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Topic 06 of 12 · Country Index 2026
Grenada: Development & Human Capital
Is a country turning its resources into better lives?
Grenada is placed 122nd of 194 countries on development & human capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Maternal Mortality Ratio 48.25 (2023); Human Development Index 0.791 (2023).
Development & Human Capital
122nd
of 194 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; the grey ticks are every other country in that edition, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 3
Maternal Mortality Ratio
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
Why it is a key: Whether a woman survives giving birth — the reach of a health system at the moment it is hardest to fake.
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
Each grey tick is one of 195 countries in the 2023 edition.
Key 2 of 3
Human Development Index
UNDP Human Development Report Office
Why it is a key: The standard composite of health, schooling and income, carrying UNDP's own published rank.
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
Each grey tick is one of 193 countries in the 2023 edition.
Key 3 of 3
Cereal Yield
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Why it is a key: How much food a hectare of land produces: the clearest single measure of agricultural productivity.
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0
998.8
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Higher is better
Grenada: 998.8. Across the 179 countries in this edition, values run from 23 (Cabo Verde) to 29,147 (Oman); the world median is 3,072.
- World median
- 3,072
- Best in Caribbean
- 14,067 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Each grey tick is one of 179 countries in the 2023 edition.
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 Cereal Yield
Cereal yield (kg per hectare) · higher is better
GrenadaWorld median
Grenada fell from 1,003 in 2000 to 998.8 in 2023; the world median went from 2,170 to 3,072.
Every year’s figures
Year Grenada World median 2023 998.8 3,072 2022 999.1 3,217 2021 999.3 3,003 2020 998.7 3,260 2019 997.5 3,106 2018 996.5 2,883 2017 997.2 2,984 2016 998.3 3,043 2015 1,002.1 3,000 2014 993.3 3,001 2013 1,000.0 2,970 2012 1,028.6 2,782 2011 1,009.0 2,754 2010 1,008.4 2,647 2009 1,007.1 2,653 2008 1,005.6 2,664 2007 1,000.0 2,553 2006 1,000.0 2,514 2005 984.4 2,512 2004 1,000.6 2,428 2003 999.6 2,331 2002 997.1 2,378 2001 1,001.8 2,199 2000 1,002.8 2,170
03In context
Grenada beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 194 countries on development & human capital, never a place within the region.
1st194thNot placed · 30 countries with too few key statisticsNo data
Grenada and Caribbean
Grenada has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. The standing is each country’s place among all 194 placed on the topic; the other columns are the publishers’ own values, read at the edition the standing used.
| Country | Standing | Maternal Mortality RatioMaternal deaths per 100,000 live births | Human Development IndexHDI score (0–1) | Cereal YieldCereal yield (kg per hectare) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57th | 55.84 | 0.798 | 14,067 |
 Puerto Rico | 61st | 11.03 | — | 3,612 |
 Bahamas | 64th | 75.95 | 0.82 | 7,598 |
 Barbados | 84th | 34.88 | 0.811 | 2,797 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 92nd | 73.52 | 0.84 | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 93rd | 34.57 | 0.851 | 1,941 |
 Dominican Republic | 97th | 124.47 | 0.776 | 4,376 |
 Saint Lucia | 101st | 43.96 | 0.748 | — |
 Cuba | =104th | 34.79 | 0.762 | 2,070 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 113th | 54.08 | 0.807 | 1,600 |
 Dominica | 115th | 35.55 | 0.761 | 1,682 |
| Grenada | 122nd | 48.25 | 0.791 | 998.8 |
 Jamaica | 147th | 130.14 | 0.72 | 1,140 |
 Haiti | 174th | 327.56 | 0.554 | 1,063 |
 Anguilla | not placed | — | — | — |
 Aruba | not placed | — | — | — |
 British Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
 Cayman Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
 Curaçao | not placed | — | — | — |
 Montserrat | not placed | — | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | — | — | — |
 Sint Maarten | not placed | — | — | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
 United States Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
“—” means the publisher gives no reading for that country in that edition. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed.
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 194.
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines57th
- Puerto Rico61st
- Bahamas64th
- Barbados84th
- Saint Kitts and Nevis92nd
- Antigua and Barbuda93rd
- Dominican Republic97th
- Saint Lucia101st
- Cuba=104th
- Trinidad and Tobago113th
- Dominica115th
- Grenada122nd
- Jamaica147th
- Haiti174th
- 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
26 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 median10
Statistics on which Grenada does better than the middle country measured.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.06137.37107.06▲ Improved since 2012
Grenada: 137.37 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 23rd of 194 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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.
Organic Agricultural AreaFAO · 2024 · world median 0.7252.170.725No real change since 2014
Grenada: 2.17 · world median 0.725 · Organic share of agricultural land (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 86.38; higher is better.
Position 54th of 150 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Social Protection CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 52.154.352.1No earlier reading
Grenada: 54.3 · world median 52.1 · Population covered by at least one social protection benefit (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Behind the world median7
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Agriculture Orientation IndexFAO · 2024 · world median 0.3050.280.305▼ Worsened since 2014
Grenada: 0.28 · world median 0.305 · Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.03 to 5.38; higher is better.
Position 75th of 132 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.0886.71106.08No real change since 2012
Grenada: 86.71 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 178th of 195 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.2375.86106.23▼ Worsened since 2012
Grenada: 75.86 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 185th of 195 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2023 · world median 4.74.74.7▲ Improved since 2017
Grenada: 4.7 · world median 4.7 · Population in severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 63.1; lower is better.
Position 67th of 127 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No better end8
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.810042.8Moved since 2012
Grenada: 100 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Agricultural Irrigated LandFAO · 2023 · world median 3.662.2223.66No earlier reading
Grenada: 2.222 · world median 3.66 · Irrigated share of agricultural land (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 89.04.
