{
  "Introduction": {
    "Background": {
      "text": "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."
    }
  },
  "Geography": {
    "Location": {
      "text": "Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator; the capital Tarawa is about halfway between Hawaii and Australia"
    },
    "Geographic coordinates": {
      "text": "1 25 N, 173 00 E"
    },
    "Map references": {
      "text": "Oceania"
    },
    "Area": {
      "total": {
        "text": "811 sq km"
      },
      "land": {
        "text": "811 sq km"
      },
      "water": {
        "text": "0 sq km"
      },
      "note": {
        "text": "includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, and Phoenix Islands - dispersed over about 3.5 million sq km (1.35 million sq mi)"
      }
    },
    "Area - comparative": {
      "text": "four times the size of Washington, DC"
    },
    "Land boundaries": {
      "text": "0 km"
    },
    "Coastline": {
      "text": "1,143 km"
    },
    "Maritime claims": {
      "territorial sea": {
        "text": "12 nm"
      },
      "exclusive economic zone": {
        "text": "200 nm"
      }
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds"
    },
    "Terrain": {
      "text": "mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs"
    },
    "Elevation": {
      "mean elevation": {
        "text": "NA"
      },
      "elevation extremes": {
        "text": "lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m ++ highest point: unnamed elevation on Banaba 81 m"
      }
    },
    "Natural resources": {
      "text": "phosphate (production discontinued in 1979), coconuts (copra), fish"
    },
    "Land use": {
      "agricultural land": {
        "text": "42% ++ arable land 2.5%; permanent crops 39.5%; permanent pasture 0%"
      },
      "forest": {
        "text": "15%"
      },
      "other": {
        "text": "43% (2011 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Irrigated land": {
      "text": "0 sq km (2012)"
    },
    "Natural hazards": {
      "text": "typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level"
    },
    "Environment - current issues": {
      "text": "heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk"
    },
    "Environment - international agreements": {
      "party to": {
        "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling"
      },
      "signed, but not ratified": {
        "text": "none of the selected agreements"
      }
    },
    "Geography - note": {
      "text": "21 of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia, and Nauru; Kiribati is the only country in the world to fall into all four hemispheres (northern, southern, eastern, and western)"
    }
  },
  "People and Society": {
    "Population": {
      "text": "106,925 (July 2016 est.)"
    },
    "Nationality": {
      "noun": {
        "text": "I-Kiribati (singular and plural)"
      },
      "adjective": {
        "text": "I-Kiribati"
      }
    },
    "Ethnic groups": {
      "text": "I-Kiribati 89.5%, I-Kiribati/mixed 9.7%, Tuvaluan 0.1%, other 0.8% (2010 est.)"
    },
    "Languages": {
      "text": "I-Kiribati, English (official)"
    },
    "Religions": {
      "text": "Roman Catholic 55.8%, Kempsville Presbyterian Church 33.5%, Mormon 4.7%, Baha'i 2.3%, Seventh Day Adventist 2%, other 1.5%, none 0.2%, unspecified 0.05% (2010 est.)"
    },
    "Age structure": {
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "30.16% (male 16,438/female 15,814)"
      },
      "15-24 years": {
        "text": "21.26% (male 11,285/female 11,447)"
      },
      "25-54 years": {
        "text": "38.59% (male 19,863/female 21,397)"
      },
      "55-64 years": {
        "text": "5.86% (male 2,827/female 3,436)"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "4.13% (male 1,741/female 2,677) (2016 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Dependency ratios": {
      "total dependency ratio": {
        "text": "63%"
      },
      "youth dependency ratio": {
        "text": "57%"
      },
      "elderly dependency ratio": {
        "text": "6%"
      },
      "potential support ratio": {
        "text": "16.6% (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Median age": {
      "total": {
        "text": "24.3 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "23.4 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "25.1 years (2016 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Population growth rate": {
      "text": "1.14% (2016 est.)"
