Skip to content
CountryAtlas

Kiribati

Independent and Sovereign Republic of Kiribati

Capital
South Tarawa
Region
East Asia & Pacific
Income group
Lower middle income
Population
136.5k (2025)
Area
811 km²
Currency
Australian dollar (AUD)
Data refreshed 11 Sep 2026Updated 7 h ago73 % coverage · 183 indicators
Compare Download

At a glance

Twelve headline indicators, latest available year.

Population
188th of 218 · 30th in East Asia & Pacific
GDP
183rd of 187 · 28th in East Asia & Pacific
GDP per capita
148th of 187 · 28th in East Asia & Pacific
GDP growth
68th of 187 · 15th in East Asia & Pacific
Inflation
73rd of 189 · 18th in East Asia & Pacific
Life expectancy
180th of 217 · 35th in East Asia & Pacific
Median age
157th of 216 · 30th in East Asia & Pacific
Gross debt / GDP
5th of 179 · 3rd in East Asia & Pacific
CO₂ per capita
39th of 212 · 6th in East Asia & Pacific
Renewable electricity
105th of 193 · 14th in East Asia & Pacific
Internet users
61st of 182 · 11th in East Asia & Pacific

What changed in Kiribati

Statistically notable movements in the latest data.

  1. Record high2023Major
    Median age reached a record high of 22.7 years in 2023 (series since 1950).
  2. Record high2025Major
    Population reached a record high of 136,488 people in 2025 (series since 1960).
  3. Sharp drop2023Major
    Air transport, freight fell 9.9 % to 0 Mt-km in 2023 (largest drop since 1998).
  4. Sharp rise2023Major
    Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity rose 1.0 points to 42.9 % in 2023 (largest rise on record).
  5. Sharp rise2023Major
    Physicians rose 142.5 % to 0.47 per 1,000 in 2023 (largest rise on record).
  6. Sharp rise2023Major
    Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) rose 2.1 points to 2.9 % in 2023 (largest rise on record).
  7. Sharp drop2024Notable
    Trade balance fell US$ 43.0M to US$ -319.4M in 2024 (largest drop since 2022).
  8. Record high2025Notable
    GDP reached a record high of US$ 349.2M in 2025 (series since 1970).

Countries similar to Kiribati

Nearest peers by standardised distance on the selected dimension.

Not enough data to compute peers.

Country DNA

Percentile rank among all countries on nine dimensions. Descriptive, not a score.

DNA not available for this country yet.

Key facts

Computed from the data — no model-generated numbers.

No verified insights yet.

Languages: English, Gilbertese

Timeline

Records, reversals and turning points across the whole history.

No events detected.

Explore Kiribati by topic

19 topics · 211 indicators with data.