1. Reported Stateless Persons
Kiribati has reported no stateless persons to UNHCR.
2. Persons at Risk of Statelessness
Due to gaps in legislation, persons at risk of statelessness in Kiribati include children born in wedlock to a foreign father and Kiribati citizen mother, women who lost their citizenship as a result of gaining citizenship from marrying a foreign citizen (re-acquisition not guaranteed), those applying for naturalization who have renounced prior citizenship, foundlings, and children born in the territory to stateless and/or foreign parents.
3. Undermined Nationalities
In Kiribati’s population and housing census 2020 of the reported non-citizen population, eight persons were reported to have “status unknown”.