    },
    "Birth rate": {
      "text": "21.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
    },
    "Death rate": {
      "text": "7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
    },
    "Net migration rate": {
      "text": "-2.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
    },
    "Urbanization": {
      "urban population": {
        "text": "44.3% of total population (2015)"
      },
      "rate of urbanization": {
        "text": "1.78% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Major urban areas - population": {
      "text": "TARAWA (capital) 46,000 (2014)"
    },
    "Sex ratio": {
      "at birth": {
        "text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
      },
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "1.04 male(s)/female"
      },
      "15-24 years": {
        "text": "0.99 male(s)/female"
      },
      "25-54 years": {
        "text": "0.93 male(s)/female"
      },
      "55-64 years": {
        "text": "0.82 male(s)/female"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "0.65 male(s)/female"
      },
      "total population": {
        "text": "0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Mother's mean age at first birth": {
      "text": "23.1",
      "note": {
        "text": "median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Maternal mortality rate": {
      "text": "90 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Infant mortality rate": {
      "total": {
        "text": "33.2 deaths/1,000 live births"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "34.4 deaths/1,000 live births"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "31.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Life expectancy at birth": {
      "total population": {
        "text": "66.2 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "63.7 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "68.8 years (2016 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Total fertility rate": {
      "text": "2.43 children born/woman (2016 est.)"
    },
    "Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
      "text": "22.3% (2009)"
    },
    "Health expenditures": {
      "text": "10.2% of GDP (2014)"
    },
    "Physicians density": {
      "text": "0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2010)"
    },
    "Hospital bed density": {
      "text": "1.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
    },
    "Drinking water source": {
      "improved": {
        "text": " ++ urban: 87.3% of population ++ rural: 50.6% of population ++ total: 66.9% of population"
      },
      "unimproved": {
        "text": " ++ urban: 12.7% of population ++ rural: 49.4% of population ++ total: 33.1% of population (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Sanitation facility access": {
      "improved": {
        "text": " ++ urban: 51.2% of population ++ rural: 30.6% of population ++ total: 39.7% of population"
      },
      "unimproved": {
        "text": " ++ urban: 48.8% of population ++ rural: 69.4% of population ++ total: 60.3% of population (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "HIV/AIDS - deaths": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
      "text": "40.1% (2014)"
    },
    "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
      "text": "14.9% (2009)"
    },
    "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
      "total": {
        "text": "12 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "11 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "12 years (2008)"
      }
    },
    "Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": {
      "total": {
        "text": "54%"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "47.6%"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "61.8% (2010 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Government": {
    "Country name": {
      "conventional long form": {
        "text": "Republic of Kiribati"
      },
      "conventional short form": {
        "text": "Kiribati"
      },
      "local long form": {
        "text": "Republic of Kiribati"
      },
      "local short form": {
        "text": "Kiribati"
      },
      "note": {
        "text": "pronounced keer-ree-bahss"
      },
      "former": {
        "text": "Gilbert Islands"
      },
      "etymology": {
        "text": "the name is the local pronounciation of \"Gilberts,\" the former designation of the islands; originally named after explorer Thomas GILBERT, who mapped many of the islands in 1788"
      }
    },
    "Government type": {
      "text": "presidential republic"
    },
    "Capital": {
      "name": {
        "text": "Tarawa"
      },
      "geographic coordinates": {
        "text": "1 21 N, 173 02 E"
      },
      "time difference": {
        "text": "UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
      },
      "note": {
        "text": "on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory was in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (UTC +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction were on the other side of the International Date Line"
      }
    },
    "Administrative divisions": {
