Saint Kitts & Nevis (Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis)

St Kitts & Nevis Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Status	Independent State
Social and Moral Index	98th best
Capital	Basseterre
Land Area	260km21
Location	North America, The Americas, The Caribbean
Groupings	Small Islands
Population	52 4412
Life Expectancy	71.68yrs (2017)3
GNI	$23 358 (2017)4
ISO3166-1 Codes	KN, KNA, 6595
Internet Domain	.kn6
Currency	Dollar (XCD)7
Telephone	+8

1. Overview
2. St Kitts & Nevis National and Social Development
3. St Kitts & Nevis's Demographics and Migration
4. St Kitts & Nevis's Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance
   1. Human Rights & Tolerance Datasets
   2. Gender Equality Datasets
   3. Prejudice Datasets
5. St Kitts & Nevis's Health
   1. Health Datasets
   2. Children's Health Datasets
6. St Kitts & Nevis's Responsibility Towards The Environment
7. St Kitts & Nevis's Modernity and Learning
   1. Modernity Datasets
   2. Education Datasets
   3. Technology and Information Datasets
8. St Kitts & Nevis's Culture, Peace and Inequality
   1. National Culture Datasets
9. Religion and Beliefs
10. Links

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1. Overview

“Carib Indians occupied the islands of the West Indies for hundreds of years before the British began settlement in 1623. In 1967, the island territory of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla became an associated state of the UK with full internal autonomy. The island of Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. The remaining islands achieved independence in 1983 as Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 1998, a vote in Nevis on a referendum to separate from Saint Kitts fell short of the two-thirds majority needed. Nevis continues in its efforts to separate from Saint Kitts.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₉

“Near-perfect packages. The two-island nation combines beaches with beauteous mountains, activities to engage your body and rich history to engage your mind. Driving around the northern reaches of St Kitts, you pass mile after mile of sugar cane gone wild. The once all-encompassing lifeblood of the nation is no more and the huge plantations have been abandoned. Meanwhile beaches across the island rattle with the percussion of construction as a new economy based on tourism takes hold. Even the train once used for hauling cane now hauls tourists. But if change is coming fast to this classic eastern Caribbean island, it is managing to retain its essential qualities: a laid-back culture given to loud, boisterous celebration and an utter contempt for stress. Nevis is much the same albeit in a package that´s almost impossibly alluring. Circumnavigating the island on a two-hour drive is one of life´s meandering pleasures.

But if the pair offer much that´s similar, they differ in the details. St Kitts is the larger and feels that way, but Nevis is a neater package, anchored by a single volcanic mountain buttressed by a handful of beaches and a tiny capital, Charlestown.”

"The World" by Lonely Planet (2014)₁₀

2. St Kitts & Nevis National and Social Development

#economics #human_development #wealth

UN HDI (2021)11
Pos.		Higher is better Value11
1	Switzerland	0.962
2	Norway	0.961
3	Iceland	0.959
	...
72	Seychelles	0.785
73	Sri Lanka	0.782
74	Bosnia & Herzegovina	0.780
75	St Kitts & Nevis	0.777
76	Iran	0.774
77	Ukraine	0.773
78	Macedonia	0.770
79	China	0.768
	The Americas Avg	0.75
	World Avg	0.72
q=191.

Gross National Income Per-Capita (2021)11
Pos.		Higher is better PPP $11
1	Liechtenstein	$146 830
2	Singapore	$90 919
3	Qatar	$87 134
	...
56	Chile	$24 563
57	Kazakhstan	$23 943
58	Trinidad & Tobago	$23 392
59	St Kitts & Nevis	$23 358
60	Bulgaria	$23 079
61	Guyana	$22 465
62	Mauritius	$22 025
63	Uruguay	$21 269
	The Americas Avg	$16 628
	World Avg	$20 136
q=193.

Social & Moral Development Index12
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank12
1	Denmark	26.9
2	Norway	29.1
3	Sweden	29.9
	...
95	Bolivia	89.1
96	Guatemala	89.2
97	S. Africa	89.6
98	St Kitts & Nevis	90.4
99	Mongolia	90.6
100	Indonesia	90.6
101	India	91.5
102	Grenada	91.8
	The Americas Avg	81.5
	World Avg	89.0
q=200.

The United Nations produces an annual Human Development Report which includes the Human Development Index. The factors taken into account include life expectancy, education and schooling and Gross National Income (GNI) amongst many others..

