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Photo: Jonathan Palombo · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale
Sint Maarten places highest on GDP per Capita (PPP) (top 19% worldwide) and lowest on Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (bottom 39%).
Sint Maarten in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
Sint Maarten appears in 7 of the statistics tracked here, but is not placed in the Country Index: the index needs a standing on three quarters of its topics, and Sint Maarten is measured on too few of them. Every published reading below is unaffected.
At a glance
Population
42,749
people
since 1950
Land area
34
km²
since 2011
GDP per person
48,273
international $, PPP
since 2009
Life expectancy
76.37
years at birth
since 1950
The newest published figure for each, the year it describes and who published it, with a line showing how it has moved.
01The country
About Sint Maarten
Key facts about Sint Maarten
- Capital
- Philipsburg
- Official languages
- Dutch, English
- Currency
- Caribbean guilder (XCG)
- ISO code
- SXM · SX
- Domain · dialling
- .sx · +1721
As Wikidata records them. Official languages are the least consistent — some countries list only a national language, others every regional one. Sources and licences.
02Country Index 2026
Where it stands, topic by topic
Strongest first. Each position is Sint Maarten’s place among the countries with a standing on that topic, built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things.
03Highs and lows
Where Sint Maarten stands out
The two ends of its own record: every statistic on which Sint Maarten sits within ten places of the best or worst in the world, plus its strongest and weakest readings overall. Each is turned into a percentile — its place among every country measured — which is what lets a hunger score and a press-freedom rank be compared at all.
Where Sint Maarten does best3
No area reaches the world's top third. These are Sint Maarten's strongest results relative to its own record.
- GDP per Capita (PPP)top 19%
Position · derived 36th of 185 · 48,273 · 2025
world median 17,265 (better) · ▼ 4 pts since 2015
- Access to Electricitytop 28%
Not ranked by the publisher · 100 · 2024
world median 100 · ▼ 8 pts since 2014
- Life Expectancy at Birthtop 41%
Position · derived 91st of 222 · 76.37 · 2023
world median 74.63 (better)
Where Sint Maarten struggles most3
Nothing falls into the world's bottom third — these are Sint Maarten's weakest areas even so.
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Indexbottom 39%
Rank 106th of 175 · 33.12 · 2026
world median 56.21 (worse) · ▼ 8 pts since 2016
- GDP Growthtop 50%
Position · derived 93rd of 186 · 3.4 · 2025
world median 3.396 (better) · ▲ 37 pts since 2015
Position · derived 56th of 123 · 3.924 · 2023
world median 3.709 (better) · ▲ 32 pts since 2014
A band is a place among the countries each publisher scores, so Sint Maarten can move because other countries moved. See the Country Index for the full method.
04In context
Sint Maarten and its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place in the world ranking, not within the region.
Shares a land border with
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its position in the world.
- 55
Barbados - 65
Saint Lucia - 69
Dominican Republic - 72
Grenada - 76
Trinidad and Tobago - 79
Jamaica - 86
Bahamas - =110
Cuba - 168
Haiti - —
Anguillanot placed - —
Antigua and Barbudanot placed - —
Arubanot placed - —
British Virgin Islandsnot placed - —
Cayman Islandsnot placed - —
Curaçaonot placed - —
Dominicanot placed - —
Montserratnot placed - —
Puerto Riconot placed - —
Saint Kitts and Nevisnot placed - —
Saint Martinnot placed - —
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesnot placed - —
Sint Maartennot placed - —
Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed - —
United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
05The evidence
Every statistic we hold for Sint Maarten
Grouped by topic. Each row gives the newest edition’s rank or position, the published value and the year the numbers describe — select a row for the world median, the best in the world and the trend.
Governance & Institutions1
Government Spending on Education56th of 123position · derived3.924Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)2023
top 45% of 123 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Sint Maarten 3.924 · world median 3.709 (better)
Best in the world 16.39 (Kiribati)
▲ +32 percentile points since 2014
Economy & Innovation3
GDP Growth93rd of 186position · derived3.4GDP growth (annual %)2025
top 50% of 186 countries measured
World Bank Group · GDP growth (annual %)
Sint Maarten 3.4 · world median 3.396 (better)
Best in the world 19.34 (Guyana)
▲ +37 percentile points since 2015
GDP per Capita (PPP)36th of 185position · derived48,273GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)2025
top 19% of 185 countries measured
World Bank Group · GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
Sint Maarten 48,273 · world median 17,265 (better)
Best in the world 139,593 (Singapore)
▼ -4 percentile points since 2015
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index106th of 175rank33.12LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)2026
bottom 39% of 167 countries measured · 167 share 175 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Sint Maarten 33.12 · world median 56.21 (worse)
Best in the world 1,319 (China)
▼ -8 percentile points since 2016
Health & Wellbeing1
Life Expectancy at Birth91st of 222position · derived76.37Years a newborn would live at current death rates2023
top 41% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Sint Maarten 76.37 · world median 74.63 (better)
Best in the world 86.37 (Monaco)
No real change since 2013
Development & Human Capital1
Access to Electricitytop 28%100Population with electricity access (%)2024
top 28% of 215 countries measured
World Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)
Sint Maarten 100 · world median 100
Best in the world 100 (122 countries tied)
▼ -8 percentile points since 2014
Environment & Sustainability1
Forest Area164th of 210position · derived10.88Forest area (% of land area)2023
bottom 23% of 213 countries measured · 213 share 210 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Forest area (% of land area)
Sint Maarten 10.88 · world median 31.08
Highest 94.45 (Suriname)
▼ -2 percentile points since 2013
Not currently covered
The newest edition of these reports does not include Sint Maarten. Usually the publisher does not cover it; sometimes it has dropped out of a ranking it used to appear in.
