International Rankings of Kiribati 2022, 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	58	0.2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	190	185	2020
Internet users - percent of population	59	38 %	2020
Internet users - total	186	45390	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	N/A	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	187	33	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	123	46	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	192	54661	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	190	277.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	201	151.200 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	109	64.1 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	203	197.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	175	N/A % of GDP	2022
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	129	N/A % of GDP	2022
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	180	N/A % of GDP	2022
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	176	N/A % of GDP	2022
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	137	N/A % of GDP	2022
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	2022
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	33	23 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	156	7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	50	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	75	1.1 %	2012
Labor force	184	39000 US Dollars	2010
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	75	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	103	10 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	30	75 %	2010
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	194	270.000 million US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	140	2300 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	4	76.8 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	49	24.6	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	40	21.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	43	22.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	192	76000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	193	25.137 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	192	11000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	189	4.700 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	44	84.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	2	15.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	150	9.335 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	179	500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	191	420 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	174	0.07 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	174	0.02 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	159	10.45 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	82	42	2018
Land use - arable land	128	2.5	2018
Land use - forest	122	15	2018
Land use - other	48	43	2018
Land use - permanent crops	3	39.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	0	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	90	0.04 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	175	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	45	2.77	2025
Urbanization - urban population	93	57.8	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	173	811 sq km	0
Area - total	174	811 sq km	0
Area - water	201	0 sq km	0
Coastline	72	1143 km	0
Elevation - highest point	168	81 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	146	2 meters	0
Irrigated land	152	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	82	42	2018
Land use - arable land	128	2.5	2018
Land use - forest	122	15	2018
Land use - other	48	43	2018
Land use - permanent crops	3	39.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	152	0	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	21	20.24	1459
Age structure - 25-54 years	102	40.05	3249
Age structure - 55-64 years	128	6.65	4084
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	131	0.26 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	117	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	147	0.43 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	67	20.12 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	57	6.9 %	1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate	92	33.5 %	1819
Current health expenditure	14	10.3 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	95	6.92 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	123	6.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	37	16.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	51	66.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	47	60.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	24	97.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	20	36.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	26	18 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	38	2.8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	2	12.4 % of GDP	2019
Hospital bed density	51	1.9 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	37	30.87 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	46	34.88 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	42	32.93 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	148	70.64 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	156	65.3 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	152	67.9 years	0
Literacy - female	118	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	103	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	112	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	65	92 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	107	26.6 years	2020
Median age - male	104	24.8 years	0
Median age - total	103	25.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	52	23.1	2009
Net migration rate	135	2.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	7	46 %	2016
Physicians density	137	0.2 physicians/1,000 population	2013
Population	177	114189	2022
Population growth rate	74	1.04 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	75	75.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	36	54.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	35	37.9 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	18	24.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	25	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	29	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	39	0.82	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	51	0.46 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	10	27.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	5	53.9 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	3	40.6 %	2020
Total fertility rate	69	2.2 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	45	2.77	2025
Urbanization - urban population	93	57.8	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	49	24.6	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	40	21.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	43	22.5	0
Transportation
Airports	104	19	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	72	4	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	81	15	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	62	5	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	87	88	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	139	66567	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	92	8	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	158	N/A km	2022
Waterways	104	5 km	2012

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Kiribati on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kiribati 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kiribati 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.