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COUNTRY PROFILE / KNA

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Kitts and Nevis / KN

01 / BASIC INFORMATION

St. Kitts and Nevis in numbers.

Area260 kmยฒWorld # 202 โ†’Population46.9KWorld # 201 โ†’Population density180.5 people/kmยฒWorld # 65 โ†’Life expectancy72.3 yearsWorld # 134 โ†’GDP per capitaUS$ 25,223World # 65 โ†’

02 / ALL RANKINGS

St. Kitts and Nevis across 51 rankings.

Essentials

Area260 kmยฒWorld # 202 / 2023 โ†’Population46.9KWorld # 201 / 2025 โ†’Population density180.5 people/kmยฒWorld # 65 / Population 2025 ยท area 2023 โ†’Independence / founding reference yearNo dataNo rank โ†’

People & society

Population growth0.2%World # 162 / 2025 โ†’Total fertility rate1.5World # 146 / 2024 โ†’Birth rate11.7 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 124 / 2024 โ†’Death rate10 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 39 / 2024 โ†’Median age35.3 yearsWorld # 97 / 2023 โ†’Population aged 65+11.7%World # 88 / 2025 โ†’Population aged 0โ€“1418.3%World # 134 / 2025 โ†’Urban population31.9%World # 191 / 2025 โ†’Net migration18World # 84 / 2025 โ†’Net migration rate0.4 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 75 / 2025 โ†’International migrant share17%World # 51 / 2024 โ†’

Health

Life expectancy72.3 yearsWorld # 134 / 2024 โ†’Healthy life expectancyNo dataNo rank โ†’Physicians per 1,000 people3.1 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 59 / 2018 โ†’Smoking rateNo dataNo rank โ†’

Economy & work

GDP per capitaUS$ 25,223World # 65 / 2025 โ†’Nominal GDPUS$ 1.2BWorld # 200 / 2025 โ†’GDP per capita (PPP)US$ 36,777World # 70 / 2025 โ†’Real GDP growth2.7%World # 127 / 2025 โ†’Inflation3.6%World # 78 / 2023 โ†’UnemploymentNo dataNo rank โ†’Youth unemploymentNo dataNo rank โ†’Average annual working hoursNo dataNo rank โ†’Average sleep timeNo dataNo rank โ†’Income inequality (Gini index)No dataNo rank โ†’

Education & science

Education spending (% of GDP)3.5%World # 125 / 2023 โ†’Researchers per million peopleNo dataNo rank โ†’R&D spending (% of GDP)No dataNo rank โ†’Patent applications per million peopleNo dataNo rank โ†’

Food & agriculture

Calorie supply per person2,852 kcal/dayWorld # 111 / 2023 โ†’Meat supply per person88.8 kg/person/yearWorld # 31 / 2023 โ†’Rice productionNo dataNo rank โ†’Wheat productionNo dataNo rank โ†’Coffee productionNo dataNo rank โ†’Coffee consumption per personNo dataNo rank โ†’

Environment & digital

Forest area42.3%World # 71 / 2023 โ†’Electricity use per personNo dataNo rank โ†’COโ‚‚ emissions per person5.5 tWorld # 58 / 2024 โ†’Internet use76.9%World # 117 / 2024 โ†’Mobile subscriptions118.9 per 100 peopleWorld # 92 / 2023 โ†’

Safety & politics

Homicide rate64.2 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 2 / 2023 โ†’Road traffic death rateNo dataNo rank โ†’Military spending (% of GDP)No dataNo rank โ†’Women in parliament31.3%World # 70 / 2025 โ†’

Travel & culture

International tourist arrivals301.4KWorld # 148 / 2020 โ†’International tourism receiptsUS$ 367MWorld # 108 / 2018 โ†’World Heritage sites1 sitesWorld # 138 / 2026-07 โ†’

03 / CULTURE & INDUSTRY

Society, culture and industry.

Largest religious groupNo dataNo comparison data for this countryMain languageEnglishMain functional languageLeading electricity sourceOil2024Top export categoryVehicles and transport equipment2023Most mapped OSM sportBasketball173 facilities countedWriting directionLeft to rightEnglishLargest staple-food calorie sourceWheat2023Current currencyEast Caribbean DollarXCDDriving sideLeft-hand trafficSide of the road used by trafficCountry-name originNo dataNo comparison data for this country