Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 99.9K (2025). World rank 193 of 216; in Americas, 36 of 46. Area: 389 km². World rank 209 of 249; in Americas, 41 of 56. GDP: $1.3B (2025). World rank 197 of 210; in Americas, 42 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 107K → 99.9K, GDP $786.6M → $1.3B, and GDP per person $7,354 → $12,562.
State
- Official name
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Local name
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Capital
- Kingstown
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Charles III
- Head of government
- Godwin Friday
- Independence
- October 27, 1979
- Women in parliament
- 13.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 99,924 2025
- Area
- 389 km²
- GDP
- $1.3B 2025
- GDP per person
- $12,562 2025
- Life expectancy
- 71.4 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
- Time zones
- UTC−4
- Calling code
- +1784
- Emergency numbers
- 911, 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- A, C, E, G, I, K
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 84
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 18% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- La Soufrière, 1,234 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
- 1,583 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 256.9 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -0.7% 2025
- Living in cities
- 48% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -714 2025
- Born in another country
- 4.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 20.9% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 66.9% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 12.3% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 74.5 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 68.8 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.8 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 12 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 11.5 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 75%, no religion 7.5%, Catholic 6.3%, and other 5.8% (2012)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 68.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 62.6 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 56.9 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 57.6 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 69 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $22,799 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.4% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $12,000 2025
- Inflation
- +0.8% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 55 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 3.4% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 15.1% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 66.4% 2025
- Unemployment
- 18% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 42% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 59.2% 2025
Trade and finance
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -16.1% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +8.9% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 7% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 23.8% 2017
Education
- Adult literacy
- 95.6% 1970
- Primary school enrolment
- 111% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 125% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 41.5% 2022
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 6.5% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.4% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $469 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 26.6% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.9 2012
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 4.7 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 3.2 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 99% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 10.2 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 11.3 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 56 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.8% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 8.6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 61.5% 2022
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 97.7% 2018
- Access to basic sanitation
- 89.7% 2018
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 98% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 51.3 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 7.4 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 0.4 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 87 2025
- Natural hazards
- volcanoes and tropical cyclones
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 10.6 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 1.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.8 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 73.4% 2024
- Protected areas
- 0.5% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 980 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 7.9% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 76.2% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 108 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 29.5 2024
- Internet domain
- .vc
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 5.1% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 15% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 85% 2021
Transport
- Airports
- 5 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2002
- Scientific articles per year
- 3 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 4.9% 2023