The Social and Moral Development Index concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, public health, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism, and on some technological issues. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: Which are the Best Countries in the World? The Social and Moral Development Index.

3. St Kitts & Nevis's Demographics and Migration

#birth_control #demographics #fertility #health #immigration #life_expectancy #longevity #migration #overpopulation #population #yemen

Population Datasets:

St Kitts & Nevis's population is predicted to rise to 63 336 by 2030. This rise is despite a low fertility rate, meaning, that this country is helping to alleviate problems with growing population in neighbouring countries by accepting immigrants, very likely as a requirement of maintaining an active workforce. This country has a fertility rate of 1.51. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population will grow, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity - the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate (two new children for each set of parents who die), which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1, once you take mortality into account₁₃. The highest fertility rate ever detected in a single year was in Yemen in 1985, at 8.86.₁₄

Population2
Pos.		2018 Population2
1	China	1.4b
2	India	1.4b
3	USA	327.1m
	...
186	Andorra	77 006
187	Dominica	71 625
188	Marshall Islands	58 413
189	St Kitts & Nevis	52 441
190	Monaco	38 682
191	Liechtenstein	37 910
192	San Marino	33 785
193	Palau	17 907
	World Avg	39.0m
q=195.

Life Expectancy Higher is better11
Pos.		2021 Years11
1	Monaco	85.9
2	Hong Kong	85.5
3	Japan	84.8
	...
96	Bhutan	71.8
97	Bulgaria	71.8
98	Georgia	71.7
99	St Kitts & Nevis	71.7
100	Ukraine	71.6
101	Bahamas	71.6
102	Tajikistan	71.6
103	Seychelles	71.3
	World Avg	71.28
q=195. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best15
Pos.		202215
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
	...
84	Costa Rica	1.52
85=	Sweden	1.52
85=	Hungary	1.52
87	St Kitts & Nevis	1.51
88	Kosovo	1.51
89	Belarus	1.50
90	Netherlands	1.49
91	Uruguay	1.48
	World Avg	2.47
q=208. Also scored for 1960s-2010s.

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• Abortion, Birth Control and Contraception

Migration Datasets:

Immigrants16
Pos.		2017 %16
1	UAE	88.4%
2	Kuwait	75.5%
3	Qatar	65.2%
	...
36	Germany	14.8%
37	Estonia	14.7%
38	Gabon	13.8%
39	St Kitts & Nevis	13.7%
40	Seychelles	13.6%
41	Croatia	13.4%
42	UK	13.4%
43	Latvia	13.2%
	World Avg	9.4%
q=195.

Emigrants17
Pos.		2010 %17
1	Dominica	104.8%
2	Palestine	68.4%
3	Samoa	67.3%
4	Grenada	65.5%
5	St Kitts & Nevis	61.1%
6	Guyana	56.9%
7	Monaco	56.3%
8	Antigua & Barbuda	47.6%
9	Tonga	45.4%
10	Albania	45.4%
11	Barbados	41.0%
12	Suriname	39.0%
	World Avg	11.5%
q=192.

4. St Kitts & Nevis's Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance

#equality #freedom #freethought #gender_equality #homosexuality #human_rights #international_law #morals #politics #prejudice #religious_tolerance #tolerance #women

Compared to The Americas (2025)18
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank18
1	Canada	16.7
2	Uruguay	31.2
3	Costa Rica	38.8
	...
27	Guyana	91.5
28	Dominica	92.0
29	Nicaragua	93.3
30	Venezuela	96.2
31	St Kitts & Nevis	98.9
32	Haiti	102.6
33	Cuba	106.0
34	Grenada	107.1
35	Antigua & Barbuda	123.5
	The Americas Avg	71.80
q=35.

Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance (2025)18
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank18
1	Sweden	7.8
2	Netherlands	8.7
3	Denmark	8.8
	...
107	Samoa	98.2
108	Madagascar	98.8
109	Turkey	98.8
110	St Kitts & Nevis	98.9
111	Armenia	99.1
112	Indonesia	100.4
113	Tonga	101.0
114	Kyrgyzstan	102.0
	World Avg	89.80
q=199.

The best countries in the world at ensuring human rights, fostering equality and promoting tolerance, are Sweden, The Netherlands and Denmark₁₉. These countries are displaying the best traits that humanity has to offer. The worst countries are Somalia, Eritrea and Saudi Arabia₁₉.

