Kiribati
Government debt in Kiribati
Government debt in Kiribati: 2.5% of GDP in 1988 and 8.9% of GDP in 2024, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 8.9% of GDP
- Since 1988
- +6.4 percentage points
- Projected, 2031
- 36.4% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 36.4% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 21.2% of GDP in 2016, the lowest 2.5% of GDP in 1988.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Kiribati |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.9 |
| 2023 | 11.3 |
| 2022 | 16.3 |
| 2021 | 17.3 |
| 2020 | 21 |
| 2019 | 18.5 |
| 2018 | 19 |
| 2017 | 20.2 |
| 2016 | 21.2 |
| 2015 | 18.8 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2013 | 8.9 |
| 2012 | 8.1 |
| 2011 | 8.8 |
| 2010 | 9.4 |
| 2009 | 10.3 |
| 2008 | 13.9 |
| 2007 | 11.1 |
| 2006 | 12.9 |
| 2005 | 12.1 |
| 2004 | 13.6 |
| 2003 | 12.3 |
| 2002 | 13.3 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2000 | 12.7 |
| 1999 | 11.8 |
| 1998 | 9.8 |
| 1997 | 10.7 |
| 1996 | 11 |
| 1995 | 12.3 |
| 1994 | 12.3 |
| 1993 | 10.9 |
| 1992 | 7.3 |
| 1991 | 8.4 |
| 1990 | 7.7 |
| 1989 | 5 |
| 1988 | 2.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Kiribati |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 |
| 2026 | 7.7 |
| 2027 | 15.7 |
| 2028 | 20.9 |
| 2029 | 28.2 |
| 2030 | 32.4 |
| 2031 | 36.4 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
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