International Rankings of Saint Kitts and Nevis 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Saint Kitts and Nevis, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	2	56	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	152	30000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	33	79 %	2021
Internet users - total	203	37920	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	26	33	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	171	16000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	120	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	198	57000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	198	324.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	198	286.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	17	1.7 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	86	61.009 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	189	201.800 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	192	408.471 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	206	964.000 million US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	41	62.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	24	25.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	171	41.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	134	60.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	25	30.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	140	1.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	65	30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	65	68.9 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	201	441.192 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	133	1.55 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	159	1.2 %	2021
Labor force	210	18170 US Dollars	1995
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	69	62.9 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	204	1.261 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	177	0.88 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	72	26500 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	176	337.533 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	133	15.03 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	153	4.5 %	1997
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	195	268000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	187	175.340 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	187	71000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	170	40.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	18	96.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	47	3.7 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	82	71.960 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	184	1800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	193	1743 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	172	0.24 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	177	0.1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	148	12.31 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	136	23.1	2018
Land use - arable land	53	19.2	2018
Land use - forest	66	42.3	2018
Land use - other	66	34.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	81	0.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	143	3.5	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	176	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	144	200000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	111	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	1.06	2025
Urbanization - urban population	157	31.1	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	212	261 sq km	0
Area - total	213	261 sq km	6893
Area - water	181	0211 sq km	0
Coastline	147	135 km	0
Elevation - highest point	131	1156 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	152	8 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	136	23.1	2018
Land use - arable land	53	19.2	2018
Land use - forest	66	42.3	2018
Land use - other	66	34.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	81	0.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	143	3.5	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	34	3.73 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	47	0.21 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	19	3.89 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	34	8.84 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	52	1.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	150	12.06 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	63	5.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	77	57.2 %	2023
Death rate	100	7.32 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	83	13.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	89	7.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	157	41.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	134	28 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	16	98.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	97	1.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	87	1.7 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	49	1.7 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	2.5 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	82	0.87 %	2023
Hospital bed density	25	4.8 beds/1,000 population	2012
Infant mortality rate - female	116	10.83 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	169	5.61 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	145	8.19 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	82	79.81 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	81	74.89 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	81	77.33 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	66	36.3 years	2020
Median age - male	50	36.7 years	0
Median age - total	57	36.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	62	1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	57	22.9 %	2016
Physicians density	55	2.77 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	208	54817	2023
Population growth rate	110	0.59 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	58	87.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	81	12.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	68	12.7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	37	12.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	4	19 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.91 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	106	1.76 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	1.06	2025
Urbanization - urban population	157	31.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Transportation
Airports	121	2	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	56	282	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	154	163 km	2002
Roadways - total	172	383 km	2002
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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