Kiribati vs Micronesia

Kiribati and Micronesia compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Kiribati has about 1.2 times as many people as Micronesia: 136,488 against 113,683 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Micronesia ($4,414) is 72% higher than in Kiribati ($2,559) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Kiribati (4.2%) than in Micronesia (1.1%), a difference of 3.1 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Kiribati (6.5% in 2025) than in Micronesia (5.4% in 2022), a difference of 1.1 percentage points.
• A baby born in Micronesia can expect to live 0.8 years longer than one born in Kiribati: 67.4 years against 66.6 years in 2024.
• Half of the population is older than about 22.7 years in both Kiribati and Micronesia in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Kiribati (89.4%) than in Micronesia (39.5%), a difference of 49.9 percentage points in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Micronesia (92.1%) than in Kiribati (1.3%), a difference of 90.8 percentage points in 2024.