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Topic 14 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Grenada: Poverty & Inequality
How is a country’s income shared, and how many live below a line?
Grenada is placed 88th of 159 countries on poverty & inequality in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Gini Index 43.82 (2023); Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day 0.18 (2023).
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Poverty & Inequality
88th
of 159 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Grenada on poverty & inequality — 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 1 of 3
Gini Index
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2013–2023 · Grenada’s is from 2018 · CC BY 4.0
43.82
Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)
Lower is better
Grenada: 43.82. Across the 159 countries at their latest reading, values run from 23 (India) to 59.07 (Namibia); the world median is 33.72.
- World median
- 33.72
- Best in Caribbean
- 34.07 Barbados
Key 2 of 3
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2013–2023 · Grenada’s is from 2018 · CC BY 4.0
0.18
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)
Lower is better
Grenada: 0.18. Across the 159 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0 (Czechia) to 48.69 (DR Congo); the world median is 0.345.
- World median
- 0.345
- Best in Caribbean
- 0.01 Saint Lucia
Key 3 of 3
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
22.9
Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%)
Lower is better
Grenada: 22.9. Across the 145 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Belarus) to 93.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 26.4.
- World median
- 26.4
- Best in Caribbean
- 7.1 Saint Lucia
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.
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet
Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%) · lower is better
GrenadaWorld median
Grenada fell from 23.4 in 2017 to 22.9 in 2025; the world median went from 32.4 to 26.4.
Every year’s figures
Year Grenada World median 2025 22.9 26.40 2024 23.2 27.10 2023 24.2 27.15 2022 25.4 27.90 2021 27.9 29.65 2020 29.4 31.80 2019 22.2 29.05 2018 22.2 29.85 2017 23.4 32.40
03In context
Grenada beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 159 countries on poverty & inequality, 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 159; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Gini IndexGini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality) | Poverty Gap at $3.00 a DayPoverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%) | Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy DietShare of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saint Lucia | 60th | 43.69 | 0.01 | 7.1 |
 Dominican Republic | 74th | 38.4 | 0.37 | 16.2 |
 Barbados | 76th | 34.07 | 0.87 | — |
 Jamaica | 86th | 39.87 | 0.32 | 26.4 |
| Grenada | 88th | 43.82 | 0.18 | 22.9 |
 Anguilla | not placed | — | — | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | not placed | — | — | — |
 Aruba | not placed | — | — | — |
 Bahamas | not placed | — | — | — |
 British Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
 Cayman Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
 Cuba | not placed | — | — | — |
 Curaçao | not placed | — | — | — |
 Dominica | not placed | — | — | — |
 Haiti | not placed | — | — | 88.9 |
 Montserrat | not placed | — | — | — |
 Puerto Rico | not placed | — | — | — |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | not placed | — | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | — | — | — |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | not placed | — | — | — |
 Sint Maarten | not placed | — | — | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | not placed | — | — | 32 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
 United States Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 159.
- Saint Lucia60th
- Dominican Republic74th
- Barbados76th
- Jamaica86th
- Grenada88th
- Anguillanot placed
- Antigua and Barbudanot placed
- Arubanot placed
- Bahamasnot placed
- British Virgin Islandsnot placed
- Cayman Islandsnot placed
- Cubanot placed
- Curaçaonot placed
- Dominicanot placed
- Haitinot placed
- Montserratnot placed
- Puerto Riconot placed
- Saint Kitts and Nevisnot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesnot placed
- Sint Maartennot placed
- Trinidad and Tobagonot placed
- Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed
- United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on poverty & inequality
The countries immediately above and below Grenada in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Grenada is ahead of the world, and behind
6 more statistics filed under poverty & inequality, 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 median3
Statistics on which Grenada does better than the middle country measured.
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.
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.
Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2024 · world median 20.916.520.9▲ Improved since 2017
Grenada: 16.5 · world median 20.9 · Population in moderate or severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 88.8; lower is better.
Position 74th of 135 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median1
Statistics on which Grenada does worse than the middle country measured.
Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 12,80012,55012,800No real change since 2017
Grenada: 12,550 · world median 12,800 · Actual individual consumption per capita (PPP, current international $). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 688.7 to 52,654; higher is better.
Position 90th of 173 · derived.
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.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.556.014.55Moved since 2017
Grenada: 6.01 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
Poverty Headcount at National Poverty LinesWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 21.82521.8No earlier reading
Grenada: 25 · world median 21.8 · Population below the national poverty line (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 82.3.
No current reading for Grenada
Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour Benefits, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, Gini Index (last 2018), Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) (last 2018), Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, Income Share Held by Lowest 20% (last 2018), Income Share Held by Richest 10% (last 2018), Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Intergenerational Persistence in Education, Low Pay Rate, Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person (last 2018), Palma Ratio (last 2018), 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), Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Societal Poverty Rate (last 2018), Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion and Working Poverty Rate. 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
Poverty & Inequality among Grenada’s 14 topics
Poverty & Inequality is Grenada’s 11th 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 poverty & inequality
The three countries placed highest of 159, and the leaders Grenada can most readily be measured against.
1
BelarusEastern Europe
1st of 159 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: zedlik , cropped by Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
SloveniaSouthern Europe
2nd of 159 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Z.K. derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
=3
UkraineEastern Europe
Joint 3rd of 159 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: uploaded by Chern038 · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
Canada28th3/3 keysHighest in Caribbean
Saint Lucia60th3/3 keysThis page
Grenada88th3/3 keys
Positions out of 159 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.
07Questions
Grenada on poverty & inequality: 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 poverty & inequality?
Grenada is placed 88th of 159 countries on Poverty & Inequality in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Gini Index, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day and Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Gini Index figure for Grenada?
43.82 in 2023 (gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 33.72.
What is the latest Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day figure for Grenada?
0.18 in 2023 (poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.345.
How have Grenada’s poverty & inequality figures changed?
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet fell from 23.4 in 2017 to 22.9 in 2025.
Which poverty & inequality statistics are missing for Grenada?
No current reading is published for Grenada on Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour Benefits, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, Gini Index, Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), Gini Index of Monthly Earnings, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, Income Share Held by Richest 10%, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Intergenerational Persistence in Education, Low Pay Rate, Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, Palma Ratio, 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, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Societal Poverty Rate, Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion and Working Poverty Rate. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
These figures come from household surveys, which most countries run every few years rather than every year. So the subject's standing is read from each country's most recent survey of the last decade, with the year of every reading shown, rather than from one year in which only a minority of countries were surveyed. Two readings decide it — how unequally income is shared and how deep extreme poverty runs — because the other poverty and inequality measures here largely repeat one of those two or repeat average income, which already counts under Economy and Development. Countries with no survey in the last decade have no standing here. What work pays is under Work & Labour; wealth, as opposed to income, has no global source this site is permitted to republish.
How the Poverty & Inequality 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 poverty & inequality method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Gini Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 6 statistics on this page come from 2 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
- Belarus — zedlik , cropped by Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Slovenia — Z.K. derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 3.0
- Ukraine — uploaded by Chern038, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Grenada: Poverty & Inequality — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/grenada/poverty