Kiribati, year by year

Every index this site holds for Kiribati, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2005

Human development rose from 0.588 in 2005 to 0.644 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 19 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 66.6 years2024at birthUp 1.1 years from 65.5 years in 2005
Internet users: 89%2024of people onlineUp 85 points from 5% in 2006
Urban population: 63%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 20 points from 44% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.122024births per womanDown 0.64 from 3.76 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 42%2022of energy usedDown 9 points from 51% in 2004
Access to electricity: 98%2024of people with electricityUp 28 points from 70% in 2005
Infant mortality: 392024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 6 from 45 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.6 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 1%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	61.0	—	—	4.67	64.0	—	69	0.2	1.5	—	—
1991	—	61.5	—	35.3	4.64	63.5	—	66	0.2	1.5	—	—
1992	—	62.0	—	35.5	4.57	63.2	—	64	0.2	1.5	—	—
1993	—	62.4	—	35.7	4.49	59.3	—	62	0.2	1.5	—	—
1994	—	62.8	—	36.0	4.44	59.9	—	59	0.3	1.5	—	—
1995	—	63.1	—	36.3	4.42	59.1	—	58	0.2	1.5	—	—
1996	—	63.5	—	37.0	4.43	55.3	—	56	0.2	1.5	—	—
1997	—	63.8	—	38.6	4.37	57.5	—	54	0.2	1.5	—	—
1998	—	64.1	0.6	40.5	4.29	59.1	—	53	0.2	1.5	—	—
1999	—	64.4	1.2	42.3	4.18	59.8	—	51	0.2	1.5	—	—
2000	—	64.7	1.8	43.3	4.07	54.7	56	49	0.4	1.5	—	—
2001	—	64.9	2.3	43.5	3.96	56.4	57	48	0.3	1.5	—	—
2002	—	65.1	2.5	43.5	3.81	53.0	59	47	0.5	1.5	—	—
2003	—	65.3	3.0	43.5	3.70	50.5	61	46	0.5	1.5	—	—
2004	—	65.4	3.5	43.5	3.73	50.5	62	45	0.5	1.5	—	—
2005	0.588	65.5	4.0	43.5	3.76	48.5	70	45	0.6	1.5	—	—
2006	0.593	65.6	4.5	43.7	3.82	48.1	69	44	0.7	1.5	1123	1728
2007	0.596	65.7	6.0	44.6	3.87	48.4	68	44	0.6	1.5	1353	1792
2008	0.596	65.8	7.0	46.0	3.90	49.7	69	43	0.7	1.5	1411	1735
2009	0.598	65.8	9.0	47.4	3.91	50.4	64	43	0.6	1.5	1317	1718
2010	0.600	65.9	9.1	48.5	3.90	50.1	63	42	0.6	1.5	1522	1724
2011	0.603	65.9	10.0	49.1	3.88	50.5	75	42	0.5	1.5	1771	1786
2012	0.608	65.9	10.8	49.6	3.77	48.7	77	42	0.5	1.5	1844	1896
2013	0.613	65.9	11.5	50.0	3.64	46.2	79	42	0.5	1.5	1772	2049
2014	0.615	65.9	12.3	50.4	3.52	48.0	83	42	0.5	1.5	1737	2084
2015	0.623	65.8	14.9	51.0	3.44	47.5	91	43	0.5	1.5	1640	2311
2016	0.627	65.8	19.4	51.8	3.38	48.1	93	43	0.6	1.5	1743	2463
2017	0.630	65.8	25.3	53.0	3.34	42.5	86	43	0.6	1.5	1854	2561
2018	0.633	65.8	33.0	54.5	3.32	42.3	88	43	0.6	1.5	1916	2669
2019	0.635	65.9	41.8	56.3	3.29	42.2	89	43	0.6	1.5	1750	2762
2020	0.632	65.2	53.0	58.4	3.25	42.2	91	42	0.6	1.5	1752	2715
2021	0.631	64.2	67.1	59.6	3.22	42.2	93	42	0.6	1.5	2224	3024
2022	0.642	66.3	85.0	60.6	3.18	41.9	94	41	0.6	1.5	2079	3350
2023	0.644	66.5	88.0	61.5	3.15	—	96	40	0.6	1.5	2201	3527
2024	—	66.6	89.4	62.5	3.12	—	98	39	0.6	—	2551	3728
2025	—	—	—	63.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	2559	3937
On the profile	0.644	66.6	89.4	63.4	3.12	41.9	—	—	0.6	1.5	2559	3937

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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