Kiribati's GDP, linked series (current LCU) was 542 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 112.56% from 254.98 million in 2015 (7.83% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 542 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 321 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 254.98 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 542 million | 2025 |
| Lowest | 46.8 million | 1990 |
| Average since 2016 | 378.67 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 46.8 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Kiribati's GDP, linked series (current LCU) rose 4.2% on 2024 (from 520 million to 542 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.1% and a typical year strayed about 5.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 58.1% in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.5% in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 29.74 million a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 585.42 million for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 79.29 million, against 109.33 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Kiribati had the 181st highest value of the 186 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Kiribati in the 2025 ranking
- Dominica — 178th of 186: 1.95 billion
- Timor-Leste — 179th of 186: 1.9 billion
- Tonga — 180th of 186: 1.63 billion
- Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 182nd of 186: 501.8 million
- Palau — 183rd of 186: 345 million
- Marshall Islands — 184th of 186: 308 million
What this measures
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This series has been linked to produce a consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. Thus, it may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 36 values
| Year | GDP, linked series (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 542,000,000 |
| 2024 | 520,000,000 |
| 2023 | 439,000,000 |
| 2022 | 391,000,000 |
| 2021 | 380,000,000 |
| 2020 | 321,000,000 |
| 2019 | 312,000,000 |
| 2018 | 313,000,000 |
| 2017 | 291,000,000 |
| 2016 | 277,743,400 |
| 2015 |
GDP, linked series (current LCU) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 871 million (2022)
- Australia — 2.78 trillion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 19.66 billion (2025)
- Cambodia — 205.76 trillion (2025)
- China — 140.19 trillion (2025)
- Fiji — 14.25 billion (2025)
- French Polynesia — 697.55 billion (2024)
- Guam — 6.91 billion (2022)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.33 trillion (2025)
- Indonesia — 23,821.1 trillion (2025)
- Japan
More economic policy & debt data for Kiribati
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$96.28 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$74.04 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$98.32 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$98.32 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$98.32 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$98.32 million (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$741.9 (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Kiribati's GDP, linked series (current LCU)?
- 542 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 1,058% from 46.8 million in 1990 (7.25% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 542 million in 2025 and the lowest 46.8 million in 1990.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CN.AD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); World Economic Outlook database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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