Saint Kitts and Nevis
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 46.9K (2025). World rank 202 of 216; in Americas, 42 of 46. Area: 261 km². World rank 217 of 249; in Americas, 46 of 56. GDP: $1.2B (2025). World rank 198 of 210; in Americas, 43 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 47.1K → 46.9K, GDP $957.2M → $1.2B, and GDP per person $20,329 → $25,223.
State
- Official name
- Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
- Local name
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Capital
- Basseterre
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Federal parliamentary monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Charles III
- Head of government
- Terrance Drew
- Independence
- September 19, 1983
- Women in parliament
- 31.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 46,922 2025
- Area
- 261 km²
- GDP
- $1.2B 2025
- GDP per person
- $25,223 2025
- Life expectancy
- 72.3 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
- Time zones
- UTC−4
- Calling code
- +1869
- Emergency numbers
- 911
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- A, B, G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 135
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 23% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Liamuiga, 1,156 m
- Lowest point
- Caribbean Sea, 0 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- September, 29°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- February, 26°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,427 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 179.8 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 31.9% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +18 2025
- Born in another country
- 17% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 18.3% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 69.9% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 11.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 76.2 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 68.7 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 11.7 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 10 2024
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 68.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 54.5 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 66.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 65.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 68.3 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $36,777 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.7% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $24,530 2025
- Inflation
- +3.6% 2023
- Price level, USA = 100
- 69 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.3% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 20.9% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 66.2% 2025
Trade and finance
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -13.7% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 3.4% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 15% 2020
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 121% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 138% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 93.9% 2015
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.5% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 5.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,295 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 41.8% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.1 2018
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 6.6 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 4 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 95% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 13.9 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 15.9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 74 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.8% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 13.8% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 75.5% 2022
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 98.6% 2017
- Access to basic sanitation
- 95% 2017
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 96% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 64.2 2023
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 85.3 2025
- Natural hazards
- volcanoes and tropical cyclones
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 8.9 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 2.9 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 4 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 42.2% 2024
- Protected areas
- 4.8% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 514 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 50.8% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 76.9% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 119 2023
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 46.7 2022
- Internet domain
- .kn
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 1.5% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 4.5% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 95.5% 2021
Transport
- Airports
- 2 2025
- Railways, km
- 50 2008
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 36 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 34.6% 2017