Business & Industry
Country
Nauru
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NR )
Achievement Date
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Verification Status
Reference
Record Description
During the 1970s, phosphate mining revenue briefly gave Nauru the highest GDP per capita of any sovereign nation in the world.
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