If you lived in Kiribati instead of Comoros, you would:

Health

see 60.6% more spent on your healthcare

Comoros spends $250 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Kiribati spends $401 as of 2023.

View global rankings →

be 2.7 times more likely to be obese

In Comoros, 16.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kiribati, that number is 45.6% of people as of 2024.

View global rankings →

be 2.9 times more likely to die by suicide

Comoros has a suicide rate of 6.0 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Kiribati, it is 17.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

View global rankings →

Economy

be 88.1% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Comoros, 46.1% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Kiribati, however, that number is 5.5% as of 2023.

View global rankings →

make 24.5% more money

Comoros has a GDP per capita of $2,056 as of 2025, while in Kiribati, the GDP per capita is $2,559 as of 2025.

View global rankings →

Life

be 55.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Comoros, approximately 179.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Kiribati, 80.0 women do as of 2023.

View global rankings →

be 30.4% more likely to be literate

In Comoros, the literacy rate is 75.6% as of 2021. In Kiribati, it is 98.6% as of 2020.

View global rankings →

be 10.9% more likely to die during infancy

In Comoros, approximately 35.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Kiribati, on the other hand, 38.8 children do as of 2024.

View global rankings →

have 10.3% fewer children

In Comoros, there are approximately 28.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Kiribati, there are 25.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

View global rankings →

Basic Needs

be 2.8 times more likely to have internet access

In Comoros, approximately 32.5% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Kiribati, about 89.4% do as of 2024.

View global rankings →

Expenditures

spend 7.0 times more on education

Comoros spends 2.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Kiribati spends 16.4% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

View global rankings →

spend 67.2% more on healthcare

Comoros spends 6.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Kiribati, that number is 10.9% of GDP as of 2023.

View global rankings →

Geography

see 3.4 times more coastline

Comoros has a total of 340 km of coastline. In Kiribati, that number is 1,143 km.

View global rankings →

Safety

be 78.6% less likely to die in a road accident

In Comoros, road accidents kill 29.0 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Kiribati, they kill 6.2 per 100,000 as of 2021.

View global rankings →

Infrastructure

find 92.3% less home broadband

Comoros has 0.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Kiribati has 0.0 as of 2024.

View global rankings →

Environment

emit 15.7% more CO2

Comoros emits 0.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Kiribati emits 0.6 tonnes as of 2024.

View global rankings →


Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook, United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

Kiribati: At a glance

Kiribati is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 811 sq km. The Gilbert Islands became a British protectorate in 1892 and a colony in 1915; they were captured by the Japanese in the Pacific War in 1941. The islands of Makin and Tarawa were the sites of major US amphibious victories over entrenched Japanese garrisons in 1943. The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Island groups in a 1979 treaty of friendship with Kiribati.
Read more

How big is Kiribati compared to Comoros? See an in-depth size comparison.

Share this

Ask the Elsewhere Community

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Kiribati or Comoros. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.