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Least Developed Country Category: Kiribati Profile

* Data from the 2024 triennial review

Kiribati Snapshot in PDF

LDC status

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Inclusion: 1986

Graduation: Recommended for graduation by the CDP, under consideration by ECOSOC

Reports and resolutions

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Inclusion

CDP reports: ,
ECOSOC resolutions: E/RES/1984/58, E/DEC/1986/153
GA resolution:

Graduation

CDP reports: , , , , , , ,
ECOSOC resolutions: , ,
Impact assessment: 2009, , 2018
Vulnerability profile: 2009, 2015, 2015 Note by UNSD, 2018
Country statements: 2015 CDP EGM, 2018 EGM, 2018 CDP Plenary
Country presentation: 2009 CDP EGM, 2015 CDP EGM

Gross national income (GNI) per capita*

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Value:

$ 2,916

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Thresholds

Inclusion: $ 1,088
Graduation: $ 1,306

Human assets index (HAI)*

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Index:

84.6

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 60 or below
Graduation: 66 or above

HAI indicators

Under-five mortality rate
Lower secondary education completion rate
stat Value: 56.4 stat Value: 80.0
Index: 71.9 Index: 77.7
Source: UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation Source: UNESCO
Prevalence of stunting
Adult literacy rate
stat Value: 14.2 stat Value: 90.6
Index: 76.6 Index: 87.5
Source: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Source: Kiribati MoE
Maternal Mortality Rate
Gender parity index for lower secondary education completion
stat Value: 76 stat Value: 1.3
Index: 94.0 Index: 100.0
Source: UN IAG for Maternal Mortality Source: UNESCO

Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*

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Index:

53.6

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 36 or above
Graduation: 32 or below

EVI indicators

Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones
stat Value: 24.3 stat Value: 95.2
Index: 39.6 Index: 100.0
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: CIESIN
Remoteness and landlockedness
Share of population living in drylands
stat Value: 75.9 stat Value: 4.5
Index: 82.4 Index: 4.5
Source: CDP Secretariat Source: CDP Secretariat
Merchandise export concentration
Instability of agricultural production
stat Value: 9.3 stat Value: 8.0
Index: 87.6 Index: 34.9
Source: UNCTAD Source: FAO
Instability of exports of goods and services
Victims of disasters
stat Value: 28.8 stat Value: 0.17
Index: 57.6 Index: 21.9
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: UNDRR

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