      "text": "3 geographical units: Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions but there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)"
    },
    "Independence": {
      "text": "12 July 1979 (from the UK)"
    },
    "National holiday": {
      "text": "Independence Day, 12 July (1979)"
    },
    "Constitution": {
      "text": "The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Order in Council 1915, The Gilbert Islands Order in Council 1975 (preindependence); latest promulgated 12 July 1979 (at independence); amended 1995, 2013 (2016)"
    },
    "Legal system": {
      "text": "English common law supplemented by customary law"
    },
    "International law organization participation": {
      "text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt"
    },
    "Citizenship": {
      "citizenship by birth": {
        "text": "no"
      },
      "citizenship by descent only": {
        "text": "at least one parent must be a native-born citizen of Kiribati"
      },
      "dual citizenship recognized": {
        "text": "no"
      },
      "residency requirement for naturalization": {
        "text": "7 years"
      }
    },
    "Suffrage": {
      "text": "18 years of age; universal"
    },
    "Executive branch": {
      "chief of state": {
        "text": "President Taneti MAAMAU (since 11 March 2016); Vice President Kourabi NENEM (since 17 March 2016); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government"
      },
      "head of government": {
        "text": "President Taneti MAAMAU (since 11 March 2016); Vice President Kourabi NENEM (since 17 March 2016)"
      },
      "cabinet": {
        "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president from among House of Assembly members"
      },
      "elections/appointments": {
        "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote following nomination of candidates from among House of Assembly members; term is 4 years (eligible for 2 additional terms); election last held on 13 January 2012 (next to be held in 2015); vice president appointed by the president"
      },
      "election results": {
        "text": "Taneti MAAMAU elected president; percent of vote - Taneti MAAMAU 60%, Rimeta BENIAMINA (BTK) 38.5%, Taneti IOANE (BTK) 1.5%"
      }
    },
    "Legislative branch": {
      "description": {
        "text": "unicameral House of Assembly or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (46 seats; 44 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in two-rounds, 1 member appointed by the Rabi Council of Leaders - representing Banaba Island, and 1 ex officio member - the attorney general; members serve 4-year terms)"
      },
      "elections": {
        "text": "legislative elections were held in two rounds - the first on 21 October 2011 and the second on 28 October 2011 (next to be held in 2015)"
      },
      "election results": {
        "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA, other 2 (includes attorney general)"
      }
    },
    "Judicial branch": {
      "highest court(s)": {
        "text": "High Court (consists of a chief justice and other judges as prescribed by the president); note - the High Court has jurisdiction on constitutional issues"
      },
      "judge selection and term of office": {
        "text": "chief justice appointed by the president on the advice of the cabinet in consultation with the Public Service Commission (PSC); other judges appointed by the president on the advice of the chief justice along with the PSC"
      },
      "subordinate courts": {
        "text": "Court of Appeal; magistrates' courts"
      }
    },
    "Political parties and leaders": {
      "text": "Boutokaan Te Koaua Party or BTK [Anote TONG] ++ Kamaeuraoan Te I-Kiribati Party or KTK [Tetaua TAITAI] ++ Maurin Kiribati Pati or MKP [Rimeta BENIAMINA] ++ ",
      "note": {
        "text": "there is no tradition of formally organized political parties in Kiribati; they more closely resemble factions or interest groups because they have no party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures"
      }
    },
    "International organization participation": {
      "text": "ABEDA, ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO"
    },
    "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
      "text": "none; the Kiribati Permanent Mission to the UN serves as the Embassy; it is headed by Makurita BAARO (since 21 May 2014); address: 800 Second Avenue, Suite 400A, New York, NY 10017; telephone: [1](212)867-3310; FAX: [1](212)867-3320",
      "note": {
        "text": "there is an honorary consulate in Honolulu"
      }
    },
    "Diplomatic representation from the US": {
      "text": "the US does not have an embassy in Kiribati; the US Ambassador to Fiji is accredited to Kiribati"
    },
    "Flag description": {
      "text": "the upper half is red with a yellow frigatebird flying over a yellow rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the Pacific ocean; the white stripes represent the three island groups - the Gilbert, Line, and Phoenix Islands; the 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (formerly Ocean Island); the frigatebird symbolizes authority and freedom"
    },
    "National symbol(s)": {
