Kiribati — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Kiribati, 1970–2025.
GDP for Kiribati was 349.23 million in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 56 years, from 1970 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 11.56 million in 1970 (about 30.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.39% per year.
Kiribati ranks 208 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 18.30 billion, so Kiribati sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 82%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 32 of 36 economies; Palau (345.00 million) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 170% in 1974. That is 36% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 2007. Doubling roughly every 11 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 144th of 146 in 1970 → 160th of 163 in 1980 → 191st of 192 in 1990 → 202nd of 204 in 2000 → 209th of 212 in 2010 → 208th of 210 in 2020 → 182nd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 349,227,254.16 | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 343,153,235.08 | +17.7% |
| 2023 | 291,657,337.84 | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 271,214,374.5 | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 285,451,584.41 | +29.2% |
| 2020 | 220,909,306.75 | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 216,891,541.02 | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 233,859,230.19 | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 223,029,864.54 | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 206,467,818.5 | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 191,559,398.69 | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 200,287,281.98 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 201,730,860.76 | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 207,001,545.87 | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 195,970,140.17 | +18.4% |
| 2010 | 165,458,433.13 | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 140,177,384.15 | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 147,017,894.98 | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 138,054,945.64 | +22.9% |
| 2006 | 112,338,353.26 | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 113,895,437.32 | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 104,085,892.13 | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 96,105,619.38 | +28.6% |
| 2002 | 74,743,869.13 | +15.1% |
| 2001 | 64,935,850.16 | -13.3% |
| 2000 | 74,910,527.26 | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 77,323,978.19 | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 74,905,705.89 | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 80,205,806.83 | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 81,456,854.14 | +18.7% |
| 1995 | 68,596,394.6 | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 67,055,333.9 | +13.7% |
| 1993 | 58,953,595.91 | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 61,491,369.28 | +49.1% |
| 1991 | 41,247,791.64 | +12.9% |
| 1990 | 36,534,294.8 | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 37,645,319.2 | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 38,278,810.32 | +29.5% |
| 1987 | 29,554,412.53 | +13.7% |
| 1986 | 25,993,008.79 | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 26,126,615.23 | -24.0% |
| 1984 | 34,394,167.04 | +10.9% |
| 1983 | 31,000,545.77 | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 32,742,712.65 | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 35,267,489.24 | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 33,157,723.11 | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 34,466,197.03 | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 36,563,964.55 | +16.7% |
| 1977 | 31,335,458.7 | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 33,246,816.5 | -25.4% |
| 1975 | 44,547,453.6 | -35.7% |
| 1974 | 69,256,488.52 | +170.1% |
| 1973 | 25,645,040.47 | +67.5% |
| 1972 | 15,314,346.49 | +23.9% |
| 1971 | 12,356,134.38 | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 11,560,877.28 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Kiribati’s GDP in 1971?
12,356,134.38 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Kiribati’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Kiribati’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2920.8% in total — about 6.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 349,227,254.16; 2024: 343,153,235.08; 2023: 291,657,337.84; 2022: 271,214,374.5; 2021: 285,451,584.41. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.