31 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on supporting press freedom, combatting modern slavery, supporting personal, civil & economic freedoms, its average Freedom in the World rating, commentary in Human Rights Watch reports, its nominal commitment to Human Rights, speed of uptake of HR treaties, opposing gender inequality, the rate of gender bias (from 7 indicators), the year from which women could participate in democracy, its success in fighting anti-semitic prejudice, LGBT equality and freethought. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Baltic States and Europe₁₉, whereas the worst are The Middle East, Africa and Asia₁₉.

For more, see:

• " Which are the Best Countries for Human Rights, Equality and Tolerance?" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

4.1. Human Rights & Tolerance Datasets

#freedom #human_rights #international_law #politics

Freedom in the World Lower is better
Pos.		2024 Score
1=	Norway	1.0
1=	Canada	1.0
1=	Cape Verde	1.0
	...
37=	Switzerland	1.0
37=	Sweden	1.0
42=	France	1.5
42=	St Kitts & Nevis	1.5
42=	Belize	1.5
42=	Mongolia	1.5
42=	Lithuania	1.5
42=	Liechtenstein	1.5
	The Americas Avg	2.7
	World Avg	3.7
q=205. Also scored for 1970s-2010s.

Nominal Commitment to HR Higher is better20
Pos.		2009 Treaties20
1	Argentina	24
2=	Chile	23
2=	Costa Rica	23
	...
166=	Papua New Guinea	9
166=	Oman	9
166=	Iran	9
166=	St Kitts & Nevis	9
166=	Comoros	9
166=	Cook Islands	9
172=	Guinea-Bissau	8
172=	USA	8
	The Americas Avg	16.5
	World Avg	15.1
q=194.

HR Treaties Lag Lower is better21
Pos.		2019 Avg Yrs/Treaty21
1	Ecuador	2.15
2	Uruguay	2.25
3	Tunisia	3.65
	...
178	Fiji	14.85
179	Samoa	14.85
180	Myanmar	14.93
181	St Kitts & Nevis	15.00
182	Singapore	15.02
183	Papua New Guinea	15.23
184	Brunei	15.29
185	Tonga	15.55
	The Americas Avg	8.45
	World Avg	10.02
q=195.

4.2. Gender Equality Datasets

#gender_equality #human_rights #politics #women

The 1950s saw a late rush of 43 countries, including St Kitts & Nevis and many developing nations, move to cease preventing women from voting.

See:

• "Religion Versus Womankind" by Vexen Crabtree (2007)

Year Women Can Vote Lower is better
Pos.		Total Year
1	New Zealand	1893
2	Australia	1902
3	Finland	1906
	...
86=	Grenada	1951
86=	Nepal	1951
86=	Dominica	1951
86=	St Kitts & Nevis	1951
86=	St Vincent & Grenadines	1951
91=	Bolivia	1952
91=	Ivory Coast	1952
91=	Greece	1952
	The Americas Avg	1947
	World Avg	1930
q=189.

4.3. Prejudice Datasets

#freethought #homosexuality #religious_tolerance

LGBT Equality in the 2020s Higher is better22
Pos.		Total Score22
1=	Germany	4.88
1=	Spain	4.88
3	Portugal	4.81
	...
135	Kiribati	-2.32
136	Armenia	-2.34
137	Azerbaijan	-2.45
138	St Kitts & Nevis	-2.48
139	Tajikistan	-2.50
140	Indonesia	-2.55
141	Barbados	-2.63
142	Turkmenistan	-2.68
	The Americas Avg	0.41
	World Avg	-1.21
q=215. Also scored for 1970s-2020s.

Same-sex relations criminalized in 1959.

ILGA researchers in 2017 found that St Kitts & Nevis had no legal protections against anti-LGBT discrimination.

Freedom of Thought Lower is better23
Pos.		202123
1=	Belgium	1.0
1=	Taiwan	1.0
1=	Netherlands	1.0
	...
13=	Guinea-Bissau	1.7
13=	Mongolia	1.7
13=	S. Africa	1.7
16=	St Kitts & Nevis	1.8
16=	Namibia	1.8
16=	Mozambique	1.8
16=	Micronesia	1.8
16=	USA	1.8
	The Americas Avg	2.7
	World Avg	3.0
q=196.

