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St. Kitts and Nevis

Against high income countries, St. Kitts and Nevis ranks 12th of 72 on education and 49th of 63 on health. Each ranking counts only the countries that report that score, so the totals differ and the two ranks can’t be compared directly. Both compare St. Kitts and Nevis with countries of similar wealth. That is the only kind of ranking that tells you something a ranking by income does not already show.

How it has changed

Every measure St. Kitts and Nevis reports, over all the years it has been published. Pick one. Hover or use the arrow keys to read a year. Gaps in a line are years with no data. They are left open, not filled in.

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Scores by area

Each score averages the measures in one area, such as health. Each measure is first put on a common scale and turned so that higher is always better. Zero is the average country in an average year. One point is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation), so +1 means about one typical gap above average. These are summaries, not measurements. See how the country scores are built and how the topic scores compare with each other.

ScoreValueRank, all countriesRank, similar incomeMostly income?
Health score 2023-0.14126 of 19349 of 63moderate +0.32
Education score 2016+1.1312 of 19912 of 72proxy +0.81
Infrastructure score 2023+1.1974 of 21062 of 80proxy +0.90
Environment score 2024-0.21120 of 21342 of 83moderate -0.33

The last column shows how closely each score just tracks national income. The number is its link with GDP per person (the value of everything a country produces, divided by its people), from −1 to +1. A score marked proxy is mostly a measure of how rich the country is. Its rank among all countries says little that GDP per person does not. That is why the rank among similar-income countries sits beside it.

The measures behind them

Every measure reported for St. Kitts and Nevis, grouped by area. Some measures have no agreed better direction, such as population growth, inflation and military spending. They are listed here but left out of every score, since there is no fair way to say which way is better. Some names use technical terms: PPP means adjusted for what money buys in each country, HDI is a United Nations score combining life expectancy, schooling and income, and a Gini indexmeasures how unequally income is shared. Each measure’s own page explains it.

crime

Conflict deaths0per 100,000 people2025higher is worse
Armed conflict present01 if any conflict, else 02025higher is worse
Homicide rate64.2per 100,000 population2023higher is worse

demography

Median age35.3years2023no agreed direction
Age at childbearing27.6years2023no agreed direction
Population46,922people2025no agreed direction
Population growth0.169%% per year2025no agreed direction
Urbanization31.9%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 65+11.7%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 0-1418.3%% of population2025no agreed direction
Fertility rate1.53births per woman2024no agreed direction
Birth rate11.7per 1,000 people2024no agreed direction
Net migration18people2025no agreed direction
Migrant share of population17%% of population2024no agreed direction

economy

HDI0.84index, 0 to 12023higher is better
GDP per capita (PPP)$31,428international $2025higher is better
GNI per capita (PPP)$26,038international $2021higher is better
GDP per capita (market)$22,238US$2025higher is better
GDP growth2.69%% per year2025no agreed direction
Inflation3.56%% per year2023no agreed direction
FDI inflows2.4%% of GDP2025no agreed direction
Tax revenue15%% of GDP2020no agreed direction
Government expense26.7%% of GDP2020no agreed direction

education

Expected schooling18.4years2023higher is better
Mean years of schooling10.8years2023higher is better
Education spending3.5%% of GDP2023no agreed direction
Primary enrollment121%% gross2023higher is better
Secondary enrollment138%% gross2023higher is better
Tertiary enrollment93.9%% gross2015higher is better
Compulsory schooling12years2025no agreed direction
Pupil-teacher ratio13.9pupils per teacher2016higher is worse

environment

CO2 per capita2.88t CO2e per capita2024higher is worse
Forest area42.3%% of land area2023higher is better
Agricultural land23.1%% of land area2023no agreed direction
Protected land16.9%% of land area2025higher is better

gender

Women ministers25%% of ministers2024higher is better
Women in parliament31.3%% of seats2025higher is better

governance

Political rights (FH)2rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Civil liberties (FH)1rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Pre-trial detainee share60.6%% of prisoners2022higher is worse
Refugees originating57.6per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Control of corruption0.348index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Rule of law0.59index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Government effectiveness0.691index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Regulatory quality0.48index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Voice and accountability0.46index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Political stability0.912index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better

health

Life expectancy72.3years2024higher is better
Infant mortality13.9per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Under-5 mortality15.9per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Health spending5.74%% of GDP2023no agreed direction
Hospital beds3.98per 1,000 people2023no agreed direction
Basic water access98.6%% of population2017higher is better
Basic sanitation95%% of population2017higher is better
Adolescent fertility36.4births per 1,000 women aged 15-192024higher is worse
Maternal mortality74per 100,000 live births2023higher is worse
Skilled birth attendance100%% of births2020higher is better
Alcohol consumption4.69litres per adult per year2020no agreed direction
Physicians3.08per 1,000 people2018higher is better
DTP3 immunisation97%% of children aged 12-23 months2024higher is better
HIV prevalence0.8%% of adults aged 15-492024higher is worse
Tuberculosis incidence1.1per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Anaemia in women19.4%% of women aged 15-492023higher is worse
Out-of-pocket health spending41.8%% of health spending2023higher is worse
Food insecurity21.1%% of population2020higher is worse
Adult obesity46.7%% of adults2024higher is worse
Health coverage index80index, 0 to 1002023higher is better

infrastructure

Internet users76.9%% of population2024higher is better
Mobile subscriptions119per 100 people2023higher is better
Electricity access100%% of population2024higher is better
Fixed broadband46.7per 100 people2022higher is better

Values are the most recent in 2010–2025, and different measures can come from different years. The year is shown beside each. Nothing here ranks countries by merit. An area score averages whatever measures its publishers happen to collect, and the choice of what to collect is itself a judgement made by someone else. All countries · How the country data works

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