St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Kitts and Nevis ranks 187th by total output but 56th of 196 on GDP per capita, at US$25,223, with a population of 46,922. In PPP terms, income per head is $36,777 international dollars, 66th. The economy is smaller than any U.S. metro area, at 47% of Eagle Pass, TX.

Real growth was +2.7% in 2025, and US$ GDP rose 5.4% to US$1.2 billion. The country held 187th place, between St. Vincent and the Grenadines and São Tomé and Príncipe.

Services make up 66.2% of output and industry 20.8%, with manufacturing at 4.0% of GDP and agriculture at 1.3%. Inflation was 0.8%, and government gross debt stands at 58.7% of GDP, according to the IMF. Unemployment for 2025 is not reported.

The economy is 2.8 times its 2000 size of US$422 million, when it ranked 179th. The IMF projects GDP of US$1.4 billion by 2030, up 18%, which would place it 180th. Basseterre is the capital.