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
- Adjusted Net Savings
- Adult Literacy Rate
- Agricultural Emissions
- Agricultural Irrigated Land
- Agricultural Land
- Agriculture Orientation Index
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2013
- Arable Land per Person
- Average Weekly Hours Worked
- Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff
- Business Ready: Operational Efficiency
- Business Ready: Public Services
- Business Ready: Regulatory Framework
- Cereal Import Dependency Ratio
- Cereal Yield
- Child Marriage
- Children with Functional Difficulties
- Civic Space Ratings
- Coefficient of Human Inequality
- Completeness of Birth Registration
- Container Port Traffic · last seen 2019
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Cost of Sending Remittances
- Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
- Crop Production Index
- Deaths in Organized Violence
- Debt Service on External Debt
- Dietary Energy Supply
- Ecological Footprint
- Economic Complexity Index
- Employment in Agriculture
- Employment in Industry
- Employment in Services
- Employment-to-Population Ratio
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months
- Expected Years of Schooling
- Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)
- External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)
- Fatal Occupational Injuries
- Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence
- Female Labour Force Participation Rate
- Female Share of Senior and Middle Management
- Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare
- Firms with a Female Top Manager
- Food Production Index
- GDP per Person Employed
- Gender Development Index
- Gender Inequality Index
- Gender Social Norms Index
- General Government Consumption
- Gini Index
- Global Innovation Index
- Global Militarisation Index
- Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
- Global Report on Food Crises
- Global Violent Deaths
- GNI per Capita (PPP) · last seen 2021
- Government AI Readiness Index
- Government Effectiveness
- Government Funding per Primary Student
- Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)
- Gross Savings (% of GDP)
- Household Consumption
- Human Capital Index
- Human Development Index
- ICT Goods Exports
- Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)
- Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary · last seen 2017
- Income Share Held by Lowest 20%
- Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) · last seen 2021
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- INFORM Risk Index
- INFORM Severity Index
- Informal Employment Rate
- Internal Displacements by Disaster · last seen 2017
- Labour Force Participation Rate
- Labour Income Share
- Labour Productivity per Hour Worked
- Land Under Cereal Production
- Livestock Density
- Livestock Production Index
- Logistics Performance Index
- Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2021
- Maternal Mortality Ratio
- Mean Years of Schooling
- Net Official Development Assistance Received
- Open Data Inventory
- Organic Agricultural Area
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary · last seen 2023
- Pesticide Use per Hectare
- Physical Violence Index
- PISA Mathematics Performance
- PISA Reading Performance
- PISA Science Performance
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
- Political Stability and Absence of Violence
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day
- Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate · last seen 2023
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
- Prevalence of Undernourishment
- Primary Completion Rate
- Prosperity Gap
- Public Sector Employment
- Public Sector Wage Bill
- Regulatory Quality
- Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita
- Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
- Research and Development Spending
- Rule of Law
- School Life Expectancy · last seen 2014
- Secondary School Enrolment · last seen 2014
- Self-Employment Rate
- Social Institutions and Gender Index
- Social Protection Coverage
- Statistical Performance Indicators
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
- Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · last seen 2023
- Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · last seen 2018
- Trade (% of GDP)
- Trade Union Density
- Under-Five Mortality Rate
- Unemployment Rate
- Upper Secondary Attainment
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate
- V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index
- Violent Discipline of Children
- Voice and Accountability
- Vulnerable Employment
- Water Stress
- Water Withdrawal by Sector
- Women, Business and the Law
- Working Poverty Rate
- World Energy Trilemma Index
- World Risk Index
- Youth Literacy Rate
- Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training
- Youth Unemployment Rate
06Keep reading
Explore further
07Method
Sources and how to read them
How to read this page
- The scores and ranks belong to their publishers. Nothing is adjusted, rescaled or re-ranked; each is reproduced from the edition named beside it. Where a row says position · derived, the publisher ranks nobody on that measure and the position is ours, made by ordering the published score.
- Each statistic shows its newest edition, which is not always the edition the Country Index uses: the index pins every source to one data year so its average compares like with like.
How a standing is built from percentiles, why Sint Maarten can move because other countries moved, and why publishers measure between 120 and 215 countries each are set out in full in how a standing is made and what a standing cannot tell you.
Sources
- Statistics: 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
- Capital, languages, currency, codes: Wikidata, public domain (CC0).
- Map and land borders: Natural Earth, public domain. Borders are de facto — where administration actually changes — not claimed.
Photographs
The photograph of Sint Maarten on this page comes from Wikimedia Commons and is shown in greyscale. The photographer and the licence are named beside each one.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Sint Maarten: country statistics, rankings and trends. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/sint-maarten