      "text": "frigatebird; national colors: red, white, blue, yellow"
    },
    "National anthem": {
      "name": {
        "text": "\"Teirake kaini Kiribati\" (Stand Up, Kiribati)"
      },
      "lyrics/music": {
        "text": "Urium Tamuera IOTEBA"
      },
      "note": {
        "text": "adopted 1979"
      }
    }
  },
  "Economy": {
    "Economy - overview": {
      "text": "A remote country of 33 scattered coral atolls, Kiribati has few natural resources and is one of the least developed Pacific Island countries. Commercially viable phosphate deposits were exhausted by the time of independence from the United Kingdom in 1979. Earnings from fishing licenses and seafarer remittances are important sources of income, however, remittances and the number of seafarers employed have declined since the global crisis. In 2013, fishing license revenues contributed close to half of government’s total revenue and total remittances from seafarers were equivalent to 6% of GDP. ++  ++ Economic development is constrained by a shortage of skilled workers, weak infrastructure, and remoteness from international markets. The public sector dominates economic activity, with ongoing capital projects in infrastructure including the road rehabilitation, water and sanitation projects, and renovations to the international airport, spurring some growth. ++  ++ Kiribati is dependent on foreign aid, which was estimated to have contributed over 43% in 2013 to the government’s finances. The country’s sovereign fund, the Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund (RERF), which is held offshore, had an estimated balance of $668 million in 2013, equivalent to 381% of GDP. The RERF seeks to avoid exchange rate risk by holding investments in more than 20 currencies, including the Australian dollar, United States dollar, the Japanese yen, and the Euro. Drawdowns from the RERF helped finance the government’s annual budget"
    },
    "GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
      "text": "$211 million (2016 est.) ++ $204.7 million (2015 est.) ++ $197.8 million (2014 est.)",
      "note": {
        "text": "data are in 2016 dollars"
      }
    },
    "GDP (official exchange rate)": {
      "text": "$166 million (2015 est.)"
    },
    "GDP - real growth rate": {
      "text": "3.1% (2016 est.) ++ 3.5% (2015 est.) ++ 2.4% (2014 est.)"
    },
    "GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
      "text": "$1,800 (2016 est.) ++ $1,800 (2015 est.) ++ $1,800 (2014 est.)",
      "note": {
        "text": "data are in 2016 dollars"
      }
    },
    "GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
      "agriculture": {
        "text": "26.3%"
      },
      "industry": {
        "text": "9.2%"
      },
      "services": {
        "text": "64.5% (2012 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Agriculture - products": {
      "text": "copra, breadfruit, fish"
    },
    "Industries": {
      "text": "fishing, handicrafts"
    },
    "Industrial production growth rate": {
      "text": "1.1% (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Labor force": {
      "text": "39,000",
      "note": {
        "text": "economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2010 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Labor force - by occupation": {
      "agriculture": {
        "text": "15%"
      },
      "industry": {
        "text": "10%"
      },
      "services": {
        "text": "75% (2010)"
      }
    },
    "Unemployment rate": {
      "text": "30.6% (2010 est.) ++ 6.1% (2005)"
    },
    "Population below poverty line": {
      "text": "NA%"
    },
    "Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
      "lowest 10%": {
        "text": "NA%"
      },
      "highest 10%": {
        "text": "NA%"
      }
    },
    "Budget": {
      "revenues": {
        "text": "$197.9 million"
      },
      "expenditures": {
        "text": "$179.9 million (2013 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Taxes and other revenues": {
      "text": "119.2% of GDP (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
      "text": "10.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Public debt": {
      "text": "8.6% of GDP (2013 est.) ++ 8% of GDP (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Fiscal year": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
      "text": "1.5% (2016 est.) ++ 0.6% (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Market value of publicly traded shares": {
      "text": "$NA"
    },
    "Current account balance": {
      "text": "-$12 million (2016 est.) ++ $72 million (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Exports": {
      "text": "$84.75 million (2013 est.) ++ $62.31 million (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Exports - commodities": {
      "text": "fish, coconut products"
    },
    "Imports": {
      "text": "$182.2 million (2013 est.) ++ $172.5 million (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Imports - commodities": {
      "text": "food, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel"
    },
    "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
      "text": " ++ $8.37 million (31 December 2010 est.)"
