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St. Kitts and Nevis

KNALatin America & Caribbean High incomeCapital: Basseterre
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52/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
GDP
$1
2027▲ 4.7%
Population
46,843
2024▲ 0.2%
GDP per Capita
$24,113
2027▲ 4.5%
Life Expectancy
72.1 years
2023▲ 2.6%
St. Kitts and Nevis in world space2000–2023
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002023
192 countries · log scale on X world St. Kitts and Nevis· trajectory line: 1980 → today
▶About St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Kitts and Nevis's GDP is $1.19B (2026), with a population of 46,843, and GDP per capita of $23,071. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 2.2%, inflation at 2.1%, government debt at 67.5% of GDP, life expectancy of 72.1 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

Located in the Caribbean, this dual-island federation boasts a high-income economy with a GDP projected to reach 1.19 billion in 2026. The economy is expected to grow at a rate of 2.2% in the same year, with a GDP per capita of approximately 23,070.69. Inflation is anticipated to be around 2.1%. The economy is driven by tourism, agriculture, and light manufacturing, with significant contributions from offshore banking and financial services. The population is estimated to be 46,843 in 2024. Life expectancy stands at 72.145 years as of 2023. The capital, Basseterre, is a key hub for both economic and social activities. The society benefits from a stable political environment and a focus on sustainable development.

