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| GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 3,702.33 Int. Dollar | Population (2024): 134,518 | HDI (2024): 0.64 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
129
Score: 42.3
Vulnerability
0.528
Readiness
0.373
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Kiribati places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Kiribati is the 36th most vulnerable country and the 110th most ready country.
ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995
| Year | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Ranking | 124 | 126 | 124 | 128 | 127 | 126 | 126 | 123 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 135 | 136 | 146 | 150 | 137 | 134 | 134 | 143 | 140 | 135 | 140 | 144 | 149 | 126 | 138 | 129 | 135 | 131 | 129 |
| Indicator | 2005 to 2024 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.528 | |
| Food | 0.547 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.781 | |
| Projected population change | 0.331 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.661 | |
| Rural population | 0.404 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.957 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.145 | |
| Water | - | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | - | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | - | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | - | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0 | |
| Dam capacity | - | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | 0.860 | |
| Health | 0.460 | |
| Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.091 | |
| Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.658 | |
| Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.313 | |
| Slum population | 0.060 | |
| Medical staff | 0.872 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.769 | |
| Ecosystem Services | - | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | - | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 1.000 | |
| Natural capital dependency | - | |
| Ecological footprint | - | |
| Protected biome | 0.417 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.951 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.574 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.110 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.977 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.596 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.613 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | - | |
| Paved roads | - | |
| Infrastructure | 0.530 | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 1.000 | |
| Dependency on imported energy | - | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 1.000 | |
| Electricity access | 0.041 | |
| Disaster preparedness | 0.077 |