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Topic 06 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Grenada: Development & Human Capital
Is a country turning its resources into better lives?
Grenada is placed 92nd 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 54.3 (2025); Maternal Mortality Ratio 48.25 (2023).
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92nd
of 196 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Grenada 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
48.25
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Lower is better
Grenada: 48.25. 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
0.791
HDI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Ranked 80th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office
Grenada: 0.791. 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 Grenada 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
GrenadaWorld median
Grenada rose from 45.53 in 2000 to 48.25 in 2023; the world median went from 70.99 to 46.65.
Every year’s figures
Year Grenada World median 2023 48.25 46.7 2022 49.94 53.0 2021 52.01 76.6 2020 50.56 56.0 2019 48.40 48.4 2018 46.42 49.3 2017 44.93 47.2 2016 44.04 50.6 2015 46.21 51.9 2014 44.88 52.8 2013 44.35 53.3 2012 43.65 54.6 2011 43.93 55.0 2010 43.01 56.1 2009 40.80 56.3 2008 41.27 55.8 2007 39.84 56.8 2006 38.86 58.1 2005 40.35 60.1 2004 48.47 63.0 2003 42.13 66.8 2002 42.32 66.0 2001 44.97 68.1 2000 45.53 71.0 Human Development Index
HDI score (0–1) · higher is better
GrenadaWorld median
Grenada rose from 0.744 in 2002 to 0.791 in 2023; the world median went from 0.685 to 0.762.
Every year’s figures
Year Grenada World median 2023 0.791 0.7620 2022 0.789 0.7610 2021 0.782 0.7450 2020 0.782 0.7425 2019 0.789 0.7515 2018 0.788 0.7520 2017 0.784 0.7480 2016 0.784 0.7500 2015 0.782 0.7430 2014 0.779 0.7410 2013 0.777 0.7390 2012 0.774 0.7350 2011 0.773 0.7250 2010 0.771 0.7250 2009 0.767 0.7220 2008 0.771 0.7180 2007 0.768 0.7100 2006 0.764 0.7045 2005 0.764 0.6960 2004 0.746 0.6960 2003 0.751 0.6910 2002 0.744 0.6845 2001 — 0.6770 2000 — 0.6720
03In context
Grenada 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.
Grenada and Caribbean
Grenada 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 Grenada in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Grenada is ahead of the world, and behind
27 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 median12
Statistics on which Grenada does better than the middle country measured.
Country Policy and Institutional AssessmentWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.2463.73.246▲ Improved since 2015
Grenada: 3.7 · world median 3.246 · IDA Resource Allocation Index (1 = low to 6 = high). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.617 to 4.225; higher is better.
Position 12th of 78 · derived.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3416.5813.34▼ Worsened since 2013
Grenada: 16.58 · 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 35th of 195 · derived.
Multidimensional Poverty MeasureWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.2521.1384.252No earlier reading
Grenada: 1.138 · world median 4.252 · Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.96; lower is better.
Position 118th of 157 · derived, 1st = worst.
Employment Injury Protection CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 45.977.345.9No earlier reading
Grenada: 77.3 · 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 Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.9710.9840.971▲ Improved since 2015
Grenada: 0.984 · 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 56th of 184 · derived.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.2260.351▼ Worsened since 2018
Grenada: 0.226 · 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 58th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up EstimatesWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 2.10.742.1▼ Worsened since 2014
Grenada: 0.74 · world median 2.1 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP, World Bank line-up estimate (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 89.54; lower is better.
Productive Capacities IndexUNCTAD · 2022 · world median 46.6749.7146.67▲ Improved since 2012
Grenada: 49.71 · 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 79th of 195 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919391▲ Improved since 2015
Grenada: 93 · 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.
Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 74.6375.2174.63▼ Worsened since 2013
Grenada: 75.21 · 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 107th of 222 · derived.
GDP per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 17,26518,24117,265No real change since 2015
Grenada: 18,241 · 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 90th of 185 · derived.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.5650.564▲ Improved since 2018
Grenada: 0.565 · 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 86th of 172 · derived.
Behind the world median12
Statistics on which Grenada does worse than the middle country measured.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.9339.4469.933▼ Worsened since 2013
Grenada: 9.446 · 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 103rd of 193 · derived.
Disability Benefit CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 43.922.243.9No earlier reading
Grenada: 22.2 · 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.
Under-Five Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 14.5417.9614.54▼ Worsened since 2014
Grenada: 17.96 · 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 80th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2616.4412.26▼ Worsened since 2014
Grenada: 16.44 · 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 78th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1639.4588.163▼ Worsened since 2013
Grenada: 9.458 · 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 78th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Old-Age Pension CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 80.853.580.8No earlier reading
Grenada: 53.5 · 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.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.13412.38.134▼ Worsened since 2014
Grenada: 12.3 · 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 74th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8584.5042.858▼ Worsened since 2014
Grenada: 4.504 · 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 64th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 908390▼ Worsened since 2015
Grenada: 83 · 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.
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 10095.6100▼ Worsened since 2014
Grenada: 95.6 · 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.
Statistical Performance IndicatorsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 69.350.8169.3No real change since 2022
Grenada: 50.81 · 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 161st of 188 · derived.
Cereal YieldFAO · 2023 · world median 3,072998.83,072No real change since 2013
Grenada: 998.8 · 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 160th of 179 · derived.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Unemployment Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 000No earlier reading
Grenada: 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 end2
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Net Official Development Assistance ReceivedOECD Development Assistance Committee · 2023 · world median 2.5793.2192.579Moved since 2013
Grenada: 3.219 · world median 2.579 · Net ODA received (% of GNI). OECD Development Assistance Committee, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -0.001 to 101.78.
Position 58th of 130 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 11.263.29611.26Moved since 2015
Grenada: 3.296 · 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 127th of 132 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Grenada
Access to Electricity, Rural, 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, 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, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day (last 2018), Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day (last 2018), Prosperity Gap (last 2018), 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 Grenada’s 14 topics
Development & Human Capital is Grenada’s 6th best-placed topic of 14. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 38th of 1983/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience46th of 1933/4 keys
- Gender & Equality54th of 1832/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade72nd of 1774/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 77th of 1762/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital92nd of 1963/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 91st of 1864/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture93rd of 1843/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing103rd of 2003/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 106th of 1943/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality88th of 1593/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge110th of 1983/4 keys
- Digital & Technology187th of 1983/4 keys
- Energy160th of 1652/3 keys
No standing on Work & Labour, Peace & Security: 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 Grenada 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
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Grenada92nd3/3 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 Grenada 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
Grenada 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 Grenada rank on development & human capital?
Grenada is placed 92nd 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 Grenada?
54.3 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 Grenada?
48.25 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 Grenada’s development & human capital figures changed?
Maternal Mortality Ratio rose from 45.53 in 2000 to 48.25 in 2023; Human Development Index rose from 0.744 in 2002 to 0.791 in 2023.
Which development & human capital statistics are missing for Grenada?
No current reading is published for Grenada on Access to Electricity, Rural, 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, 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, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, 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 27 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
Grenada’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Grenada (banner) — Dirk.heldmaier derivative work: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 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). Grenada: Development & Human Capital — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/grenada/development