5. St Kitts & Nevis's Health

#alcohol #birth_control #demographics #health #life_expectancy #longevity #obesity #overpopulation #parenting #population #vaccines

Compared to The Americas (2025)24
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank24
1	Canada	62.0
2	Cuba	62.5
3	Antigua & Barbuda	63.9
	...
15	Bahamas	85.6
16	St Vincent & Grenadines	85.8
17	Jamaica	87.5
18	St Kitts & Nevis	89.9
19	Brazil	89.9
20	Colombia	90.2
21	Trinidad & Tobago	90.9
22	St Lucia	91.2
23	Panama	93.0
	The Americas Avg	92.66
q=41.

Health (2025)24
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank24
1	Monaco	10.3
2	Liechtenstein	30.1
3	Japan	37.3
	...
86	Kazakhstan	88.3
87	Turkmenistan	89.3
88	Bosnia & Herzegovina	89.8
89	St Kitts & Nevis	89.9
90	Brazil	89.9
91	Colombia	90.2
92	Saudi Arabia	90.6
93	Uzbekistan	90.9
	World Avg	97.57
q=207.

The countries with the best overall approach to public health, in terms of both public policy and individual lifestyle choices, are Monaco, Liechtenstein and Japan₂₅. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are Angola, Somalia and S. Sudan₂₅.

42 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on its average life expectancy, its alcohol consumption rate, its fertility rate, its smoking rate, its suicide rate, its food aid and health contributions and WHO compliance, the prevalence of overweight adults, obesity rate, its adolescent birth rate, delivery rate of infant DTP immunizations, delivery rate of 7x Infant Immunizations 2011-2015 and childhood mortality. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Europe and The Mediterranean₂₅, whereas the worst are Africa, Micronesia and Melanesia₂₅.

For more, see:

• "Countries With the Healthiest Cultures and Health Policies" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

5.1. Health Datasets

#alcohol #birth_control #demographics #health #life_expectancy #longevity #obesity #overpopulation #vaccines

St Kitts & Nevis does relatively well in encouraging good health, compared to many other countries. St Kitts & Nevis does better than average for delivery rate of 7x Infant Immunizations 2011-2015₂₆, delivery rate of infant DTP immunizations in the 2020s₂₇, the prevalence of overweight adults₂₈ and in its fertility rate₁₅ (but high for The Americas). St Kitts & Nevis still has work to do. St Kitts & Nevis does worse than average when it comes to its average life expectancy₁₁, childhood mortality in the 2020s₂₉, its adolescent birth rate₃₀ (still good for The Americas) and in its alcohol consumption rate₃₁. The prevalence of overweight adults has increased by 14% over the last 40 years. Life expectancy in Saint Kitts and Nevis improved by +6.4yrs in the 30 years from 1990, less than the global average of +7.9yrs. St. Kitts and Nevis is amongst only 41 countries who have seen their fertility rate drop by more than 4 since the 1960s. Its peak fertility rate was 7.17 in 1960.

Life Expectancy Higher is better11
Pos.		2021 Years11
1	Monaco	85.9
2	Hong Kong	85.5
3	Japan	84.8
	...
96	Bhutan	71.8
97	Bulgaria	71.8
98	Georgia	71.7
99	St Kitts & Nevis	71.7
100	Ukraine	71.6
101	Bahamas	71.6
102	Tajikistan	71.6
103	Seychelles	71.3
	The Americas Avg	72.58
	World Avg	71.28
q=195. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

Alcohol Consumption Lower is better31
Pos.		2016 Per Capita31
1	Bangladesh	0.0
2	Kuwait	0.0
3	Libya	0.0
	...
138=	Chile	9.3
138=	Grenada	9.3
138=	S. Africa	9.3
141=	St Kitts & Nevis	9.4
141=	Tanzania	9.4
143	Uganda	9.5
144	Barbados	9.6
145=	Argentina	9.8
	The Americas Avg	6.9
	World Avg	6.2
q=189.

Fertility Rate 2.0 is best15
Pos.		202215
1	US Virgin Islands	2.00
2	Ecuador	2.00
3	Nepal	2.01
	...
84	Costa Rica	1.52
85=	Sweden	1.52
85=	Hungary	1.52
87	St Kitts & Nevis	1.51
88	Kosovo	1.51
89	Belarus	1.50
90	Netherlands	1.49
91	Uruguay	1.48
	The Americas Avg	1.80
	World Avg	2.47
q=208. Also scored for 1960s-2010s.

