Nauru: World's Richest Island

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The former 'world's wealthiest island' where abandoned Ferraris now line streets

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The tiny island nation of Nauru in Micronesia found itself among the world's richest countries per capita following a remarkable discovery of phosphate deposits in the early 20th century .

The island's economic surge was such that it boasted a "per capita income surpassing that of any oil-rich Arab nation", securing its status as the globe's tiniest yet most affluent sovereign democracy.

Today , one of the pressing concerns plaguing the country is its public health crisis, Diabetes.

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