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Topic 06 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Antigua and Barbuda: Development & Human Capital
Is a country turning its resources into better lives?
Antigua and Barbuda is placed 66th of 196 countries on development & human capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Social Protection Coverage 65.4 (2025); Maternal Mortality Ratio 34.57 (2023).
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Development & Human Capital
66th
of 196 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Antigua and Barbuda on development & human capital — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 2 of 3
Maternal Mortality Ratio
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
34.57
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Lower is better
Antigua and Barbuda: 34.57. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 0.11 (Cook Islands) to 992.83 (Nigeria); the world median is 46.65.
- World median
- 46.65
- Best in Caribbean
- 11.03 Puerto Rico
Key 3 of 3
Human Development Index
UNDP Human Development Report Office
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.851
HDI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Ranked 53rd of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office
Antigua and Barbuda: 0.851. Across the 193 countries in this edition, values run from 0.388 (South Sudan) to 0.972 (Iceland); the world median is 0.762.
- World median
- 0.762
- Best in Caribbean
- 0.851 Antigua and Barbuda
02Over time
Which way Antigua and Barbuda is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Maternal Mortality Ratio
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births · lower is better
Antigua and BarbudaWorld median
Antigua and Barbuda fell from 37.06 in 2000 to 34.57 in 2023; the world median went from 70.99 to 46.65.
Every year’s figures
Year Antigua and Barbuda World median 2023 34.57 46.7 2022 36.02 53.0 2021 31.90 76.6 2020 34.82 56.0 2019 32.27 48.4 2018 30.63 49.3 2017 31.16 47.2 2016 27.94 50.6 2015 29.65 51.9 2014 31.83 52.8 2013 32.07 53.3 2012 30.47 54.6 2011 30.95 55.0 2010 31.21 56.1 2009 32.05 56.3 2008 31.31 55.8 2007 32.35 56.8 2006 31.65 58.1 2005 32.53 60.1 2004 33.67 63.0 2003 33.46 66.8 2002 35.78 66.0 2001 35.50 68.1 2000 37.06 71.0 Human Development Index
HDI score (0–1) · higher is better
Antigua and BarbudaWorld median
Antigua and Barbuda rose from 0.827 in 2007 to 0.851 in 2023; the world median went from 0.71 to 0.762.
Every year’s figures
Year Antigua and Barbuda World median 2023 0.851 0.7620 2022 0.848 0.7610 2021 0.843 0.7450 2020 0.840 0.7425 2019 0.851 0.7515 2018 0.850 0.7520 2017 0.845 0.7480 2016 0.842 0.7500 2015 0.839 0.7430 2014 0.837 0.7410 2013 0.835 0.7390 2012 0.833 0.7350 2011 0.828 0.7250 2010 0.828 0.7250 2009 0.827 0.7220 2008 0.830 0.7180 2007 0.827 0.7100 2006 — 0.7045 2005 — 0.6960 2004 — 0.6960 2003 — 0.6910 2002 — 0.6845 2001 — 0.6770 2000 — 0.6720
03In context
Antigua and Barbuda beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 196 countries on development & human capital, never a place within the region.
Antigua and Barbuda and Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 196; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Social Protection CoveragePopulation covered by at least one social protection benefit (%) | Maternal Mortality RatioMaternal deaths per 100,000 live births | Human Development IndexHDI score (0–1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63rd | 58.9 | 11.03 | — | |
| 66th | 65.4 | 34.57 | 0.851 | |
| 67th | 90.2 | 73.52 | 0.84 | |
| 79th | 56.7 | 34.88 | 0.811 | |
| 83rd | 63.9 | 34.79 | 0.762 | |
| =85th | 57.2 | 54.08 | 0.807 | |
| 92nd | 54.3 | 48.25 | 0.791 | |
| 95th | 52 | 55.84 | 0.798 | |
| 96th | 53.2 | 35.55 | 0.761 | |
| 99th | 49.1 | 75.95 | 0.82 | |
| =106th | 61 | 124.47 | 0.776 | |
| =110th | 40.1 | 43.96 | 0.748 | |
| 132nd | 32.6 | 130.14 | 0.72 | |
| 177th | 6.6 | 327.56 | 0.554 | |
| not placed | 68.9 | — | — | |
| not placed | 94.3 | — | — | |
| not placed | 78.3 | — | — | |
| not placed | 94.2 | — | — | |
| not placed | 47.9 | — | — | |
| not placed | 81.2 | — | — | |
| not placed | — | — | — | |
| not placed | — | — | — | |
| not placed | 52.1 | — | — | |
| not placed | 66.7 | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 196.
