Central government expense in Kiribati

Central government expense in Kiribati was equal to 83.7% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2011 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Kiribati, 2023 83.7% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +2.2percentage points 2022: 81.5%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Kiribati (2023).

Central government expense in Kiribati over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period KiribatiWorld
2023 83.7% –
2022 81.5% 28.5%
2021 84.1% 31.7%
2020 76.0% 33.4%
2019 70.1% 26.7%
2018 61.6% 26.1%
2017 64.4% 26.3%
2016 61.4% 26.6%
2015 58.7% 26.8%
2014 55.2% 26.8%
2013 60.2% 27.1%
2012 62.2% 27.4%
2011 59.3% 27.5%
2010 – 28.4%
2009 – 28.4%
2008 – 25.9%
2007 – 24.8%
2006 – 24.9%
2005 – 25.1%
2004 – 24.8%
2003 – 25.2%
2002 – 24.9%
2001 – 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.2 percentage points from 81.5% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 60.2%, the figure has changed by +23.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2011 to 2023 for Kiribati
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics