International Rankings of Kiribati 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Kiribati, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Kiribati, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	101	11.00	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	196	105	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	196	14.58 %	2018
Internet users - total	207	15946	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1.00	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	216	22	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	192	49.41	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	199	54658	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	197	277.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	209	151.200 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	113	64.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	61	18.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	194	40.900 million US Dollars	2016
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	91	53	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	132	47	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	95	78	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	108	62	2020
Exports	197	84.750 million US Dollars	2013
GDP (official exchange rate)	214	197.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	35	23.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	164	7.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	54	70.00 % of GDP	2016
Gross national saving	1	64	2018
Imports	210	107.100 million US Dollars	2016
Industrial production growth rate	76	1.10 %	2012
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	82	0.40 %	2017
Labor force	190	39000 US Dollars	2010
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	81	15 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	107	10 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	31	75 %	2010
Public debt	146	26.30 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	211	267.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	62	3.10 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	199	2272 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	4	76.80 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	9	30.60 %	2010
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	203	58850	2017
Electricity - consumption	204	26.970 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	26	73	2016
Electricity - from other renewable sources	15	27	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	204	11000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	200	29.000 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	168	400	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	200	420 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	162	10 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	85	42	2018
Land use - arable land	135	3	2018
Land use - forest	130	15	2018
Land use - other	52	43	2018
Land use - permanent crops	3	40	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	47	2.77	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	111	56	2021
Geography
Area - land	183	811 sq km	N/A
Area - total	183	811 sq km	N/A
Coastline	79	1143 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	178	81 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	149	2 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	85	42	2018
Land use - arable land	135	3	2018
Land use - forest	130	15	2018
Land use - other	52	43	2018
Land use - permanent crops	3	40	2018
Population Density	80	139.34 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	23	20.24	1459
Age structure - 25-54 years	108	40.05	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	137	6.65	N/A
Birth rate	68	20.27 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	95	33.50 %	1819
Current Health Expenditure	6	12 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	106	6.94 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	105	7.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	47	14.20 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	50	67.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	49	60.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	67	72 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - unimproved	2	28 % of population	2017
Hospital bed density	50	1.90 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	43	31.62 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	51	35.61 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	49	33.66 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	154	70 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	160	65 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	157	68 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	66	92.00	2017
Median age - female	111	27 years	2020
Median age - male	106	25 years	N/A
Median age - total	108	26 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	50	23	2009
Net migration rate	135	2.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	9	46.00 %	2016
Physicians density	139	0.20 physicians/1,000 population	2013
Population	184	113001	2021
Population growth rate	81	1.05 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	61 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	11	39 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	12 years	2008
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	27	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	32	0.93	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	40	0.82	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	47	0.64 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	72	2.23 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	118	7	2015
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	40	22	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	67	17	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	47	2.77	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	111	56	2021
Transportation
Airports	104	19	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	4	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	82	15	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	62	5	2013
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	141	66567	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	8.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Waterways	94	5 km	N/A

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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