Puerto Rico63rd
Antigua and Barbuda66th
Saint Kitts and Nevis67th
Barbados79th
Cuba83rd
Trinidad and Tobago=85th
Grenada92nd
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines95th
Dominica96th
Bahamas99th
Dominican Republic=106th
Saint Lucia=110th
Jamaica132nd
Haiti177th
Anguillanot placed
Arubanot placed
British Virgin Islandsnot placed
Cayman Islandsnot placed
Curaçaonot placed
Montserratnot placed
Saint Martinnot placed
Sint Maartennot placed
Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed
United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on development & human capital
The countries immediately above and below Antigua and Barbuda in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Antigua and Barbuda is ahead of the world, and behind
25 more statistics filed under development & human capital, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median17
Statistics on which Antigua and Barbuda does better than the middle country measured.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919991▲ Improved since 2015
Antigua and Barbuda: 99 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 909790▲ Improved since 2015
Antigua and Barbuda: 97 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.93311.659.933▲ Improved since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 11.65 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 48th of 193 · derived.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3415.513.34▼ Worsened since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 15.5 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 56th of 195 · derived.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.267.04912.26No real change since 2014
Antigua and Barbuda: 7.049 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 138th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Productive Capacities IndexUNCTAD · 2022 · world median 46.6752.9646.67▼ Worsened since 2012
Antigua and Barbuda: 52.96 · world median 46.67 · Productive Capacities Index (1–100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 17.8 to 71.02; higher is better.
Position 62nd of 195 · derived.
GDP per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 17,26530,62017,265▲ Improved since 2015
Antigua and Barbuda: 30,620 · world median 17,265 · GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,067 to 139,593; higher is better.
Position 62nd of 185 · derived.
Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 74.6377.674.63▼ Worsened since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 77.6 · world median 74.63 · Years a newborn would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 54.46 to 86.37; higher is better.
Position 76th of 222 · derived.
Under-Five Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 14.549.05114.54No real change since 2014
Antigua and Barbuda: 9.051 · world median 14.54 · Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.26 to 115.65; lower is better.
Position 132nd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Employment Injury Protection CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 45.967.945.9No earlier reading
Antigua and Barbuda: 67.9 · world median 45.9 · Labour force covered in the event of a work injury (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.240.351▼ Worsened since 2021
Antigua and Barbuda: 0.24 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 63rd of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1345.1958.134▼ Worsened since 2014
Antigua and Barbuda: 5.195 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 127th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8582.0192.858▼ Worsened since 2014
Antigua and Barbuda: 2.019 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 126th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.5960.564▲ Improved since 2018
Antigua and Barbuda: 0.596 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.
Position 73rd of 172 · derived.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1637.258.163No real change since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 7.25 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 110th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Old-Age Pension CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 80.884.480.8No earlier reading
Antigua and Barbuda: 84.4 · world median 80.8 · People above statutory pensionable age receiving an old-age pension (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Gender Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.9711.0310.971▲ Improved since 2018
Antigua and Barbuda: 1.031 · world median 0.971 · Gender Development Index (1.000 = parity). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.407 to 1.038; higher is better.
Position 91st of 184 · derived.
Behind the world median4
Statistics on which Antigua and Barbuda does worse than the middle country measured.
Statistical Performance IndicatorsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 69.363.2169.3▲ Improved since 2020
Antigua and Barbuda: 63.21 · world median 69.3 · SPI overall score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 27.12 to 94.14; higher is better.
Position 122nd of 188 · derived.
Cereal YieldFAO · 2023 · world median 3,0721,9413,072▲ Improved since 2013
Antigua and Barbuda: 1,941 · world median 3,072 · Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 23 to 29,147; higher is better.
Position 124th of 179 · derived.
Disability Benefit CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 43.99.143.9No earlier reading
Antigua and Barbuda: 9.1 · world median 43.9 · People with severe disabilities receiving disability benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.2115.3610.21▼ Worsened since 2010
Antigua and Barbuda: 15.36 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 31st of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Level with the median, or no median to compare3
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
Antigua and Barbuda: 100 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.
Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
Antigua and Barbuda: 100 · world median 100 · Rural population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.7 to 100; higher is better.
Unemployment Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 000No earlier reading
Antigua and Barbuda: 0 · world median 0 · Unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
No better end1
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 11.262.43711.26Moved since 2015
Antigua and Barbuda: 2.437 · world median 11.26 · Manufacturing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.481 to 43.97.
Position 128th of 132 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Antigua and Barbuda
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour Benefits, Child and Family Benefit Coverage, Child Marriage, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Completeness of Birth Registration, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Foundational ID Ownership, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, GNI per Capita (PPP) (last 2021), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Multidimensional Poverty Measure, Net Official Development Assistance Received (last 2021), Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, Prosperity Gap, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Violent Discipline of Children and Wasting Prevalence in Children Under Five. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Development & Human Capital among Antigua and Barbuda’s 13 topics
Development & Human Capital is Antigua and Barbuda’s 2nd best-placed topic of 13. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Health & Wellbeing66th of 2002/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital66th of 1963/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade65th of 1774/4 keys
- Gender & Equality73rd of 1832/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 78th of 1933/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation72nd of 1762/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 84th of 1942/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge86th of 1983/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties91st of 1983/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture104th of 1843/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability149th of 1863/4 keys
- Energy135th of 1652/3 keys
- Digital & Technology168th of 1983/4 keys
No standing on Work & Labour, Peace & Security, Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on development & human capital
The three countries placed highest of 196, and the leaders Antigua and Barbuda can most readily be measured against.
1Cook Islands
Polynesia
1st of 196 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Benedict Adam · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2Norway
Northern Europe
2nd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3Denmark
Northern Europe
3rd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: User:Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
Canada=27th3/3 keys
Highest in Caribbean
Puerto Rico63rd2/3 keys
This page
Antigua and Barbuda66th3/3 keys
Positions out of 196 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Antigua and Barbuda and development & human capital

On development & human capital
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.

On development & human capital
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita, each from its own publisher and year.
08Questions
Antigua and Barbuda on development & human capital: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Antigua and Barbuda rank on development & human capital?
Antigua and Barbuda is placed 66th of 196 countries on Development & Human Capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Social Protection Coverage, Maternal Mortality Ratio and Human Development Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Social Protection Coverage figure for Antigua and Barbuda?
65.4 in 2025 (population covered by at least one social protection benefit (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 52.1.
What is the latest Maternal Mortality Ratio figure for Antigua and Barbuda?
34.57 in 2023 (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births), according to UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG). The world median in the same edition was 46.65.
How have Antigua and Barbuda’s development & human capital figures changed?
Maternal Mortality Ratio fell from 37.06 in 2000 to 34.57 in 2023; Human Development Index rose from 0.827 in 2007 to 0.851 in 2023.
Which development & human capital statistics are missing for Antigua and Barbuda?
No current reading is published for Antigua and Barbuda on Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour Benefits, Child and Family Benefit Coverage, Child Marriage, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Completeness of Birth Registration, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Foundational ID Ownership, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, GNI per Capita (PPP), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Multidimensional Poverty Measure, Net Official Development Assistance Received, Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, Prosperity Gap, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Violent Discipline of Children and Wasting Prevalence in Children Under Five. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Poverty lines, inequality and aid received are published here as context rather than as keys, often because they cover fewer countries or are measured too rarely. Development is also not the same as economic size or growth, which belong to Economy & Innovation.
How the Development & Human Capital standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The development & human capital method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Social Protection Coverage — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Maternal Mortality Ratio — UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Human Development Index — UNDP Human Development Report Office, CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 25 statistics on this page come from 9 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Antigua and Barbuda’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Antigua and Barbuda (banner) — Z_dead from London, UK derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 2.0
- Cook Islands — Benedict Adam, CC BY 2.0
- Norway — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Denmark — User:Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Antigua and Barbuda: Development & Human Capital — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/antigua-and-barbuda/development