Comparison of Kiribati and Niue

Attribute	Kiribati ×	Niue ×
Geography
Area (km²)	811	260
Continent	Australia	Australia
Land area (km²)	811	260
Water area (km²)	0	0
Land boundaries (km)	0	0
Coastline (km)	1,143	64
Mean elevation (m)	2	-
Lowest point (m)	0	0
Highest point (m)	81	80
People
Population	111,796	2,000
Official languages	English	English Niuean
Religion	Roman Catholic	Ekalesia Niue
Government
Long country name	Republic of Kiribati	-
Short country name	Kiribati	Niue
Long local name	Republic of Kiribati	-
Short local name	Kiribati	-
Former name	Gilbert Islands	Savage Island
Government type	Presidential republic	Self-governing parliamentary democracy
Capital	Tarawa	Alofi
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)	227,000,000	10,010,000
GDP (OER) (USD)	197,000,000	10,010,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)	3.1	6.2
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)	2,000	5,800
Labor force	39,000	663
Unemployment rate (%)	30.6	12
Budget revenues (USD)	151,200,000	15,070,000
Budget expenditures (USD)	277,500,000	16,330,000
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)	76.8	-
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)	-64.1	-12.6
Public debt (% of GDP)	26.3	-
Inflation rate (%)	0.4	4
Current account balance (USD)	18,000,000	-
Exports (USD)	84,750,000	201
Imports (USD)	107,100,000	9,038,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)	0	-
External debt (USD)	40,900,000	418
National currency	Australian dollars	New Zealand dollars
National currency (code)	AUD	NZD
National currency (symbol)	$	$
National currency rate to USD	1.31	1.416