Kiribati: ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 0.1 percentage points from 0.1% in 2016. Since 2007 it is down 0.85 percentage points from 0.85% in 2007. The World Bank has no value for 4 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 25% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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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Closest to Kiribati in the 2021 ranking

• Belarus — 1st of 4: 1.09%
• Russian Federation — 2nd of 4: 0.5%
• Comoros — 3rd of 4: 0.09%

What this measures

Information and communication technology goods exports include computers and peripheral equipment, communication equipment, consumer electronic equipment, electronic components, and other information and technology goods (miscellaneous).

Limitations: Detailed trade data are widely available from country trade statistics. These are collected by the UNSD and published in their UN COMTRADE database. The ICT goods trade indicators are usually compiled by interested international and national agencies using COMTRADE data. Concepts are therefore consistent with those applying to the COMTRADE database. The main statistical issue associated with this indicator appears to be the different treatment of re-exports and re-imports by countries, depending on whether the Special or General Trade System is used.2 Re-imports are separately reported for some countries and the value of ICT re-imports (which is included in the value of ICT imports for those…

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

All 11 values

ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) in nearby economies

• Australia — 1.01% (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 0.06% (2024)
• Cambodia — 1.46% (2024)
• China — 21.32% (2024)
• Fiji — 0.81% (2024)
• French Polynesia — 0.13% (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 61.45% (2024)
• Indonesia — 2.66% (2024)
• Japan — 7.64% (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — 28.33% (2024)

More infrastructure data for Kiribati

• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 72,000 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 53.52 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 14 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.01 (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 2.14 (2023)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 89.44% (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 4,427 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 58,879 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0.35 (2023)
• Fixed broadband subscriptions

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Questions people ask

What is Kiribati's ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)?

0% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2007?

It is down 0.85 percentage points from 0.85% in 2007. The highest value was 7.29% in 2009 and the lowest 0% in 2021.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNCTADstat database, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNCTADstat database, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx 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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