-POPULATION: Individual characteristics, Population's relationship, marital status, religion, residence, origins, labour force, fertility, mortality, and migration, environment, health, education and literacy, and economic activity, communication and internet.
-HOUSING: Household characteristics, Living quarters and its conditions, water and electricity access, sanitation, waste disposal, energy, household durables and livestock & pets.
- HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics, water and sanitation, energy, household equipments.
- INDIVIDUAL: Individual characteristics, education, literacy, fertility, economic activities.
The primary objective of the Census is to determine the official count of the number of persons and households in Kiribati in 2020 and can be used to compare their socio-economic characteristics with those 5 years ago collected in the 2015 Population Census. Results of the census are most useful for government of Kiribati for planning and policy formulation and thus have a direct impact on the Kiribati population.
The creation of the independent and sovereign nation of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) under the Compact of Free Association with the United States caused a growing need for social and economic development planning. Consequently, as in many developing countries, administrators and planners in the FSM, in their quest for social and economic development often contend with incomplete or unavailable information when it is needed.