Today we look at moving to Yaren in Nauru from Port Louis in Mauritius. We highlight cost of living and other major differences likely to be experienced in our series of short blogs on moving between different international locations.
In Yaren people speak Nauruan and English. In Port Louis people speak English (official), Creole, French and Indian languages.
Yaren is a district and constituency of the Pacific nation of Nauru. It is the de facto capital of Nauru. Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius. It is the largest city of the country and main port. Yaren is listed as the de facto capital of Nauru as the republic does not have cities or an official capital. Yaren is accepted by the United Nations as the main district. The economy of Port Louis is dominated by its port, which handles Mauritius' international trade. Manufacturing is dominated by clothing and textiles, but also includes chemicals, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
The overall cost of living rank in Yaren is 116 out of 300 global locations, which equates it with middle cost of living locations. An expatriate moving from Port Louis to Yaren will experience a change in cost of living of 15%.
In terms of the hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Yaren is ranked as a high degree of hardship location with a hardship index of 30% compared to Port Louis with a hardship index of 20% which is a some hardship location.
Source: Cost of living Yaren, Nauru as at July 2011.
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Nauru, Yaren Cost of Living April 2010
Country Full Name: Republic of Nauru.
Location: Nauru is an island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands.
Country Climate: Tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February).
Country Terrain: Sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center.
Major Languages: Nauruan, English.
Major Religions: Christianity.
Country Population: 0.014 million (2008 est.) 0.014 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: Nauru is the world's smallest island nation and joined the UN in 1999 as the world's smallest independent republic. Revenues of Nauru have traditionally come from exports of phosphate rock. Primary phosphate reserves were exhausted, and mining ceased, but in 2006-07, mining of a deeper layer of secondary phosphate began. It is hoped that this economic activity might lift Nauru from the bottom rung of global GDP per capita. The only other major source of government revenue is sale of fishing rights in Nauru's territorial waters.
Currency: Australian Dollar (AUD).
Country Inflation: N/A.
City: Yaren is a district and constituency of the Pacific nation of Nauru. It is the de facto capital of Nauru.
City Economy: Yaren is listed as the de facto capital of Nauru as the republic does not have cities or an official capital. Yaren is accepted by the United Nations as the main district.
Cost of Living: Yaren has an overall cost of living index which equates it with high cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Yaren is currently ranked 73 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
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Location: Nauru is an island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands.
Country Climate: Tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February).
Country Terrain: Sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center.
Major Languages: Nauruan, English.
Major Religions: Christianity.
Country Population: 0.014 million (2008 est.) 0.014 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: Nauru is the world's smallest island nation and joined the UN in 1999 as the world's smallest independent republic. Revenues of Nauru have traditionally come from exports of phosphate rock. Primary phosphate reserves were exhausted, and mining ceased, but in 2006-07, mining of a deeper layer of secondary phosphate began. It is hoped that this economic activity might lift Nauru from the bottom rung of global GDP per capita. The only other major source of government revenue is sale of fishing rights in Nauru's territorial waters.
Currency: Australian Dollar (AUD).
Country Inflation: N/A.
City: Yaren is a district and constituency of the Pacific nation of Nauru. It is the de facto capital of Nauru.
City Economy: Yaren is listed as the de facto capital of Nauru as the republic does not have cities or an official capital. Yaren is accepted by the United Nations as the main district.
Cost of Living: Yaren has an overall cost of living index which equates it with high cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Yaren is currently ranked 73 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
For more cost of living information on Nauru, Yaren
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