International Rankings of Saint Kitts and Nevis 2024, 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	56.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	152	30000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	33	79.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	203	37920	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	26	33.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	181	15700	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	120.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	200	57000	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	198	324.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	198	286.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	17	1.70 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	87	61.009 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	189	201.800 million US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	122	2.70	N/A
Exports	191	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	62.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	24	25.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	171	41.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	134	60.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	25	30.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	140	1.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	65	30.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	65	68.90 % of GDP	2017
Imports	202	441.192 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	133	1.55 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	160	1.20 %	2021
Labor force	210	18170 US Dollars	1995
Public debt	72	62.90 % 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	73	26500 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	66	4	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	176	337.533 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	133	15.03 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	153	4.50 %	1997
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	195	268000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	196	268000	2019
Electricity - consumption	187	175.340 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	187	71000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	170	40.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	18	96.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	47	3.70 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	82	71.960 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	184	1800 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	193	1743 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	168	8 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	136	23	2018
Land use - arable land	53	19	2018
Land use - forest	66	42	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	143	4	2018
Total renewable water resources	176	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	144	200000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	111	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	1.06	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	157	31	2023
Geography
Area - land	211	261 sq km	N/A
Area - total	213	261 sq km	N/A
Coastline	147	135 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	125	1156 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	152	8 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	136	23	2018
Land use - arable land	53	19	2018
Land use - forest	66	42	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	143	4	2018
Population Density	69	210.03 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	34	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	19	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	34	9 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	52	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	116	12.10 births/1,000 population	2023
Current health expenditure	63	5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	77	57 %	2023
Death rate	55	7.30 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	83	13.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	89	7.30 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	157	41.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	134	28.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	16	98 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	97	2 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	87	2 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	49	2 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	61	3 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	83	0.87 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	106	10.80 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	142	5.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	124	8.20 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	53	80 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	57	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	57	77 years	2023
Median age - female	64	38 years	N/A
Median age - male	48	38 years	N/A
Median age - total	49	38 years	2023
Net migration rate	47	1.20 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	57	22.90 %	2016
Physicians density	55	2.77 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	207	54817	2023
Population growth rate	112	0.59 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	58	87 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	81	13 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	68	13 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	37	13 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.91 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	12	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	110	1.76 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	1.06	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	157	31	2023
Transportation
Airports	123	2	2024
Heliports	65	1	2024
Merchant marine - total	51	341	2023
Railways - narrow gauge	60	50	2008
Railways - total	99	50 km	2008
Roadways - paved	122	163 km	2002
Roadways - total	126	383 km	2002

*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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