Kiribati: Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Kiribati's access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) rose 4.2 percentage points on 2019 (from 90.1% to 94.3%).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2019), the average change was +4.41 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.54 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 21.5 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.5 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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What this measures

Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 18 values

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in nearby economies

• Australia — 100% (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 100% (2024)
• Cambodia — 98.6% (2024)
• China — 100% (2024)
• Fiji — 92.5% (2024)
• French Polynesia — 100% (2024)
• Guam — 100% (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 100% (2024)
• Indonesia — 99.7% (2024)
• Japan

More environment data for Kiribati

• Rural population — 49,975 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 36.61% (2025)
• Urban population — 86,513 (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 63.39% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 8 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 278,509 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 278,517 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — -1.04% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — 2.92% (2025)
• Agricultural land (sq. km) — 340 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Kiribati's access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)?

94.3% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 67.4 percentage points from 26.9% in 2000. The highest value was 94.3% in 2020 and the lowest 26.9% in 2000.

Is the latest change in access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) unusual for Kiribati?

In 2020, Kiribati's access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) rose 4.2 percentage points on 2019 (from 90.1% to 94.3%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2019), the average change was +4.41 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.54 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is released when a new Tracking SDG7 report is released., publisher: World Bank (WB), date accessed: 2024-05-16, date published: 2023 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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