▶Economy21 indicators · 2021–2027 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$12027▲ 4.7%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)2.6%2027▲ 18.2%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$24,1132027▲ 4.5%IMF
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$22027▲ 4.3%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$36,8672027▲ 4.1%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.00%2027▲ 0.0%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$1.11B2024▲ 6.9%WB
GNI per Capita (USD)$22,4702024▲ 2.9%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$34,4602024▲ 3.1%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)20.9%2024▼ 2.2%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)66.1%2024▲ 1.0%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)1.3%2024▼ 7.8%WB
GDP Deflator (%)6.0%2024▲ 35.9%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)3.9%2024▼ 4.1%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.0%2021—WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$234.0M2024▲ 4.0%WB
▶Fiscal & Monetary20 indicators · 2020–2027 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)2.0%2027▼ 4.8%IMF
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)71.4%2027▲ 5.8%IMF
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-6.9%2027▲ 15.9%IMF
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-13.6%2027▲ 2.9%IMF
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)3.6%2023▲ 33.3%WB
Real Interest Rate (%)0.4%2024▼ 79.4%WB
Lending Interest Rate (%)6.5%2024▼ 3.1%WB
Deposit Interest Rate (%)2.1%2024▲ 4.8%WB
Government Revenue (% of GDP)28.5%2020—WB
Government Expenditure (% of GDP)26.7%2020—WB
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)15.0%2020—WB
Taxes on Goods & Services (% of revenue)21.0%2020—WB
Taxes on International Trade (% of revenue)12.9%2020—WB
Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains (% of rev)15.5%2020—WB
Net Investment in Nonfinancial Assets (% of GDP)5.1%2020—WB
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$294.7M2024▲ 3.0%WB
Total Reserves (months of imports)52024▲ 6.6%WB
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)2.72024▲ 0.0%WB
PPP Conversion Factor1.862024▲ 3.5%WB
Broad Money (% of GDP)103.9%2024▼ 3.6%WB
▶Trade9 indicators · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Merchandise Exports (USD)$31.0M2024▲ 24.0%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$368.0M2024▲ 10.5%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)3.7%2024▲ 32.7%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)0.8%2024▲ 792.6%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$42.1M2024▲ 41.1%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$38.7M2024▲ 4.2%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)3.5%2024▼ 2.0%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-15.1%2024▼ 30.0%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-169.2M2024▼ 38.3%WB
▶Finance3 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)63.7%2024▲ 3.2%WB
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)9.8%2023▲ 5.7%WB
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)19.4%2023▼ 11.1%WB
▶People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population46,8432024▲ 0.2%WB
Population Growth (%)0.2%2024▲ 73.2%WB
Population Density (per km²)1802023▲ 0.1%WB
Surface Area (sq km)2602023▲ 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)2602023▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)31.8%2024▲ 0.3%WB
Urban Population (total)14,8942024▲ 0.5%WB
Rural Population (%)68.2%2024▼ 0.1%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth72.1 years2023▲ 2.6%WB
Life Expectancy, Male68.6 years2023▲ 2.6%WB
Life Expectancy, Female76.0 years2023▲ 2.5%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.52023▼ 0.5%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)11.72023▼ 1.8%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)102023▼ 14.5%WB
Net Migration182025▲ 357.1%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)18.2%2024▼ 0.8%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)70.6%2024▼ 0.5%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)11.2%2024▲ 4.9%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)41.7%2024▲ 1.9%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)15.9%2024▲ 5.5%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)25.8%2024▼ 0.3%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)215.52023▼ 12.2%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)103.82023▼ 16.1%WB
▶Education14 indicators · 2014–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Education Spending (% of GDP)3.5%2023▼ 1.7%WB
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)11.0%2025▲ 7.8%WB
Primary School Enrollment (%)121.1%2023▼ 5.1%WB
Secondary School Enrollment (%)137.5%2023▲ 14.7%WB
Primary Completion Rate (%)124.3%2023▼ 19.9%WB
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)119.7%2023▲ 2.9%WB
Primary School Teachers4082023▲ 3.3%WB
Secondary School Teachers5312023▼ 2.9%WB
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary142016—WB
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary82016—WB
Expenditure per Student, Primary (% of GDP/cap)21.4%2015—WB
Pupil-Teacher Ratio (Primary)95.42014—WB
Education Spending, Secondary (% of govt)40.2%2015—WB
Education Spending, Tertiary (% of govt)15.4%2015—WB
▶Health29 indicators · 2018–2024 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)5.7%2023▲ 3.8%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$1,2952023▲ 11.5%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)3.1%2023▲ 7.1%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)41.8%2023▼ 3.6%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)3.12018—WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)6.62023—WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)42023▲ 0.0%WHO
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)16.32023▼ 3.0%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)10.32023▼ 2.8%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)742023▼ 25.3%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)14.62023▼ 2.7%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)17.92023▼ 2.7%WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)95.0%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)97.0%2024▲ 1.0%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.262024▲ 0.0%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)12024▼ 47.6%WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)4.72020▼ 26.0%WHO
Maternal Deaths02023▼ 27.3%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100K)1.12024▼ 47.6%WHO
People Living with HIV5002024▲ 0.0%WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (%)97%2024▲ 1.0%WHO
Measles Immunization Coverage (%)95%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
Hepatitis B Immunization Coverage (%)97%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
Physicians (total)312018—WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel662023—WHO
Dentists (total)3082023—WHO
Universal Health Coverage Index802023▼ 1.2%WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)112021—WHO
Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, USD)$1,2952023▲ 11.5%WHO
▶Energy & Environment12 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
CO₂ Emissions (tonnes per capita)2.92024▲ 3.3%WB
CO₂ Emissions (total kilotonnes)02024▲ 3.5%WB
Renewable Electricity Output (%)4.5%2021▲ 2.5%WB
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)1.5%2022▼ 6.3%WB
Access to Electricity (%)100.0%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)100.0%2023▲ 0.0%WB
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)8.62020▲ 9.2%WB
Forest Area (%)42.3%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Forest Area (sq km)1102023▲ 0.0%WB
Arable Land (%)19.2%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)4.8%2024▲ 6.7%WB
Marine Protected Areas (%)4.5%2024▲ 12.5%WB
▶Agriculture7 indicators · 2022–2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Agricultural Land (%)23.1%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)115.12022▲ 8.7%WB
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)108.42022▼ 1.3%WB
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)131.12022▲ 35.6%WB
Total Fisheries Production (metric tonnes)6752023▲ 0.7%WB
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)5.42023▲ 0.0%WB
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)50.8%2022▲ 0.0%WB
▶Technology8 indicators · 2018–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Internet Users (%)76.4%2023▲ 1.1%WB
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)1192023▲ 1.7%WB
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)46.72022▲ 8.6%WB
Secure Internet Servers (per million)11,7202024▲ 42.3%WB
Patent Applications, Non-Residents42018—WB
Scientific Journal Articles392022▲ 12.8%WB
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)0.9%2024▲ 17.6%WB
ICT Service Exports (USD)$4.0M2024▲ 0.5%WB
▶Infrastructure3 indicators · 2020–2021 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Container Port Traffic (TEU)13,5602020▼ 0.5%WB
Electricity from Oil (%)95.5%2021▼ 0.1%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021—WB
▶Gender6 indicators · 2016–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Women in Parliament (%)31.3%2024▲ 0.0%WB
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)99.7%2016—WB
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)35.22023▼ 1.4%WB
Gender Parity Index, Primary105.102016—WB
Gender Parity Index, Secondary0.992021—WB
Gender Parity in Primary Education0.952021▲ 3.3%WB
▶Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption0.412023▲ 6.0%WB
Government Effectiveness0.382023▼ 2.9%WB
Political Stability0.922023▼ 1.6%WB
Regulatory Quality0.542023▼ 7.3%WB
Rule of Law0.482023▼ 4.4%WB
Voice & Accountability0.772023▲ 0.9%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)64.6%2023▼ 0.7%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)63.7%2023▼ 1.5%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)66.0%2023▼ 1.4%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)80.6%2023▼ 0.7%WB
▶Military1 indicator · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)64.22023▲ 172.4%WB
▶Social Protection4 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.592020▲ 2.4%WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.602020▲ 2.0%WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.572020▲ 3.0%WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School8.5 years2020▲ 3.6%WB
▶Tourism4 indicators · 2018–2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
International Tourism, Arrivals301,4002020▼ 72.8%WB
Tourism Receipts (USD)$367.0M2018—WB
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$18.0M2020▼ 70.0%WB
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)61.8%2018—WB
▶Urban Development2 indicators · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Urban Population Growth (%)0.5%2024▲ 26.2%WB
Rural Population Growth (%)0.0%2024▲ 300.0%WB

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