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	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	196	105	0
Internet users - percent of population	196	14.58 %	2018
Internet users - total	207	15946	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	216	22	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	192	49.41	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	199	54658	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	197	277.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	209	151.200 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	113	64.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	91	53.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	132	46.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	95	78.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	108	62.1	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	214	197.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	182	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	134	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	185	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	184	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	142	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	35	23 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	164	7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	54	70 % of GDP	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	76	1.1 %	2012
Labor force	190	39000 US Dollars	2010
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	81	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	107	10 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	31	75 %	2010
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	200	267.000 million US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	177	2272 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	4	76.8 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	203	58850	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	204	26.970 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	26	73	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	15	27	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	204	11000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	200	29.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	168	400	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	200	420 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	177	0.07 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	179	0.02 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	162	10.45 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	85	42	2018
Land use - arable land	135	2.5	2018
Land use - forest	130	15	2018
Land use - other	52	43	2018
Land use - permanent crops	3	39.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	91	0.04 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	0	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	47	2.77	2025
Urbanization - urban population	111	56.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	183	811 sq km	0
Area - total	183	811 sq km	0
Area - water	212	0 sq km	0
Coastline	78	1143 km	0
Elevation - highest point	180	81 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	149	2 meters	0
Irrigated land	147	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	85	42	2018
Land use - arable land	135	2.5	2018
Land use - forest	130	15	2018
Land use - other	52	43	2018
Land use - permanent crops	3	39.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Total renewable water resources	178	0	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	23	20.24 %	1459
Age structure - 25-54 years	108	40.05 %	3249
Age structure - 55-64 years	137	6.65 %	4084
Birth rate	68	20.27 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	95	33.5 %	1819
Current Health Expenditure	6	12.1 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	106	6.94 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	105	7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	47	14.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	50	67 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	49	60 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	67	71.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	2	28.4 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	50	1.9 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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	49	33.66 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	154	70.3 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	160	65 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	157	67.59 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	66	92	2017
Median age - female	111	26.6 years	2020
Median age - male	106	24.8 years	0
Median age - total	108	25.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	50	23.1	2009
Net migration rate	135	2.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	9	46 %	2016
Physicians density	139	0.2 physicians/1,000 population	2013
Population	184	113001	2021
Population growth rate	81	1.05 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	61.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	11	38.9 % 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	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	27	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	32	0.93	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	40	0.82	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	47	0.64 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	72	2.23 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	118	7.4	2015
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	40	22.2	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	67	17.1	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	47	2.77	2025
Urbanization - urban population	111	56.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	104	19	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
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
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
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	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	94	5 km	0

*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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