Form of Government: Republic
Area: 726 sq km
Population: 114 395 inhab. (estimate 2016)
Density: 157.57 inhab./sq km
Coordinates: lat. 5° N - 13° S; long. 168° E - 148° W
Capital: Tarawa 45 687 inhab. (2015), urban agglomeration
Currency: Australian dollar (100 cents)
Human development index: 0.588 (rank: 137)
President and head of government: Taneti Mamau (TKP), elected 9 March 2016
Internet: www.mfed.gov.ki/our-work/national-statistics-office (National Statistics Office)
Member of Commonwealth, SPC, UN

Kiribati

Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati, Ribaberiki Kiribati

Useful information

International license plate code KIR
International dialling code 00686
Travel vaccinations requirement yellow fever (required only if traveling from a country with risk of transmission)
Electricity (Voltage) 240
Driving side left
Internet code .ki

GMT Bairiki +12; Phoenix Islands +13; Line Islands +14
DST Bairiki not applied; Phoenix Islands not applied; Line Islands not applied
Annual average temperature (°C) Is. Banaba 28
Average temperature in January/July (°C) Is. Banaba 28/28
Annual average precipitation (mm) Is. Banaba 1890
Days of rainfall (annual average) Is. Banaba 109

Geography.
The Kiribati archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, situated right on the Equator, comprises the Gilbert Islands, the Ocean Island (Banaba), the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands (or Equatorial Islands), along with Kiritimati (or Christmas Island, 388 km², pop. 5586), the largest atoll in the World. It has an equatorial climate.

Government

Formerly a British protectorate, it has been an independent republic since 1979. The President and head of government is elected by universal suffrage from among the deputies of the House of Assembly (46 members). The BTK Party (Pillars of Truth) has always maintained the most seats in parliament.

Justice

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Homicides	7.5	per 100 000 pop.	2012

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Administrative division

Island	AREA	INHABITANTS	YEAR
Abaiang	17 sq km	5 568 inhab.	2015
Abemama	27 sq km	3 262 inhab.	2015

Cities

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Tarawa	45 687	inhab.	2015
Betio	17 330	inhab.	2015

Urban agglomerations

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Tarawa	45 687	inhab.	2015

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Population

Population by age and gender (% - 2017)

75+

60-74

45-59

30-44

15-29

0-14

MALE

AGE

FEMALE

Demographic statistics

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Birth rate	28.2	‰	2016
Death rate	7	‰	2016

Ethnic groups

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
I-Kiribati	96.2	%	2015
other	3.6	%	2015

Religions

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Catholic	57.3	%	2015
Protestant	31.3	%	2015

Languages

DESCRIPTION
English
Gilbertese

Population by selected age groups

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
0-14 years	29.7	%	2017
15-29 years	30.4	%	2017

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Economy

Since the rich phosphate reserves ran out in 1979, the islands’ economy has been based on international aid (especially from Japan) and on the profits from the sale of fishing licences.
The main crop is the coconut palm. Fishing is important as well as the production and export of seaweed, and tourism.

Economy - General data

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Agricultural prod. index (2004-06=100)	60.64	index	2016
Balance of trade	-97	M US$	2017

External debt	52	M US$	2017
GDP	197	M US$	2017
GDP annual growth rate	3.103	%	2017
GDP per capita	1 721	US$	2017
GDP per capita, purchasing power parity (PPP)	1 976	international dollars	2017
GNI	347	M US$	2017
GNI per capita	2 402	US$	2016
GNI per capita, purchasing power parity (PPP)	3 850	international dollars	2017
Hi-tech exports	4.074	% of exported products	2016
Inflation	2.2	%	2017
ODA receipts	63	M US$	2016
ODA receipts % GDP	32.111	% of GDP	2016
Public debt	26.315	% of GDP	2017

Economy - Employment

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Active population	47 300	units	2015
Active population, Females	45.7	%	2010

Economy - Unemployment

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Unemployment rate	40.9	%	2015
Unemployment rate, Females	51	%	2010

Economy - State budget

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Expenses	216	M LCU	2016
Revenues	313.3	M LCU	2016

Employment by economic activity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
agriculture	24.3	%	2015
industry	18.2	%	2015

GDP by economic activity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
agriculture	23.5	%	2016
industry	14.2	%	2016

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Agriculture

Land use

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
arable land	41.98	%	2015
forests	15	%	2015

Agriculture - products - Roots and tubers

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
roots and tubers, total	11.567	1000 t	2016
taro	2.056	1000 t	2016

Agriculture - products - Coconut palm

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
coconuts	42	1000 t	2016
copra	6.2	1000 t	2009

Agriculture - products - Fruits

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
fruits, total	8.968	1000 t	2014

Agriculture - products - Tropical fruits

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
bananas	7.654	1000 t	2016

Agriculture - areas harvested - Roots and tubers

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
taro	0.344	1000 ha	2016

Agriculture - areas harvested - Coconut palm

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
coconuts	18.752	1000 ha	2016

