Travel services in Kiribati
Kiribati: Travel services was 21.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Kiribati, 1985–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 21.6% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of up 12.8% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Kiribati peaked at 28.5% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2021.
That places Kiribati 89th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Travel services in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 19.0% | — |
| 1986 | 19.7% | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 21.4% | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 14.1% | -34.0% |
| 1989 | 13.0% | -8.1% |
| 1990 | 15.2% | +17.5% |
| 1991 | 17.2% | +12.8% |
| 1992 | 15.7% | -8.5% |
| 1993 | 16.6% | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 18.6% | +12.1% |
| 2006 | 12.2% | -34.5% |
| 2007 | 15.9% | +31.1% |
| 2008 | 17.1% | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 28.5% | +67.4% |
| 2010 | 23.7% | -17.1% |
| 2011 | 22.6% | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 15.2% | -33.0% |
| 2013 | 21.7% | +43.4% |
| 2014 | 18.6% | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 18.0% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 21.0% | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 22.6% | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 23.7% | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 25.8% | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 11.7% | -54.8% |
| 2021 | 11.0% | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 27.7% | +150.8% |
| 2023 | 21.8% | -21.4% |
| 2024 | 19.2% | -11.9% |
| 2025 | 21.6% | +12.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17.4% | 13.0% | 21.4% | 5 |
| 1990s | 16.6% | 15.2% | 18.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 18.4% | 12.2% | 28.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 21.3% | 15.2% | 25.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.8% | 11.0% | 27.7% | 6 |
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 travel services in Kiribati?
- Travel services in Kiribati was 21.6% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 28.5% in 2009.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2021.
- How does Kiribati rank for travel services?
- Kiribati ranks 89th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.