Poverty Headcount / Kiribati
Kiribati Poverty Headcount
Kiribati poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 5.50%.
COUNTRY: Kiribati
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:11:11
GM ECONOMY RATING
Kiribati · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
46 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
14.0 / 20
External stability
1.2 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
7.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
n/a
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 81% of weighted inputs available.
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Kiribati · poverty headcount data as percent of GDP.
Latest
5.50%
Previous
21.90%
Range avg.
13.70%
Rank
84
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CountryKiribati
IndicatorPoverty Headcount
5.50%2023 · Rank 84
Chart range
All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Kiribati recorded 5.50% for Poverty Headcount in 2023, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2019, the indicator decreased by 16.40 percentage points, from 21.90% to 5.50%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 2 available observations (13.70%).
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