Polity · 1979 CE – present
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Also recorded as St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Peak recorded area
- 565 km²
- 1969 CE
- Rulers on record
- 9
- from 1979 CE
- Data series
- 279
- 1979 CE–2025 CE
Overview
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, sometimes known simply as Saint Vincent, is an archipelagic country in the eastern Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies, at the southern end of the eastern border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. To the north lies Saint Lucia, to the east is Barbados and Grenada lies to the south.
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Territory
2 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 52 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Life Expectancy165 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 71.51years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population143 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 99.9Kpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | -714persons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | -0.684% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 74.62years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 68.89years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 126 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP220 obs · 1800 CE–2019 CE | 12.2Kint'l $ (inflation adj.)2019 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP Current Usd111 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 1.3Bcurrent US$2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Asses Stocks64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 1,332head2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Cattle Stocks64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 2,600head2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Cereals Area Harvested64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 32ha2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Cereals Production64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 427tonnes2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score38 obs · 1979 CE–2016 CE | 0CINC (share of world capability)2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption38 obs · 1979 CE–2016 CE | 19Kcoal-ton equivalents2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production38 obs · 1979 CE–2016 CE | 0tons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel38 obs · 1979 CE–2016 CE | 0persons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure34 obs · 1979 CE–2016 CE | 0current USD2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Arms Imports Tiv Million | 4tiv_million1987 CE · SIPRI Arms Transfers TIV |
Territory & resources
6 of 56 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %126 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 5.13% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Forest Area %68 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 73.18% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural Land %63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 17.95%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Arable Land per capita Ha63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.0197hectares per person2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Agricultural Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 7,000ha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Arable Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 2,000ha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
Governance
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Political Stability Index25 obs · 1996 CE–2023 CE | 1.02index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Rule Of Law Wb Index25 obs · 1996 CE–2023 CE | 0.5722index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Voice Accountability Index25 obs · 1996 CE–2023 CE | 0.8313index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Control Of Corruption Index20 obs · 2004 CE–2023 CE | 0.7373index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Gender Equality Rating20 obs · 2005 CE–2024 CE | 3.5scale_1_62024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Government Effectiveness Index20 obs · 2004 CE–2023 CE | 0.0738index2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Development
6 of 32 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Mobile Subscriptions Per 10051 obs · 1960 CE–2023 CE | 101.63per_1002023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Dpt Immunization %45 obs · 1980 CE–2024 CE | 99%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Measles Immunization %43 obs · 1982 CE–2024 CE | 99%2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Who Skilled Birth Attendance39 obs · 1985 CE–2023 CE | 55.84%2023 CE · WHO Global Health Observatory |
| Electricity Access %33 obs · 1991 CE–2023 CE | 100%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Electricity Access Rural %33 obs · 1991 CE–2023 CE | 100%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Rulers
9 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Elizabeth IImonarch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1979 CE – 2022 CE
- Milton CatoPrime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1979 CE – 1984 CE
- James Fitz-Allen MitchellPrime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1984 CE – 2000 CE
- Arnhim EustacePrime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2000 CE – 2001 CE
- Ralph GonsalvesPrime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2001 CE –
- Girlyn MiguelDeputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2010 CE – 2015 CE
- Louis StrakerDeputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2015 CE – 2020 CE
- Montgomery DanielDeputy Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2020 CE –
- Charles IIIHead of State2022 CE –
Country profile
From the CIA World Factbook 2024. Long entries are trimmed at a sentence boundary.
- Location
- Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
- Government type
- parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
- Executive branch
- chief of state: King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor General Stanley JOHN (since 6 January 2026); head of government: Prime Minister Godwin FRIDAY (since 28 November 2025); cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister;
- Ethnic groups
- African descent 71.2%, mixed 23%, Indigenous 3%, East Indian/Indian 1.1%, European 1.5%, other 0.2% (2012 est.)
- Natural resources
- hydropower, arable land
- Economy
- upper middle-income Caribbean island economy; key agriculture and tourism sectors; environmentally fragile; diversifying economy across services, science and knowledge, and creative industries; CARICOM member and US Caribbean Basin Initiative beneficiary
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- English
- Currency
- Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD), East Caribbean dollars (XCD)
Memberships
- United NationsUNInternational organisation · member1980 CE –
- 35-member Defense Pact (1947)Military alliance · member1981 CE –
- 6-member Defense Pact (1981)Military alliance · member1981 CE –
- 7-member Defense Pact (1996)Military alliance · member1996 CE –
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CIA World Factbook 2024
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
SIPRI (2024). Arms Transfers Database (Trend-Indicator Values).
Free for non-commercial use, attribution
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
WHO Global Health Observatory2024
World Health Organization (2024). Global Health Observatory data repository.
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.