Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Kiribati
Kiribati: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre was 0.3221 million USD per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Kiribati, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD per square kilometre.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 0.3221 million USD per square kilometre for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 53.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Kiribati peaked at 0.3221 million USD per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1195 million USD per square kilometre, in 1986.
Kiribati ranks 114th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | million USD per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.1863 million USD per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.1707 million USD per square kilometre | -8.4% |
| 1972 | 0.1794 million USD per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 0.2034 million USD per square kilometre | +13.4% |
| 1974 | 0.2772 million USD per square kilometre | +36.3% |
| 1975 | 0.2738 million USD per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.1881 million USD per square kilometre | -31.3% |
| 1977 | 0.1682 million USD per square kilometre | -10.5% |
| 1978 | 0.1594 million USD per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 0.1324 million USD per square kilometre | -17.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1309 million USD per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.1389 million USD per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1374 million USD per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.124 million USD per square kilometre | -9.8% |
| 1984 | 0.1412 million USD per square kilometre | +13.9% |
| 1985 | 0.1225 million USD per square kilometre | -13.2% |
| 1986 | 0.1195 million USD per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 0.1211 million USD per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.1478 million USD per square kilometre | +22.0% |
| 1989 | 0.137 million USD per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 0.1282 million USD per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 0.121 million USD per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 0.15 million USD per square kilometre | +24.0% |
| 1993 | 0.1498 million USD per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1529 million USD per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1571 million USD per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 0.157 million USD per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.1589 million USD per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.1659 million USD per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.1594 million USD per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 0.1702 million USD per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1648 million USD per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 0.1672 million USD per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.1646 million USD per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.1636 million USD per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1657 million USD per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.1753 million USD per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 0.1806 million USD per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 0.1752 million USD per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1762 million USD per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.1783 million USD per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.1841 million USD per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 0.1948 million USD per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 0.2099 million USD per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 0.2125 million USD per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.2365 million USD per square kilometre | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2533 million USD per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2628 million USD per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.2719 million USD per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 0.2808 million USD per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2766 million USD per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3001 million USD per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 0.3138 million USD per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 0.3221 million USD per square kilometre | +2.7% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 0.3221 million USD per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.157 million USD per square kilometre, 2.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 0.3221 million USD per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.5543 million USD per square kilometre, 58% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Kiribati changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +36.3% | 0.2034 million USD per square kilometre | 0.2772 million USD per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1939 million USD per square kilometre | 0.1324 million USD per square kilometre | 0.2772 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.132 million USD per square kilometre | 0.1195 million USD per square kilometre | 0.1478 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.15 million USD per square kilometre | 0.121 million USD per square kilometre | 0.1659 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1703 million USD per square kilometre | 0.1636 million USD per square kilometre | 0.1806 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2285 million USD per square kilometre | 0.1783 million USD per square kilometre | 0.2808 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3032 million USD per square kilometre | 0.2766 million USD per square kilometre | 0.3221 million USD per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
- 111 Georgia 0.3294 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 112 Tunisia 0.327 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 113 Colombia 0.3222 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 115 Samoa 0.3163 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 116 Ghana 0.3099 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 117 South Africa 0.2989 million USD per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Kiribati
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.6343 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.11 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 16,114 BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 0.1181 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 4.16 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -48.46 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0119 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 30.49 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 8.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Kiribati?
- Gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Kiribati was 0.3221 million USD per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3221 million USD per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1195 million USD per square kilometre in 1986.
- How does Kiribati rank for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre?
- Kiribati ranks 114th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.