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Human development index — Kiribati

Human development index in Kiribati in 2023 — 0.644 index. Ranked 140 in the world out of 193. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 9.5%.

2023 0.644 index +0.31% vs 2022
World rank 140of 193
Period maximum 0.644 index2023
Period minimum 0.588 index2005

Trend over time

2005–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Kiribati, 2005–20230.580.60.620.640.6620052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.588 index2006: 0.593 index2007: 0.596 index2008: 0.596 index2009: 0.598 index2010: 0.6 index2011: 0.603 index2012: 0.608 index2013: 0.613 index2014: 0.615 index2015: 0.623 index2016: 0.627 index2017: 0.63 index2018: 0.633 index2019: 0.635 index2020: 0.632 index2021: 0.631 index2022: 0.642 index2023: 0.644 index
Change over the period: +0.056 (+9.52%) Average annual rate: 0.51 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kiribati

Kiribati 0.644 index
World 0.756 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.789 index
Micronesia (subregion) computed 0.655 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Kiribati, by year Kiribati All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.644 +0.002 +0.31%
2022 0.642 +0.011 +1.74%
2021 0.631 −0.001 −0.16%
2020 0.632 −0.003 −0.47%
2019 0.635 +0.002 +0.32%
2018 0.633 +0.003 +0.48%
2017 0.63 +0.003 +0.48%
2016 0.627 +0.004 +0.64%
2015 0.623 +0.008 +1.3%
2014 0.615 +0.002 +0.33%
2013 0.613 +0.005 +0.82%
2012 0.608 +0.005 +0.83%
2011 0.603 +0.003 +0.5%
2010 0.6 +0.002 +0.33%
2009 0.598 +0.002 +0.34%
2008 0.596 +0 +0%
2007 0.596 +0.003 +0.51%
2006 0.593 +0.005 +0.85%
2005 0.588 — —

Micronesia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PW Palau 0.786 MH Marshall Islands 0.733 NR Nauru 0.703 KI Kiribati 0.644 FM Micronesia 0.615
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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