    },
    "Debt - external": {
      "text": "$13.6 million (2013 est.) ++ $14.1 million (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Stock of direct foreign investment - at home": {
      "text": "$NA"
    },
    "Exchange rates": {
      "text": "Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - ++ 1.352 (2016 est.) ++ 1.3291 (2015 est.) ++ 1.3291 (2014 est.) ++ 0.9695 (2013 est.) ++ 0.9695 (2012 est.)",
      "note": {
        "text": "the Australian dollar circulates as legal tender"
      }
    }
  },
  "Energy": {
    "Electricity - production": {
      "text": "30 million kWh (2014 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - consumption": {
      "text": "27.9 million kWh (2014 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - exports": {
      "text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - imports": {
      "text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
      "text": "7,000 kW (2014 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
      "text": "100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
      "text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
      "text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
      "text": "0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
    },
    "Crude oil - production": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Crude oil - exports": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Crude oil - imports": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Crude oil - proved reserves": {
      "text": "0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - production": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
      "text": "400 bbl/day (2014 est.)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - exports": {
      "text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - imports": {
      "text": "509.6 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas - production": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas - consumption": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas - exports": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas - imports": {
      "text": "0 cu m (2013 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas - proved reserves": {
      "text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)"
    },
    "Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
      "text": "58,450 Mt (2012 est.)"
    }
  },
  "Communications": {
    "Telephones - fixed lines": {
      "total subscriptions": {
        "text": "1,477"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "1 (July 2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Telephones - mobile cellular": {
      "total": {
        "text": "41,000"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "39 (July 2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Telephone system": {
      "general assessment": {
        "text": "generally good quality national and international service"
      },
      "domestic": {
        "text": "wireline service available on Tarawa and Kiritimati (Christmas Island); connections to outer islands by HF/VHF radiotelephone; wireless service available in Tarawa since 1999"
      },
      "international": {
        "text": "country code - 686; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2015)"
      }
    },
    "Broadcast media": {
      "text": "1 TV broadcast station that provides about 1 hour of local programming Monday-Friday; multi-channel TV packages provide access to Australian and US stations; 1 government-operated radio station broadcasts on AM, FM, and shortwave (2009)"
    },
    "Internet country code": {
      "text": ".ki"
    },
    "Internet users": {
      "total": {
        "text": "14,000"
      },
      "percent of population": {
        "text": "13% (July 2015 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Transportation": {
    "Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
      "text": "T3 (2016)"
    },
    "Airports": {
      "text": "19 (2013)"
    },
    "Airports - with paved runways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "4"
      },
      "1,524 to 2,437 m": {
        "text": "4 (2013)"
      }
    },
    "Airports - with unpaved runways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "15"
      },
      "914 to 1,523 m": {
        "text": "10"
      },
      "under 914 m": {
        "text": "5 (2013)"
      }
    },
    "Roadways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "670 km (2011)"
      }
    },
    "Waterways": {
      "text": "5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2012)"
    },
    "Merchant marine": {
      "total": {
        "text": "77"
      },
      "by type": {
        "text": "bulk carrier 7, cargo 35, chemical tanker 6, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 12, refrigerated cargo 15"
      },
      "foreign-owned": {
        "text": "43 (China 26, Hong Kong 2, Russia 1, Singapore 9, South Korea 1, Taiwan 2, Vietnam 2) (2010)"
      }
    },
    "Ports and terminals": {
      "major seaport(s)": {
        "text": "Betio (Tarawa Atoll), Canton Island, English Harbor"
      }
    }
  },
  "Military and Security": {
    "Military branches": {
      "text": "no regular military forces (establishment prevented by the constitution); Police Force (2011)"
    },
    "Military - note": {
      "text": "Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ"
    }
  },
  "Transnational Issues": {
    "Disputes - international": {
      "text": "none"
    }
  }
}