Income inequality: Atkinson index in Kiribati
Kiribati: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.1554 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Kiribati, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 0.1554 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Kiribati peaked at 0.2281 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.1554, in 2020.
That places Kiribati 148th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.2281 | — |
| 2011 | 0.2281 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2281 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2281 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2281 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2281 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2281 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2281 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2281 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2281 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1554 | -31.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1554 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1554 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1554 | +0.0% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 0.1554 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 44% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 0.1554 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2171, 72% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2281 | 0.2281 | 0.2281 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1554 | 0.1554 | 0.1554 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
More poverty & inequality data for Kiribati
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.15 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.32 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -9.37 % change on previous year (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1605 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Kiribati?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Kiribati was 0.1554 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2281 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1554 in 2020.
- How does Kiribati rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Kiribati ranks 148th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kiribati data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.