Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Kiribati
Kiribati: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 97.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Kiribati, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 97.0% for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Kiribati peaked at 97.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 90.4%, in 2005.
Kiribati ranks 171st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 93.0% | — |
| 2004 | 91.4% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 90.4% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 93.2% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 92.3% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 91.3% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 94.9% | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 94.6% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 94.7% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 94.7% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 94.6% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 95.1% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 94.8% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 96.7% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 96.0% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 96.8% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 97.0% | +0.2% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 97.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 97% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 97.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 100.0%, 97% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.4% | 90.4% | 94.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 95.5% | 94.6% | 97.0% | 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 starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Kiribati?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Kiribati was 97.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.4% in 2005.
- How does Kiribati rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Kiribati ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. 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 Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement 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.