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Education · East Asia & Pacific · Lower-middle income
Kiribati: education in numbers
Pre-primary enrolment is 88.8% (2020), 61st of 176 in the world and 11th of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Primary enrolment is 95.3% (2024), 143rd of 191 in the world and 21st of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Primary completion is 92.8% (2024), 100th of 168 in the world and 17th of 26 in East Asia & Pacific.
Primary enrolment
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Primary completion
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12 indicators
Education: Kiribati in detail
Latest reported value, world rank and rank within East Asia & Pacific; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.
| Indicator | Latest | World rank | In region | ~2000 | ~2010 | ~2020 | 10-year change | Region | Income group | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolmentPre-primary enrolment, % gross | 88.8%2020 | 61/176 | 11/30 | 52.6%2002 | · | 88.8% | +23.8 ppsince 2003 | 83.2% | 58.5% | 60.9% | |
| Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross | 95.3%2024 | 143/191 | 21/30 | 105.9% | 102.4%2009 | 105.7% | −13.8 ppsince 2014 | 100.0% | 105.4% | 102.2% | |
| Primary completionPrimary completion rate, % of age group | 92.8%2024 | 100/168 | 17/26 | 98.0% | 108.0%2008 | 97.2% | −8.1 ppsince 2014 | 95.4% | 88.0% | 88.0% | |
| Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross | 90.3%2024 | 103/176 | 19/26 | 62.1% | 82.9%2008 | 87.1%2021 | +7.3 ppsince 2008 | 92.0% | 68.0% | 77.3% | |
| Lower secondary completionLower secondary completion rate, % of age group | 96.0%2024 | 54/168 | 12/26 | · | · | 104.2% | +0.3 ppsince 2014 | 97.3% | 73.7% | 77.9% | |
| Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross | 5.0%2024 | 166/172 | 27/27 | · | · | · | — | 63.3% | 27.4% | 43.6% | |
| Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age | 8.7%2024 | 50/178 | 7/29 | 2.5% | · | 2.1% | +8.3 ppsince 2014 | — | 8.3% | — | |
| Adult literacyAdult literacy rate, % of people 15+ | 98.6%2020 | 29/141 | 5/23 | · | · | 98.6% | — | 96.6% | 78.3% | 87.7% | |
| Youth literacyYouth literacy rate, % of people 15–24 | 90.4%2019 | 111/148 | 21/23 | · | · | 90.4%2019 | — | 99.1% | 91.9% | 93.1% | |
| Pupils per teacherPupils per teacher, primary | 25.52017 | 53/173 | 8/27 | 31.7 | 25.02008 | · | +3.3%since 2007 | 17.5 | 28.9 | 23.4 | |
| Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP | 16.4%2023 | 1/184 | 1/29 | 10.0% | 12.5%2012 | 16.2% | +4.3 ppsince 2013 | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.6% | |
| Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure | 20.1%2024 | 19/179 | 2/28 | 15.3% | 24.3%2012 | 20.2% | −1.2 ppsince 2014 | 13.0% | 13.6% | 14.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.
Better than ten years ago
- Pre-primary enrolment+23.8 pp88.8% in 2020
- Secondary enrolment+7.3 pp90.3% in 2024
- Lower secondary completion+0.3 pp96.0% in 2024
Worse than ten years ago
- Primary completion−8.1 pp92.8% in 2024
- Out-of-school children+8.3 pp8.7% in 2024
- Pupils per teacher+3.3%25.5 in 2017
Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).
neighbours
Kiribati and its neighbours
Countries sharing a land border with Kiribati. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.
| Indicator | Kiribati | United States | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolment | 88.8%2020 | 72.4%2020 | 106.7%2020 |
| Primary enrolment | 95.3%2024 | 97.0%2022 | 103.4%2024 |
| Primary completion | 92.8%2024 | 95.7%2022 | — |
| Secondary enrolment | 90.3%2024 | 97.5%2022 | 103.8%2024 |
| Lower secondary completion | 96.0%2024 | 101.4%2022 | 99.5%2024 |
| Tertiary enrolment | 5.0%2024 | 79.4%2022 | 71.5%2024 |
| Out-of-school children | 8.7%2024 | 4.0%2022 | 0.2%2024 |
| Adult literacy | 98.6%2020 | — | — |
| Youth literacy | 90.4%2019 | — | — |