Kiribati

Kiribati: A Micro-Economy With Negligible Military Weight

Kiribati, a Pacific island nation, produced gross domestic product of $307,862,564.49 in 2024, per World Bank WDI figures. That economy supported a population of 134,518 people in 2024, also per World Bank WDI, for a GDP per capita of $2,288.63 in 2024, again per World Bank WDI.

On public finances, the IMF's World Economic Outlook puts Kiribati's government debt at 7.7% of GDP for 2026, a low figure against the scale of its overall economy as recorded in this bundle.

Military capacity

Kiribati carries no standing military personnel in the Correlates of War National Material Capabilities dataset, which records zero active personnel for 2022. The same dataset assigns Kiribati a Composite Index of National Capability (CINC) score of 2.752422e-06 for 2022, reflecting a negligible share of the international system's aggregate military, demographic and economic capability. Taken together, the zero-personnel figure and the CINC score describe a state with essentially no independent military capacity recorded for that year, consistent with the small population and economic base captured elsewhere in this bundle.

Energy

Kiribati's energy footprint is minimal. Our World in Data's Energy dataset records primary energy consumption of 0.0012 exajoules in 2023 and electricity generation of 0.04 terawatt-hours in 2024. Oil and gas production are both recorded at zero for 2016, indicating no domestic hydrocarbon output was captured in that series. The combination of very low primary energy consumption and negligible electricity generation is consistent with a small island economy with limited industrial base, though this bundle contains no series that speaks directly to energy imports or consumption patterns beyond these top-line figures.

Data gaps

• No governance indicators (V-Dem or otherwise) are present in this bundle, leaving no basis to assess democratic quality or institutional capacity.
• No reserves or military expenditure (SIPRI) figures are included, limiting assessment of fiscal buffers or defense investment.
• The oil and gas production figures are dated 2016, the oldest series in this bundle, while the economic and demographic figures run to 2024 and the debt figure to 2026.
• The personnel and CINC figures share a 2022 vintage from Correlates of War, but no later update is present in this bundle.

Sources: World Bank WDI; IMF WEO; Correlates of War National Material Capabilities; Our World in Data (Energy)