International Rankings of Kiribati 2023, 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	59	0.2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	199	185	2020
Internet users - percent of population	65	54 %	2021
Internet users - total	193	70200	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	202	10	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	100	42	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	199	54527	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	206	205.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	199	281.000 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	113	64.1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	72	20.251 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	198	40.900 million US Dollars	2016
Exports	218	10.754 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	222	197.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	186	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	135	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	187	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	188	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	145	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	75	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	35	23 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	169	7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	60	70 % of GDP	2016
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	116	27.8 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	210	201.984 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	161	1.57 %	2020
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	186	1.81 %	2019
Labor force	197	39000 US Dollars	2010
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	81	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	111	10 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	34	75 %	2010
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	162	26.3 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	219	249.640 million US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	157	1.5 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	167	1900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	194	0 US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	39	26.28 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	3	30.6 %	2010
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	66	24.6	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	55	21.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	59	22.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	205	76000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	204	25.137 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	202	11000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	197	4.700 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	48	84.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	3	15.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	155	9.335 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	190	500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	207	420 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	181	0.07 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	183	0.02 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	165	10.45 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	87	42	2018
Land use - arable land	139	2.5	2018
Land use - forest	132	15	2018
Land use - other	55	43	2018
Land use - permanent crops	3	39.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0.04 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	48	2.77	2025
Urbanization - urban population	101	57.8	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	187	811 sq km	0
Area - total	188	811 sq km	0
Area - water	226	0 sq km	0
Coastline	80	1143 km	0
Elevation - highest point	193	81 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	151	2 meters	0
Irrigated land	160	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	87	42	2018
Land use - arable land	139	2.5	2018
Land use - forest	132	15	2018
Land use - other	55	43	2018
Land use - permanent crops	3	39.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	136	0.26 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	121	0.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	151	0.43 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	69	19.92 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	61	6.9 %	1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate	93	33.5 %	1819
Current health expenditure	12	11.6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	20	67.6 %	2023
Death rate	109	6.91 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	133	6.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	37	16.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	54	66.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	49	60.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	25	97.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	21	36.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	27	18 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	40	2.8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	3	12.4 % of GDP	2019
Gross reproduction rate	65	1.06 %	2023
Hospital bed density	52	1.9 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	40	30.14 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	49	34.17 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	44	32.2 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	162	70.97 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	173	65.6 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	166	68.22 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	72	76 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	115	26.6 years	2020
Median age - male	111	24.8 years	0
Median age - total	113	25.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	53	23.1	2009
Net migration rate	148	2.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	9	46 %	2016
Physicians density	142	0.2 physicians/1,000 population	2013
Population	190	115372	2023
Population growth rate	77	1.02 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	76	75.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	38	54.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	37	37.9 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	19	24.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	30	0.93 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	49	0.63 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	25	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	12	27.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	6	53.9 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	3	40.6 %	2020
Total fertility rate	74	2.18 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	48	2.77	2025
Urbanization - urban population	101	57.8	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	66	24.6	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	55	21.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	59	22.5	0
Transportation
Airports	105	19	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	84	151000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	94	90	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	143	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	108	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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kiribati 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kiribati 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.