Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kiribati
Kiribati: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 63.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kiribati, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kiribati stood at 63.4%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 67.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kiribati peaked at 63.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 34.3%, in 2010.
Kiribati ranks 172nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 37.9% | — |
| 2010 | 34.3% | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 36.3% | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 35.8% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 34.6% | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 40.2% | +16.2% |
| 2015 | 36.2% | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 60.1% | +66.2% |
| 2017 | 50.3% | -16.3% |
| 2018 | 60.5% | +20.3% |
| 2019 | 63.4% | +4.7% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 63.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.1%, 71% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 63.4% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 98.1%, 65% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 37.9% | 37.9% | 37.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 45.2% | 34.3% | 63.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
More private sector data for Kiribati
- Merchandise trade 147.8% (2025)
- Food imports 41.4% (2021)
- Manufactures imports 43.0% (2021)
- Merchandise imports 496.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 97.2% (2021)
- Manufactures exports 2.1% (2021)
- Merchandise exports 20.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 146.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0573 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -16.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kiribati?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Kiribati was 63.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 63.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.3% in 2010.
- How does Kiribati rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Kiribati ranks 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.