Kiribati's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) was US$3.2 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 68.32% from US$10.1 million in 2010 (10.86% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$3.2 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$12.4 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$10.1 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$15.2 million | 2016 |
| Lowest | US$3.1 million | 2006 |
| Average since 2011 | US$11.9 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$3.1 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Kiribati's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 77.6% on 2019 (from US$14.3 million to US$3.2 million).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2019), the average change was +17.4% and a typical year strayed about 36.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 77.4% in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 77.6% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% of the movement over 10 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
In 2020, Kiribati had the 154th highest value of the 155 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Kiribati | US$3.2 million | 2020 |
| World | US$1.4 trillion | 2019 |
| East Asia & Pacific | US$495.58 billion | 2019 |
| Lower middle income | US$117.55 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Kiribati in the 2020 ranking
- Grenada — 151st of 155: US$5 million
- Guinea — 152nd of 155: US$4.2 million
- Tajikistan — 153rd of 155: US$3.5 million
- Samoa — 155th of 155: US$1.3 million
What this measures
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 15 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3,200,000 |
| 2019 | 14,300,000 |
| 2018 | 13,200,000 |
| 2017 | 13,900,000 |
| 2016 | 15,200,000 |
| 2015 | 12,400,000 |
| 2014 | 13,200,000 |
| 2013 | 13,400,000 |
| 2012 | 7,900,000 |
| 2011 | 12,300,000 |
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Australia — US$6.49 billion (2020)
- Brunei Darussalam — US$97 million (2020)
- Cambodia — US$169 million (2020)
- China — US$130.5 billion (2020)
- Fiji — US$75 million (2020)
- French Polynesia — US$177 million (2018)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — US$5.52 billion (2020)
- Indonesia — US$1.65 billion (2020)
- Japan
More private sector & trade data for Kiribati
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$496 million (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$20 million (2025)
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 147.76% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports) — 2.3% (2021)
- Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — 41.44% (2021)
- Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — 12.54% (2021)
- Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) — 43.01% (2021)
- Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) — 0.4% (2021)
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — 97.22% (2021)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Kiribati's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)?
- US$3.2 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2006?
- It is up 3.23% from US$3.1 million in 2006 (0.23% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$15.2 million in 2016 and the lowest US$3.1 million in 2006.
- How does Kiribati rank?
- 154th highest of 155 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) unusual for Kiribati?
- In 2020, Kiribati's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 77.6% on 2019 (from US$14.3 million to US$3.2 million). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2019), the average change was +17.4% and a typical year strayed about 36.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TVLX.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism 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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