Transport and infrastructure in Kiribati

Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Kiribati with the average of all countries in Oceania. The traffic routes have noticeable defects in many places and are often not in particularly good condition.

The waterways listed refer to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of ports includes those located on the 1,143 km of coastline. In 2019, about 52,099.86 freight containers were transported.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 670 km. For each of the country's 128,874 inhabitants, this corresponds to 5.20 meters. This puts Kiribati in 109th place in the global ranking. However, the country's size and population density of around 159 inhabitants per km² must also be taken into account. Countries with fewer inhabitants in the same or even larger area naturally achieve quite different values here and have to connect remote areas to the transport network despite a smaller population.

With an average of 3 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Kiribati is considered very safe. This corresponds to 2.8 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.

In Kiribati, left-hand traffic is the rule on the roads, i.e. you drive in the left lane and overtake on the right. Oncoming traffic comes to meet you on the right side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Kiribati
Roadways	700 km	5,198.88 km	827.16 m
Railroads	0 km	0.00 km	0.00 m
Waterways	5 km	38.80 km	6.17 m
Commercial harbors	88	682.84	0.109
Airports	3	23.28	3.704

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Oceania
Roadways	30,900 km	2,302.70 km	55.93 m
Railroads	600 km	44.49 km	1.08 m
Waterways	11,200 km	835.21 km	20.29 m
Commercial harbors	5,395	402.03	0.010
Airports	216	16.10	0.000

Data sources used

• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)

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