Overweight Adults Lower is better28
Pos.		1976 %28
1	Bangladesh	4.7
2	Vietnam	5.1
3	Nepal	5.4
	...
82	Papua New Guinea	26.3
83	Tajikistan	26.4
84	Uzbekistan	27.1
85	St Kitts & Nevis	27.2
86=	Dominican Rep.	27.3
86=	Oman	27.3
86=	Kyrgyzstan	27.3
89	Vanuatu	27.5
	The Americas Avg	30.7
	World Avg	27.1
q=191.

Adult Obesity Lower is better32
Pos.		2022 %32
1	Vietnam	2.1%
2	Timor-Leste (E. Timor)	2.2%
3	Ethiopia	2.4%
	...
185	Kuwait	45.4%
186	Micronesia	45.6%
187	Kiribati	46.2%
188	St Kitts & Nevis	46.6%
189	Marshall Islands	47.3%
190	Bahamas	47.6%
191	French Polynesia	48.4%
192	Samoa	61.2%
	The Americas Avg	32.0%
	World Avg	24.7%
q=199. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

5.2. Children's Health Datasets

#children's_health #health #parenting #population #vaccines

Adolescent Birth Rate Lower is better30
Pos.		2022 Per 100030
1	Hong Kong	1.6
2	Denmark	1.8
3	S. Korea	2.1
	...
99	Micronesia	35.7
100	Costa Rica	35.7
101	St Lucia	36.3
102	St Kitts & Nevis	36.8
103	Trinidad & Tobago	37.7
104	Argentina	37.9
105	Dominica	37.9
106	Syria	38.1
	The Americas Avg	48.1
	World Avg	43.8
q=195. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

Infant DTP Immunizations (2020s) Higher is better27
Pos.		Total Avg %27
1=	Luxembourg	99.0
1=	Oman	99.0
1=	Niue	99.0
	...
45	Denmark	97.2
46=	Fiji	97.1
46=	Ghana	97.1
46=	St Kitts & Nevis	97.1
49=	Russia	97.0
49=	Tunisia	97.0
51=	Kazakhstan	96.9
51=	Antigua & Barbuda	96.9
	The Americas Avg	87.5
	World Avg	88.5
q=211. Also scored for 1980s-2020s.

7x Infant Immunizations (2011-2015) Higher is better26
Pos.		2015 Avg %26
1=	Hungary	99.0
1=	China	99.0
3	Uzbekistan	98.9
	...
41	Spain	96.5
42	Poland	96.5
43	Libya	96.4
44	St Kitts & Nevis	96.3
45	Bahamas	96.2
46	Maldives	96.2
47	Tajikistan	96.1
48	Rwanda	96.1
	The Americas Avg	91.3
	World Avg	88.3
q=194.

Infant Mortality (2020s) Lower is better29
Pos.		Total Per 100029
1	San Marino	2.11
2	Finland	2.59
3	Luxembourg	2.60
	...
98	Jamaica	18.79
99	Samoa	18.81
100	Nauru	18.87
101	St Kitts & Nevis	19.01
102	Vanuatu	19.11
103	Nicaragua	19.21
104	Cape Verde	20.21
105	Mongolia	20.26
	The Americas Avg	18.99
	World Avg	32.19
q=195. Also scored for 1960s-2020s.

6. St Kitts & Nevis's Responsibility Towards The Environment

#biodiversity #climate_change #deforestation #environmentalism #food #internationalism #meat #over-exploitation #st_kitts_&_nevis #the_environment #veganism #vegetarianism

Compared to The Americas (2025)33
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank33
1	Uruguay	43.2
2	Puerto Rico	47.1
3	Costa Rica	49.7
	...
25	Belize	91.3
26	St Vincent & Grenadines	92.0
27	Trinidad & Tobago	94.5
28=	St Kitts & Nevis	96.9
29	Bahamas	100.9
30	Antigua & Barbuda	103.2
31	St Lucia	103.6
32	USA	103.8
33	Haiti	105.8
	The Americas Avg	92.66
q=36.

Responsibility Towards The Environment (2025)33
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank33
1	Sri Lanka	34.9
2	Uruguay	43.2
3	Switzerland	45.0
	...
139	Saudi Arabia	94.9
140	Israel	95.8
141	Tonga	96.1
142=	St Kitts & Nevis	96.9
142=	Iceland	96.9
144=	Laos	97.0
144=	Estonia	97.0
146	Montenegro	97.3
	World Avg	84.93
q=199.

