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Kiribati

East Asia & Pacific · Lower middle income · capital Tarawa

Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

66.6years

Ranks 180 of 217 in 2024

11% below world median · 9% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

53.1per 1,000 live births

Ranks 172 of 196 in 2024

2.6× above world median · 2.1× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

80per 100,000 live births

Ranks 121 of 194 in 2023

70% above world median · 2% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2018 · 8 years old

15.2% of under-5s

Ranks 21 of 48 in 2018

34% below world median · 39% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 48 countries reporting in 2018 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

10.95% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

73% above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

3.12births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

65% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2020 · 6 years old

98.6% of adults 15+

Ranks 7 of 42 in 2020

5% above world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 42 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

95.3% gross

Ranks 99 of 134 in 2024

4% below world median · 5% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2023 · 3 years old

16.39% of GDP

Ranks 1 of 121 in 2023

3.5× above world median · 3.4× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

2,559current US$

Ranks 147 of 186 in 2025

68% below world median · 61% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

3,937international $

Ranks 164 of 185 in 2025

81% below world median · 76% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

0.9% of population

Ranks 29 of 57 in 2023

about the same world median · 71% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

24.7index, 0–100

Ranks 2 of 57 in 2023

27% below world median · 29% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Inflation

2024 · 2 years old

2.5% per year

Not ranked — no better end

19% below world median

Medians computed across 174 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

97.7% of population

Ranks 143 of 215 in 2024

2% below world median · 2% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

15.1% of population

Ranks 142 of 148 in 2024

81% below world median · 76% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

89.4% of population

Ranks 61 of 182 in 2024

9% above world median · 6% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

0.59t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

77% below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

136.5kpeople

Not ranked — no better end

98% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Kiribati has no figure in this dataset for Unemployment, Military spending. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.