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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	156	169	195^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-0.9	10.3	2.3^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 516.9	1 524.8	1 656.9^c
Economy: Agriculture^f (% of Gross Value Added)	24.2	22.6	27.1^c
Economy: Industry^f (% of Gross Value Added)	11.9	15.7	13.9^c
Economy: Services and other activity^f (% of GVA)	63.9	61.7	59^c
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	22.1	...	...
Employment in industry (% of employed)	16.1	...	...
Employment in services (% employed)	61.8	...	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	30.6^g	...	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	52.3 / 66.8^h	... / ...	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Indexⁱ (2010=100)	100	100	100^c
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	97	100	93^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	4	10	4^i,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	73	111	123^i,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-69	-101	-119^i,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	~0	56	87^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^j (average annual %)	2.2	1.5	1.5^e
Urban population (% of total population)	47.4	51.6	54.8^c
Urban population growth rate^j (average annual %)	3.8	3.5	...
Fertility rate, total^j (live births per woman)	3.9	3.8	3.6^e
Life expectancy at birth^j (females/males, years)	68.6 / 61.5	70.6 / 62.5	72.0 / 63.9^e
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	36.1 / 5.5	35.0 / 5.7	35.8 / 7.0^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	2.9 / 2.8	2.9 / 2.6	3.1 / 2.6^e
Infant mortality rate^j (per 1 000 live births)	51.4	47.9	43^e
Health: Current expenditure^k,l (% of GDP)	9.2	8	12.1^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.4	0.2ⁿ	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	113.2 / 107.2^o	106.6 / 104.5	104.9 / 97.9^p
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	91.4 / 82.7^q	... / ...	... / ...
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	81.4 / 67.5^q	... / ...	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	3.9	7.5^r	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	4.3	8.7	6.7^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	9.1	13ⁱ	14.6^i,p
Threatened species (number)	90	100	113
Forested areaⁱ (% of land area)	1.5	1.5	1.5^m
Energy production, primaryⁱ (Petajoules)	1	1	1^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	13	12	14^i,m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^t (000)	5	4	7^m
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	40	40	40^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	18.8 / 5.9	19.9 / 6.3	21.1 / 6.7^e
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	25.5 / 20.2	25.9 / 23.8	26.1 / 27.4^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	10.38	18.45	14.83^c

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		Land area only. Excluding 84 square km of uninhabited islands.
c		2019
d		2015
e		2020
f		At factor cost.
g		De facto population.
h		Persons present (de facto).
i		Estimate.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
l		General government expenditure (GGE) can be larger than the Gross domestic product (GDP) because government accounts for a very large part of domestic consumption and because a large part of domestic consumption in the country is accounted for by imports.
m		2018
n		2013
o		2009
p		2017
q		2008
r		2012
s		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
t		Air arrivals. Tarawa and Christmas Island.