Intensive Margin, Theil index in Kiribati
Kiribati: Intensive Margin, Theil index was 5.49 in 2014. ▲ Rising
Intensive Margin, Theil index in Kiribati, 1962–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 5.49 for intensive margin, theil index in 2014.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, intensive margin, theil index in Kiribati peaked at 5.89 in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1962.
That places Kiribati 6th out of 189 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Intensive Margin, Theil index in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 0 | — |
| 1963 | 0 | — |
| 1964 | 0 | — |
| 1965 | 0 | — |
| 1966 | 0 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | — |
| 1968 | 0 | — |
| 1969 | 0 | — |
| 1970 | 0.9612 | — |
| 1971 | 5.88 | +512.2% |
| 1972 | 5.81 | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 5.89 | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 5.88 | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 5.88 | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 5.86 | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 5.76 | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 5.38 | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 5.69 | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 4.35 | -23.6% |
| 1981 | 4.2 | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 5.19 | +23.6% |
| 1983 | 5.37 | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 5.6 | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 4.6 | -17.9% |
| 1986 | 4.54 | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 4.28 | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 3.58 | -16.4% |
| 1989 | 4.3 | +20.3% |
| 1990 | 3.5 | -18.7% |
| 1991 | 4.48 | +28.1% |
| 1992 | 3.08 | -31.2% |
| 1993 | 4.39 | +42.5% |
| 1994 | 4.65 | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 4.42 | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 3.9 | -11.8% |
| 1997 | 5.54 | +41.9% |
| 1998 | 5.03 | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 3.48 | -30.9% |
| 2000 | 4.91 | +41.1% |
| 2001 | 5.08 | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 5.07 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 5.03 | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 4.19 | -16.8% |
| 2005 | 3.71 | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 3.93 | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 3.7 | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 4.63 | +25.2% |
| 2009 | 4.69 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 4.55 | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 4.96 | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 5.07 | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 5.48 | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 5.49 | +0.2% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 5.49 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.69, 1.5× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 5.49 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.14, 1.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Intensive Margin, Theil index in Kiribati changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +512.2% | 0.9612 | 5.88 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1970s | 5.3 | 0.9612 | 5.89 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.6 | 3.58 | 5.6 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.25 | 3.08 | 5.54 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.49 | 3.7 | 5.08 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.11 | 4.55 | 5.49 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
More trade data for Kiribati
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 145.51 (2025)
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 108.04 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 101.83 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 132.21 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 94.25 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 68.56 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 1.22 (2021)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 27.02 units per person (2021)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 0.0122 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), gaps 1,528 (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is intensive margin, theil index in Kiribati?
- Intensive margin, theil index in Kiribati was 5.49 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest intensive margin, theil index recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 5.89 in 1973.
- What is the lowest intensive margin, theil index recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1962.
- How does Kiribati rank for intensive margin, theil index?
- Kiribati ranks 6th out of 189 countries with data for 2014.
- Is intensive margin, theil index rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Intensive Margin, Theil index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Covers 200 countries with data from 1962 to 2014. It has three main indicators: the Export Diversification Index, which can be disaggregated into sub-indices covering the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin. As these are Theil indices, higher values for all three correspond to lower export diversification.