Kiribati 80 2.05 38 70 2 36 1.95 34 60 1.9 32 50 1.85 30 40 1.8 28 30 1.75 26 1.7 20 24 1.65 10 1.6 22 0 1.55 20 2006 2006 Poverty International Poverty Line Lower Middle IC Line GDP per capita rate (Thousand) (%) Upper Middle IC Line National Poverty Line GDP per capita (US$2011 PPP) KEY INDICATORS (distribution among groups) International Poverty Line (%) Relative Group (%) Year Poor Non-Poor Bottom 40 Top 60 Urban population 13 87 47 53 2006 Rural population 13 87 35 65 2006 Males 13 87 40 60 2006 Females 13 87 41 59 2006 0 to 14 years old 14 86 43 57 2006 15 to 64 years old 12 88 39 61 2006 65 and older 15 85 41 59 2006 Without education (age 16 and older) 14 86 42 58 2006 Primary education (age 16 and older) 15 85 39 61 2006 Secondary education (age 16 and older) 10 90 38 62 2006 Tertiary/post-secondary education (age 16 and older) 11 89 27 73 2006 International measures of poverty aim to facilitate the meaningful comparison of poverty rates across countries. They are ideally derived using consistent methodology (e.g., in the definition of the consumption aggregate and the absolute level of the poverty line) to the extent that this is possible with the available data. To this end, the World Bank publishes estimates of poverty according to three different international poverty lines: 2011 PPP USD per person per day $1.90, $3.20, and $5.50. Kiribati’s national poverty statistics from 2006 used a cost of basic needs approach to establish a welfare benchmark for the poverty line. Separate poverty lines were estimated for South Tarawa, the Rest of the Gilbert Islands, and the Line and Phoenix Islands, with the cost of non-food basic needs based on observed consumption of the (relative) group comprising the lowest three deciles in the distribution. For the international poverty statistics, the three resulting regional poverty lines are used to adjust nominal values of the expenditure aggregate to account for spatial differences in the cost of living. The international poverty statistics also assess welfare needs on a per capita basis, whereas the national statistics apply an adult equivalence scale (assuming children under age 15 require half the level of consumption as others). The numbers presented in this brief are based on the EAPPOV database. EAPPOV is a database of socio-economic statistics constructed using microdata from household surveys in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region and is managed by the East Asia & Pacific Team for Statistical Development (EAPTSD). As of April 2017, the collection includes 19 countries and 78 surveys. Harmonized surveys in the EAPPOV database are compiled into 4 modules following Global Monitoring Database (GMD) Harmonization guidelines. A subset of the harmonized variables form the basis of the GMD collection, including the welfare aggregate which is used for Global Poverty Monitoring. Terms of use of the data adhere to agreements with the original data producers.