Kiribati: Economy
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                Income Level (by per capita GNI) Source: The World Bank Possible values: High Income, Upper Middle Income, Lower Middle Income and Low Income  | 
            Lower Middle Income | 
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                Level of Development
                
                    
                    
                        Source: United Nations Possible values: Developed, In Transition and Developing  | 
            Data unavailable | 
| Economic Trivia | Tourism provides more than one-fifth of GDP.  | 
    
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            Trade
            
                
                
                    Source: United Nations Comtrade Note: Top 3 trade partners are calculated by imports + exports.  | 
        
                 
                        Top 3 Trade Partners (2020): Fiji, Australia, and China   | 
    
| Top Industries Source: CIA World Factbook | Fishing; Handicrafts  | 
    
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [1]
| GDP, PPP (current international) | $310,327,796 (2022) | 
| GDP Growth Rate (annual %) | 1.563% (2022) | 
| GDP Per Capita, PPP (current international) | $2,365 (2022) | 
GDP Country Rank 193/197 (2022)
Economic Indicators [1]
| Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) | -1.813% (2019) | 
| External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) | Data unavailable | 
| Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) | 32.7% (2019) | 
| Real Interest Rate (5 year average %) | 4.398% (2012) | 
| Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) | 4.435% (2020) | 
| Current Account Balance (BoP, current US$) | $20,250,959 (2021) | 
Labor and Employment [1]
| Labor Force, Total | 25,254,095 (2011) | 
| Employment in Agriculture (% of total employment) | 22.08% (2010) | 
| Employment in Industry (% of total employment) | 16.12% (2010) | 
| Employment in Services (% of total employment) | 61.8% (2010) | 
| Unemployment Rate | 3.4% (2011) | 
Trade [1]
| Imports of goods and services (current US$) | $198,313,694 (2021) | 
| Exports of goods and services (current US$) | $26,291,588 (2021) | 
| Total Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) | 52.383% (2022) | 
| FDI, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | $1,032,396 (2022) | 
| Commercial Service Exports (current US$) | $1,207,422 (2021) | 
Economic Snapshot [1]
Note: Percentile ranks are calculated using the latest available data for all countries within the last 5 years.
How to interpret the graph: The purpose of this graph is to take a snapshot of a country’s economy in comparison to other economies. For example, Kiribati’s Exports rank is higher than (please wait...) of the countries in the dataset. For Exports, FDI and GDP measures, a higher rank (closer to 100%) indicates a stronger economy. Conversely, for Unemployment and Inflation, a lower rank (closer to 0%) indicates a stronger economy.
