Personal remittances received in Kiribati

Personal remittances received by Kiribati were equal to 6.5% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1979 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Kiribati, 2025 6.5% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +2.2percentage points 2024: 4.3%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received 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.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period KiribatiWorld
2025 6.5% 0.8%
2024 4.3% 0.8%
2023 4.0% 0.8%
2022 10.4% 0.8%
2021 4.7% 0.7%
2020 6.8% 0.8%
2019 9.3% 0.7%
2018 8.5% 0.7%
2017 8.1% 0.7%
2016 7.9% 0.7%
2015 7.3% 0.7%
2014 8.2% 0.7%
2013 8.6% 0.7%
2012 8.5% 0.7%
2011 8.7% 0.6%
2010 9.5% 0.6%
2009 10.0% 0.7%
2008 9.8% 0.6%
2007 10.1% 0.6%
2006 11.6% 0.6%
2005 – 0.5%
2004 – 0.5%
2003 – 0.5%
2002 – 0.5%
2001 – 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.2 percentage points from 4.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 7.3%, the figure has changed by −0.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1979 to 2025 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: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data