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Kiribati
Kiribati has had a voluntary national ID smartcard since 2019. A digital ID is planned under the 2021 Digital Government Master Plan but is not live. No CBDC work was found as of October 2026. The country is a WHO member.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Kiribati
- Program
- National ID smartcard (National Identity Registration Act 2018); planned digital ID
- Status
- Being built or piloted
- National ID card
- ID card voluntary
- Biometrics
- Not confirmed
- Law
- National Identity Registration Act 2018; Data Protection Act 2025
The national ID smartcard started operating in 2019 and is not mandatory. A digital ID and e-signature platform is planned under the 2021 Digital Government Master Plan and the World Bank-backed Kiribati Digital Government Project. The source notes it is unclear which services will use it or whether it will be mandatory. A Data Protection Act was passed in 2025.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- No known work
No public CBDC work found as of Oct 2026. Kiribati uses the Australian dollar. The Atlantic Council tracker was checked; it lists no country note for Kiribati in the page text.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2025Pushback
A Data Protection Act was passed, including a right to erasure. SEAP / Nationality For All — Digital ID: Kiribati ↗
UN and WHO
How Kiribati has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Didn't vote
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- Not ranked
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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