Agriculture - areas harvested - Tropical fruits

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
bananas	1.48	1000 ha	2016

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Forests-Livestock-Fishing

Forestry

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
timber	3 239	m³	2016

Livestock - Pigs

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
pigs	14.176	1000 heads	2016

Livestock - Poultry

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
birds	659	1000 heads	2016

Livestock - Livestock products

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
eggs	0.245	1000 t	2016
meat	1.897	1000 t	2016

Fishing

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
crustaceans and molluscs	52	t	2016
marine fishes	172 768	t	2016

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Energy

Electric energy - Generated

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
non-renewable electricity generation	100	%	2015
- thermal	24	M kWh	2015

Electric energy - Installed capacity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
- thermal	5	1000 kW	2015
- other renew.	3	1000 kW	2015

Electric energy - Total production and capacity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
total net generation	24	M kWh	2015
total installed capacity	8	1000 kW	2015

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Industry

Industry - Food and beverages

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
coconut oil	5.5	1000 t	2014
vegetable oils	5.5	1000 t	2014

Industry - Various

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
manufacturing production	8.7	M US$	2013

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Trade

Composition of goods exports

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
food products	66.996	% of goods exports	2016
manufactures	19.739	% of goods exports	2016

International trade by country - Merchandise Import

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Australia	20	M US$	2009
Fiji	17.6	M US$	2009

Merchandise Export

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
2017	13.5	M US$	-
2016	10.513	M US$	-

Merchandise Import

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
2017	110	M US$	-
2016	117.408	M US$	-

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Tourism

International Tourism

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Expenditures	8.8	M US$	2016
Number of arrivals	5 700	units	2016

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Communications

Communication - Transport

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Civil aviation, passengers carried	66.6	1000 units	2017
Merchant fleet	111	units	2018

Communication - Media and telecommunication

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Broadband subscribers	0.652	per 1000 pop.	2017
Computers	11.8	per 1000 pop.	2004

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Social and welfare

Social statistics - Education

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Expected years of schooling	12	years	2008
Gross enrolment ratio, primary - Female	106	index	2016

Social statistics - Students and Teachers by level

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Teachers, primary level	656	units	2016
Teachers, secondary level	664	units	2008

Social statistics - Social protection

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Social protection spending	1.6	% of total expenses	2016

Social statistics - Health

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Hospital beds	1.3	per 1000 pop.	2011
Physicians	0.2	per 1000 pop.	2013

Social statistics - Diseases

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Tuberculosis	566	per 100 000 pop.	2016
Tuberculosis (prevalence)	749	per 100 000 pop.	2014

Other social indicators

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking	5.52	%	2016
Access to electricity	84.936	%	2016

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Aranuka	12 sq km	1 125 inhab.	2015
Arorae	9 sq km	1 011 inhab.	2015
Banaba	6 sq km	268 inhab.	2015
Beru	18 sq km	2 051 inhab.	2015
Betio	2 sq km	17 330 inhab.	2015
Butaritari	13 sq km	3 224 inhab.	2015
Kanton	9 sq km	20 inhab.	2015
Kiritimati	388 sq km	6 456 inhab.	2015
Kuria	15 sq km	1 046 inhab.	2015
Maiana	17 sq km	1 982 inhab.	2015
Makin	8 sq km	1 990 inhab.	2015
Marakei	14 sq km	2 799 inhab.	2015
Nikunau	19 sq km	1 789 inhab.	2015
Nonouti	20 sq km	2 743 inhab.	2015
North Tabiteuea	26 sq km	3 955 inhab.	2015
North Tarawa	15 sq km	6 629 inhab.	2015
Onotoa	16 sq km	1 393 inhab.	2015
South Tabiteuea	12 sq km	1 306 inhab.	2015
South Tarawa	14 sq km	39 058 inhab.	2015
Tabuaeran	34 sq km	2 315 inhab.	2015
Tamana	5 sq km	1 104 inhab.	2015
Teeraina	10 sq km	1 712 inhab.	2015
Gilbert Islands	285 sq km	99 633 inhab.	2015
Phoenix Islands and Line Islands	441 sq km	10 503 inhab.	2015
KIRIBATI	726 sq km	110 136 inhab.	2015

Females	50.7	%	2016
Fertility rate	3.7	units	2016
Household number	17 772	units	2015
Household size	6	units	2015
Infant mortality rate	42.4	‰	2016
Life expectancy	66.3	years	2016
Life expectancy, Females	69.6	years	2016
Life expectancy, Males	63	years	2016
Males	49.3	%	2016
Maternal mortality ratio	90	per 100 000 live births	2015
Mortality rate, under-5	54.3	‰	2016
Natural increase rate	21.2	‰	2016
Population < 15 years	29.7	%	2017
Population > 60 years	6.7	%	2017
Population at latest census	110 136	pop.	2015 (census)
Population growth rate	1.7	%	2015-2020
Sex ratio, males per 100 females	97.2	units	2016
Urban population	51.2	%	2015

meadows & pastures	0	%	2015
other land	43.02	%	2015

2015	10.7	M US$	-
2014	10.145	M US$	-
2013	6.675	M US$	-
2012	5.816	M US$	-
2011	8.598	M US$	-
2010	3.894	M US$	-
2009	6.276	M US$	-
2008	7.517	M US$	-
2007	10.143	M US$	-
2006	6.306	M US$	-
2005	4.309	M US$	-
2004	2.47	M US$	-
2003	2.899	M US$	-
2002	3.435	M US$	-
2001	4.507	M US$	-
2000	3.582	M US$	-
1999	8.756	M US$	-
1998	5.853	M US$	-
1997	6.273	M US$	-
1996	5.338	M US$	-
1995	7.442	M US$	-
1994	5.205	M US$	-
1993	3.447	M US$	-
1992	4.655	M US$	-
1991	5.997	M US$	-
1990	2.875	M US$	-