We have known for a long term that we must protect the environment from habitation destruction, over-exploitation, pollution, and the emissions that cause climate change. In 1998, Greenpeace wrote that "Environment can no longer be meaningfully separated from health, quality of life, democracy, education, economy or trade"₃₄. What countries have been doing the right thing, via legislation and national culture? All countries' current and historical approach towards the environment is gauged via 21 datasets, including multiple decades of data on its forested percent change 2000-2020, its environmental performance, energy to GDP efficiency, its sign-up rate to major international accords on protecting the environment, the rate of rational beliefs on the environment in the population, reducing annual meat consumption per person and its score on the Green Future Index.

The countries that do the best (Sri Lanka, Uruguay and Switzerland) tend to have avoided the excesses of early industrial countries, and have not yet repeated the same mistakes of environmental destruction - at least, not on the same scale. The regions with the best average results per country are Central America, South America and Scandinavia. The worst are Eritrea, The Vatican City and Timor-Leste (E. Timor), and the worst regions Micronesia, Australasia and Melanesia.

For more, see:

• "Countries With the Best Environmental Records" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

With regard to its responsibility towards the environment, St Kitts & Nevis is 142nd in the world. This rank is calculated from 21 data sets. St Kitts & Nevis does better than average for its forested percent change 2000-2020₃₅. But that's it. St Kitts & Nevis has problems. It does worse than average in its sign-up rate to major international accords on protecting the environment. And finally, it sits amongst the bottom 20 in reducing annual meat consumption per person₃₆.

Forest Area Change 2000-2020 Higher is better35
Pos.		Total35
1	Guernsey	82.6%
2	Bahrain	75.2%
3	Iceland	64.7%
	...
102=	Nauru	0.0%
102=	Seychelles	0.0%
102=	St Martin	0.0%
102=	St Kitts & Nevis	0.0%
102=	Monaco	0.0%
102=	Greenland	0.0%
102=	Falkland Islands	0.0%
102=	Mali	0.0%
	The Americas Avg	-2.1%
	World Avg	-0.1%
q=234.

International Accords on the Environment Higher is better
Pos.		Total Avg Rate
1	Sweden	83%
2	Canada	82%
3	Norway	81%
	...
124	Algeria	54%
125	Dominican Rep.	54%
126	Tajikistan	54%
127	St Kitts & Nevis	54%
128	Dominica	54%
129	Barbados	54%
130	Congo, (Brazzaville)	53%
131	Jamaica	53%
	The Americas Avg	60.7%
	World Avg	57.5%
q=197. Also scored for 1970s-2020s.

St Kitts and Nevis was one of the 30 who signed the Convention on Biological Diversity on its first day and one of the 19 countries that signed the Paris Agreement within the first few months in Q2 2016.

Meat Consumption Lower is better36
Pos.		2021 kg36
1	Congo, DR	03.0
2	Burundi	03.5
3	Bangladesh	04.3
	...
169	Croatia	90.8
170	French Polynesia	92.5
171	Portugal	94.6
172	St Kitts & Nevis	96.6
173	Chile	97.8
174	Brazil	98.8
175	Spain	100.3
176	Samoa	106.2
	The Americas Avg	70.3
	World Avg	52.5
q=185. Also scored for 2010s.

In the 2010s, meat consumption per person in Saint Kitts and Nevis was nearly double the global average (of 49kgs per year), putting unnecessary strain on water supplies and the environment.₃₆

7. St Kitts & Nevis's Modernity and Learning

#education #metric #modernity #technology #the_internet

Compared to The Americas (2025)37
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank37
1	Canada	30.9
2	Argentina	34.3
3	Chile	41.0
	...
20	El Salvador	79.2
21	USA	79.3
22	Nicaragua	82.3
23	St Kitts & Nevis	84.2
24	Trinidad & Tobago	86.2
25	Guatemala	86.7
26	Antigua & Barbuda	92.9
27	Honduras	93.2
28	St Vincent & Grenadines	97.3
	The Americas Avg	77.96
q=36.

Modernity & Learning (2025)37
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank37
1	Vatican City	1.0
2	Finland	4.8
3	Belgium	8.5
	...
103	Nicaragua	82.3
104	Gabon	83.0
105	Cape Verde	84.0
106	St Kitts & Nevis	84.2
107=	Bahrain	85.0
107=	Qatar	85.0
109	Iran	85.1
110	Kuwait	85.5
	World Avg	80.33
q=194.

