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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Saint Kitts and Nevis is placed 117th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 72.14 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 15.85 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
117th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
- 72.14Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 15.85Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- —Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024No reading for this country
- —Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Saint Kitts and Nevis on health & wellbeing — 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 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
72.14
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 72.14. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Caribbean
- 81.69 Puerto Rico
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
15.85
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 15.85. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Caribbean
- 4.653 Turks and Caicos Islands
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) publishes no reading from 2014–2024 for Saint Kitts and Nevis, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Caribbean
- 2.485 Saint Lucia
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Saint Kitts and Nevis, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Caribbean
- 4.4 Grenada
02Over time
Which way Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
Saint Kitts and NevisWorld median
Saint Kitts and Nevis rose from 69.25 in 2000 to 72.14 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Saint Kitts and Nevis World median 2023 72.145 74.630 2022 70.313 74.313 2021 69.271 72.433 2020 71.181 73.063 2019 71.540 74.196 2018 71.336 74.081 2017 71.284 74.029 2016 71.227 74.013 2015 71.211 73.783 2014 71.228 73.330 2013 71.290 73.386 2012 71.362 73.210 2011 71.400 73.003 2010 71.452 72.827 2009 71.488 72.426 2008 71.479 72.264 2007 71.437 72.113 2006 71.356 72.027 2005 71.151 71.876 2004 70.920 71.477 2003 70.614 71.409 2002 70.194 71.173 2001 69.767 70.926 2000 69.249 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
Saint Kitts and NevisWorld median
Saint Kitts and Nevis fell from 23.89 in 2000 to 15.85 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Saint Kitts and Nevis World median 2024 15.854 14.5 2023 16.367 15.2 2022 16.827 14.7 2021 17.320 15.1 2020 17.772 15.3 2019 18.223 15.7 2018 18.611 16.3 2017 18.968 16.8 2016 19.262 17.5 2015 19.440 17.9 2014 19.442 18.3 2013 19.301 18.7 2012 19.087 18.8 2011 18.900 19.0 2010 18.772 19.2 2009 18.722 20.8 2008 18.752 20.7 2007 18.918 21.8 2006 19.244 22.8 2005 19.720 24.0 2004 20.339 25.9 2003 21.103 26.9 2002 22.002 28.0 2001 22.941 29.1 2000 23.892 30.4 Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Population in severe food insecurity (%) · lower is better
Saint Kitts and NevisWorld median
Saint Kitts and Nevis was at 8.1 in both 2018 and 2020; the world median went from 4.2 to 5.6.
Every year’s figures
Year Saint Kitts and Nevis World median 2024 — 4.9 2023 — 4.7 2022 — 5.4 2021 — 5.7 2020 8 5.6 2019 8 5.0 2018 8 4.2 2017 — 4.0 2016 — 3.4 2015 — 3.4
03In context
Saint Kitts and Nevis beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Saint Kitts and Nevis and Caribbean
Saint Kitts and Nevis has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Turks and Caicos Islands | 39th | 78.01 | 4.653 | 4.61 | — |
 Anguilla | 48th | 79.31 | 5.608 | — | — |
 Cuba | 56th | 78.09 | 8.559 | 7.127 | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 66th | 77.6 | 9.051 | — | — |
 Montserrat | =67th | 76.19 | 6.354 | — | — |
 British Virgin Islands | 77th | 77.28 | 12.38 | — | — |
 Barbados | 78th | 76.18 | 9.764 | 7.708 | — |
 Bahamas | 96th | 74.55 | 12.36 | — | — |
 Grenada | 103rd | 75.21 | 17.96 | — | 4.4 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 109th | 71.23 | 11.28 | — | — |
 Dominican Republic | 114th | 73.72 | 30.63 | 6.717 | 16.4 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 117th | 72.14 | 15.85 | — | — |
 Jamaica | 120th | 71.48 | 17.79 | 4.641 | 27.4 |
 Saint Lucia | 121st | 72.7 | 17.24 | 2.485 | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 127th | 73.49 | 18.78 | 9.191 | 6.9 |
 Dominica | 144th | 71.13 | 35.66 | — | — |
 Haiti | 176th | 64.94 | 52.75 | 21.98 | 45.4 |
 Aruba | not placed | 76.35 | — | — | — |
 Cayman Islands | not placed | 80.36 | — | — | — |
 Curaçao | not placed | 76.8 | — | — | — |
 Puerto Rico | not placed | 81.69 | — | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | 80.22 | — | — | — |
 Sint Maarten | not placed | 76.37 | — | — | — |
 United States Virgin Islands | not placed | 75.47 | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
- Turks and Caicos Islands39th
- Anguilla48th
- Cuba56th
- Antigua and Barbuda66th
- Montserrat=67th
- British Virgin Islands77th
- Barbados78th
- Bahamas96th
- Grenada103rd
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines109th
- Dominican Republic114th
- Saint Kitts and Nevis117th
- Jamaica120th
- Saint Lucia121st
- Trinidad and Tobago127th
- Dominica144th
- Haiti176th
- Arubanot placed
- Cayman Islandsnot placed
- Curaçaonot placed
- Puerto Riconot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- Sint Maartennot placed
- United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Saint Kitts and Nevis in the topic’s list.
- Dominican Republic114th
North Korea115th
Cambodia116th- Saint Kitts and Nevis117th
Bhutan=118th
Tajikistan=118th- Jamaica120th
04Context, no vote
Where Saint Kitts and Nevis is ahead of the world, and behind
27 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis does better than the middle country measured.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.83198.2784.83▲ Improved since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 198.27 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Births Attended by Skilled Health StaffUNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) · 2023 · world median 99.310099.3▼ Worsened since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 100 · world median 99.3 · Births attended by skilled health staff (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 60.9 to 100; higher is better.
Position 1st of 84 · derived.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 412841No real change since 2012
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 28 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.457.914.45▼ Worsened since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 7.9 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 176th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.840.762No real change since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0.84 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 58th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919591▲ Improved since 2015
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 95 · 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.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.57265.5▼ Worsened since 2020
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 72 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 909390No real change since 2015
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 93 · 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.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2574.271.25No real change since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 74.2 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 84th of 196 · derived.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.5860.564▲ Improved since 2018
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0.586 · 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 77th of 172 · derived.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1637.6998.163No real change since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 7.699 · 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 105th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median9
Statistics on which Saint Kitts and Nevis does worse than the middle country measured.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8582.9752.858No real change since 2014
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 2.975 · 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 97th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.2613.9412.26No real change since 2014
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 13.94 · 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 92nd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4635.1827.46▼ Worsened since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 35.18 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 92nd of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1349.9968.134No real change since 2014
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 9.996 · 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 81st of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.7159.7133.7▼ Worsened since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 159.7 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 89th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.6573.5246.65No real change since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 73.52 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 78th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3914.8616.39▼ Worsened since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 14.86 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 146th of 222 · derived.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.6936.05102.69▼ Worsened since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 36.05 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 PandemicAriel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset) · 2026 · world median 272.35759.1272.35No earlier reading
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 759.1 · world median 272.35 · Excess deaths per 100,000 people, March 2020 to the end of each country's data (at most December 2023). Ariel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from -264.9 to 1,013; lower is better.
No better end6
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.7319.891.73Moved since 2014
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 19.89 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 12th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1736.4216.17Moved since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 36.42 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8388.8857.83No real change since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 88.88 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.555.154.55Moved since 2017
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 5.15 · 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.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.443.935.4No real change since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 43.9 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.254741.25Moved since 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 47 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
No current reading for Saint Kitts and Nevis
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four Visits, Average Weekly Hours Worked, Caesarean Section Rate, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Dietary Energy Supply, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Institutional Deliveries, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity (last 2020), Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity (last 2020), Prevalence of Undernourishment, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 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
Health & Wellbeing among Saint Kitts and Nevis’s 10 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Saint Kitts and Nevis’s 6th best-placed topic of 10. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Democracy & Civil Liberties34th of 1982/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience47th of 1933/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture56th of 1842/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital67th of 1963/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade82nd of 1772/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing117th of 2002/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 127th of 1942/4 keys
- Energy131st of 1652/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainability165th of 1862/4 keys
- Digital & Technology180th of 1983/4 keys
No standing on Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Education & Knowledge, Gender & Equality, Peace & Security, Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Saint Kitts and Nevis can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Americas
United States=30th4/4 keysHighest in Caribbean
Turks and Caicos Islands39th3/4 keysThis page
Saint Kitts and Nevis117th2/4 keys
Positions out of 200 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
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 health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Saint Kitts and Nevis on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank on health & wellbeing?
Saint Kitts and Nevis is placed 117th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth and Under-Five Mortality Rate). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Saint Kitts and Nevis?
72.14 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Saint Kitts and Nevis?
15.85 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How have Saint Kitts and Nevis’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 69.25 in 2000 to 72.14 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 23.89 in 2000 to 15.85 in 2024; Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity was 8.1 in both 2018 and 2020.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Saint Kitts and Nevis?
No current reading is published for Saint Kitts and Nevis on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four Visits, Average Weekly Hours Worked, Caesarean Section Rate, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Dietary Energy Supply, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Institutional Deliveries, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 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
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 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 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 27 statistics on this page come from 11 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
Saint Kitts and Nevis’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (banner) — Infilms derivative work: Inkey, CC BY-SA 2.5
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Saint Kitts and Nevis: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/saint-kitts-and-nevis/health