2015	127	M US$	-
2014	107.26	M US$	-
2013	97.106	M US$	-
2012	108.558	M US$	-
2011	91.747	M US$	-
2010	73.093	M US$	-
2009	67.005	M US$	-
2008	75.160	M US$	-
2007	70.130	M US$	-
2006	62.071	M US$	-
2005	74.049	M US$	-
2004	59.388	M US$	-
2003	51.557	M US$	-
2002	49.759	M US$	-
2001	40.785	M US$	-
2000	39.552	M US$	-
1999	40.539	M US$	-
1998	32.68	M US$	-
1997	39.087	M US$	-
1996	38.04	M US$	-
1995	35.28	M US$	-
1994	26.435	M US$	-
1993	27.794	M US$	-
1992	37.14	M US$	-
1991	25.883	M US$	-
1990	26.902	M US$	-

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Kiribati

Kiribati

Government

Administrative division

Population

Economy

Agriculture

Forests-Livestock-Fishing

Energy

Industry

Trade

Tourism

Communications

Social and welfare

Bikenibeu	7 575	inhab.	2015
Teaoraereke	5 105	inhab.	2015
Temwaiku	4 072	inhab.	2015
Eita	3 395	inhab.	2015
Bairiki	3 218	inhab.	2015
Tabwakea	3 001	inhab.	2015
Bonriki	2 829	inhab.	2015
Ambo	2 780	inhab.	2015
Banraeaba	2 072	inhab.	2015
London	1 895	inhab.	2015
Causeway	1 843	inhab.	2015
Abarao	1 761	inhab.	2015
Buota	1 756	inhab.	2015
Antebuka	1 615	inhab.	2015
Makin	1 535	inhab.	2015
Taborio	1 293	inhab.	2015
Banana	1 209	inhab.	2015
Nanikai	1 152	inhab.	2015
Rawannawi	1 033	inhab.	2015

Mormon	5.3	%	2015
Baha'i	2.1	%	2015
other	2.1	%	2015
Seventh-day Adventist Church	1.9	%	2015

30-44 years	19.7	%	2017
45-59 years	13.5	%	2017
60-74 years	5.4	%	2017
75+ years	1.3	%	2017

fuels	12.313	% of goods exports	2016
ores and metals	0.755	% of goods exports	2016
agricultural raw materials	0.195	% of goods exports	2016

France	4.7	M US$	2009
United States	4.6	M US$	2009
New Zealand	4.5	M US$	2009
China	3.3	M US$	2009
Switzerland	2.8	M US$	2009
Japan	2.8	M US$	2009
Singapore	1.2	M US$	2009
Philippines	0.9	M US$	2009

Merchant fleet, gross tonnage	304 899	t	2018
Motor vehicles	3 452	units	2013
Navigable inland waterways	5	km	2012
Passenger cars	1 926	units	2013
Passenger cars per 1000 pop.	18.8	per 1000 pop.	2013
Roads	670	km	2001

Internet users	137	per 1000 pop.	2016
Mobiles	396.252	per 1000 pop.	2017
Radios	96	per 1000 pop.	2003
Ratio of mobile to fixed telephone lines	60.291	units	2017
Telephone lines	6.572	per 1000 pop.	2017
TVs	26	% of households	2003

Gross enrolment ratio, primary - Male	104	index	2016
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary - Female	90	index	2008
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary - Male	111	index	2014
Illiteracy rate, adult	7.5	%	2001
Mean years of schooling	7.8	years	2015
Public spending on education	16.5	% of GDP	2002

Students, primary level	16 880	units	2016
Students, secondary level	11 583	units	2008

Access to improved drinking-water source	66.9	%	2015
Access to improved sanitation	39.748	%	2015
Alcohol consumption per capita	0.36	litres	2015
Calories available per capita/day	3 040	units	2014-16
Children underweight	14.9	%	2009
CO2 emissions	0.045	M t	2015
CO2 emissions per capita	0.416	t	2015
Deforestation	0	%	2010-15
Electricity consumption per capita	202.658	kWh	2015
Forests	15	%	2015
Inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI)	0.393	index	2015
International poverty line - population below $1.90 a day	12.9	%	2006
International poverty line - population below $3.20 a day	34.6	%	2006
PM2.5 emissions	4.086	µg/m³	2016
Population below national poverty line	21.8	%	2006
Population undernourished	3.3	%	2014-16
Protected areas	11.817	%	2016