The most modern countries, with the best results from education, the highest levels of research, and with the easiest access to information on the Internet, are The Vatican City, Finland and Belgium₃₈. The worst countries are S. Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia₃₈. Despite improves in global education, access to tertiary (adult) education is becoming increasingly unequal between the rich haves and the poor have-nots₃₉.

“Education, at all levels and ages, is the single most vital support for equality as well as being a country's most vital economic and social resource. [...] Every successful aspirant to modernisation and economic development, from Japan to South Korea, China to Chile, has got there with a big emphasis on education.”

Bill Emmott (2017)₄₀

23 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on Research and Development, Intellectual Endeavours, metric system adoption rate, Religiosity, IQ, Secondary Education, Length of Schooling, Maths, Science & Reading, the percent of citizens with access to the internet, Freedom On The Internet, IT Security, IPv6 Uptake and digital quality of life. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Baltic States and Europe₃₈, whereas the worst are Melanesia, Africa and Micronesia₃₈.

For more, see:

• " Which Countries are Most Modern, With the Best Education and Internet Access?" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

7.1. Modernity Datasets

#metric

Metric System Adoption Rate Higher is better41
Pos.		2025 %41
1=	Slovakia	100
1=	Poland	100
1=	Portugal	100
	...
139=	Sao Tome & Principe	90
139=	UAE	90
139=	St Lucia	90
139=	St Kitts & Nevis	90
139=	Rwanda	90
139=	Qatar	90
139=	Pakistan	90
139=	Oman	90
	The Americas Avg	90
	World Avg	92
q=187. Also scored for 1960s-2020s.

Adopted metric in 1969. Progression:

• 1960 (40%): Imperial dominant; metric in science.
• 1970 (65%): Metrication via standards; dual use common.
• 1980 (80%): Commerce/education largely metric; everyday imperial persists.
• 2000 (90%): Metric dominant officially.
• 2025 (90%).

7.2. Education Datasets

#education

Length of Schooling Higher is better42
Pos.		2021 Years42
1	Australia	21.1
2	New Zealand	20.3
3	Greece	20.0
	...
48	Cyprus	15.6
49	Brazil	15.6
50	Georgia	15.6
51	St Kitts & Nevis	15.4
52	Tunisia	15.4
53	Peru	15.4
54	Kuwait	15.3
55	Japan	15.2
	The Americas Avg	14.2
	World Avg	13.5
q=193. Also scored for 1990s-2010s.

7.3. Technology and Information Datasets

#the_internet

Internet Users Higher is better43
Pos.		201643
1	Iceland	100%
2	Faroe Islands	99%
3	Norway	98%
	...
62	Greenland	67%
63	Portugal	67%
64	Brazil	66%
65	St Kitts & Nevis	66%
66	Dominica	66%
67	Italy	66%
68=	Uruguay	65%
68=	Antigua & Barbuda	65%
	The Americas Avg	56.4%
	World Avg	48.1%
q=201.

IPv6 Uptake Higher is better44
Pos.		2017 Ratio44
1	Belgium	55.4
2	Germany	41.8
3	Switzerland	35.1
	...
51	Slovakia	0.8
52	Hong Kong	0.7
53	Spain	0.6
54	St Kitts & Nevis	0.6
55	Nauru	0.5
56	Egypt	0.4
57	Mexico	0.4
58	Bhutan	0.4
	The Americas Avg	3.36
	World Avg	3.82
q=176.

8. St Kitts & Nevis's Culture, Peace and Inequality

#internationalism

8.1. National Culture Datasets

#internationalism

Passport Reach (2020s) Higher is better45
Pos.		Total Q45
1	Singapore	192.2
2	Japan	192.0
3	S. Korea	190.7
	...
49	Israel	162.7
50	Barbados	162.3
51	Mexico	159.0
52=	St Kitts & Nevis	156.3
52=	Bahamas	156.3
54	Vatican City	154.2
55	Uruguay	154.0
56	Seychelles	153.2
	The Americas Avg	132.4
	World Avg	108.8
q=195. Also scored for 2000s-2020s.

9. Religion and Beliefs

The CIA World Factbook states simply: Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic₄₆.

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems