Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Kiribati
Kiribati: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 16.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Kiribati, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government spending on education as a share of gdp in Kiribati is 16.4%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.9% on the previous year and up 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Kiribati peaked at 16.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 1974.
That places Kiribati 1st out of 199 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.0% | 3.9% | 5.9% | 3 |
| 1990s | 9.7% | 9.7% | 9.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 10.8% | 10.0% | 11.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.2% | 10.8% | 14.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 15.3% | 14.0% | 16.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
More education data for Kiribati
- Population ages 15-64 61.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.4% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 95.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 734 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.12 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Kiribati?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Kiribati was 16.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 16.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 1974.
- How does Kiribati rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Kiribati ranks 1st out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.