Position 70th of 121 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 6.5722.546.572Moved since 2015
Grenada: 2.54 · world median 6.572 · Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.025 to 47.59.
Position 120th of 158 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Water Withdrawal by SectorFAO · 2022 · world median 62.1414.8962.14No real change since 2012
Grenada: 14.89 · world median 62.14 · Freshwater withdrawn for agriculture (% of total). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.48.
Position 135th of 171 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Arable Land per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 0.1090.0260.109No real change since 2013
Grenada: 0.026 · world median 0.109 · Arable land (hectares per person). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1.459.
Position 166th of 206 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Land Under Cereal ProductionFAO · 2023 · world median 689,278390689,278No real change since 2013
Grenada: 390 · world median 689,278 · Land under cereal production (hectares). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 103,715,108.
Position 167th of 179 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
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 here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No current reading for Grenada
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Child Marriage, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Completeness of Birth Registration, Cost of Sending Remittances, Dietary Energy Supply, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Gini Index (last 2018), Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, GNI per Capita (PPP) (last 2021), Household Consumption, Income Share Held by Lowest 20% (last 2018), Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 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 $8.30 a Day (last 2018), Prevalence of Undernourishment, Prosperity Gap (last 2018), Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five and Violent Discipline of Children. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
05Country Index 2026
Development & Human Capital among Grenada’s 9 topics
Development & Human Capital is Grenada’s 7th best-placed topic of 9. Strongest first; each marker sits at the position divided by that topic’s field, so fields of different sizes compare fairly.
- Democracy & Civil Liberties38th of 1982/3 keys
- Risk & Resilience37th of 1913/3 keys
- Gender & Equality65th of 1782/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge77th of 1822/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing103rd of 2013/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 120th of 1934/5 keys
- Development & Human Capital122nd of 1943/3 keys
- Mobility & Connectivity94th of 1473/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainability129th of 1613/3 keys
No standing on Economy & Innovation, 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 194, and the leaders Grenada can most readily be measured against.
1
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia
1st of 194 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
BelgiumWestern Europe
2nd of 194 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Gf uip · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
GermanyWestern Europe
3rd of 194 · 3 of 3 keys
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Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
United States22nd3/3 keysHighest in Caribbean
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines57th3/3 keysThis page
Grenada122nd3/3 keys
Positions out of 194 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. India is the better placed on five of them; Pakistan on one.
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 122nd of 194 countries on Development & Human Capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Maternal Mortality Ratio, Human Development Index and Cereal Yield). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
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.
What is the latest Human Development Index figure for Grenada?
0.791 in 2023 (hDI score (0–1)), according to UNDP Human Development Report Office. The world median in the same edition was 0.762.
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; Cereal Yield fell from 1,003 in 2000 to 998.8 in 2023.
Which development & human capital statistics are missing for Grenada?
No current reading is published for Grenada on Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Child Marriage, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Completeness of Birth Registration, Cost of Sending Remittances, Dietary Energy Supply, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Gini Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, GNI per Capita (PPP), Household Consumption, Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Prosperity Gap, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five and Violent Discipline of Children. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Keep reading
Explore further
Grenada, topic by topic
Nearby, on development & human capital
The key statistics, for every country
10Method
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, step by step
A standing is a place in a list, not a mark out of anything. This one is part of the Country Index 2026, and it is worked out like this.
- A few key indicators decide it; the rest are context. 3 indicators on this topic are keys and 49 are charted alongside them without a vote. That split is the point: if every statistic voted, importing five more of one kind would quietly change what the topic is about.
- Each key is read at one edition. All of them describe 2023.
- Every country’s published value is turned into a place within that one key’s own field, and then expressed as a share of that field — how far down this key’s list the country sits, rather than how many countries are above it. Keys where a higher published number is worse (terrorism, hunger, disaster risk) are turned round first, so the good end is always the same end.
- Dividing by the field first is the whole reason this works. A place carries the size of its list inside it: 22nd of 44 and 108th of 215 are the same showing, and averaging the numbers 22 and 108 says loudly that they are not. Fields on this site run from about 44 countries to about 215, so averaging raw places would reward a country for happening to be measured in small ones. Dividing each place by its own field removes the size and leaves only the showing.
- The shares are averaged, plainly. One key, one vote — no key is weighted above another, because any weighting would be this site’s opinion presented as a measurement. Countries are then put in order by that average, and the average itself is never published. It is our arithmetic with nothing anchoring it, so printing it would invite it to be read as a measurement somebody made. The position it produces, the band, and the keys it was built from are all published instead — every one of them checkable against the tables on this page.
- A country needs 2 of this topic’s 3 keys — half, rounded up, and never fewer than 2. A standing built from one reading, printed beside one built from four, is two different things sharing a column heading. 194 countries clear the bar here.
- A key has to earn its vote every edition. It must measure at least 120 countries (below that it starts measuring who was surveyed rather than the world), it must not have more than 10% of its field tied at either end, and it must not repeat another key in the same topic — Spearman correlation above 0.92 counts as repeating. A topic needs at least 2 surviving keys to place anyone at all; this one has 3.
- A standing is relative, and the grouping is ours. It says where a country places against the others measured alongside it, so it moves when they move. The publishers listed on this page did not agree to be read together, and each measures its subject its own way: the underlying numbers are theirs, the ordering on top is this site’s — the same method as the rest of the Country Index, applied to one subject instead of all of them.
The key statistics and their licences
- 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
- Cereal Yield — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 26 statistics on this page come from 7 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
- United Arab Emirates — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nations Inquiry (2026). Grenada: Development & Human Capital — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/grenada/development