Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Kiribati
Kiribati: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 23.9% 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 23.9% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of up 24.7% on the previous year and up 32.7% 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 74th 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 (% of commercial service imports) 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 | 23.9% | +24.7% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 23.9% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.1%, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 23.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 23.4%, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Kiribati changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +150.8% | 11.0% | 27.7% |
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 | 19.2% | 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)
- Commercial service imports 80.44 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 97.2% (2021)
- Manufactures exports 2.1% (2021)
- Merchandise exports 20.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 5.98 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 146.53 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Kiribati?
- Travel services in Kiribati was 23.9% 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 74th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. 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.