Photo: Tim Sackton derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale
Turks and Caicos Islands places highest on Out-of-School Rate, Primary (top 6% worldwide) and lowest on Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (bottom 1%).
Share
Turks and Caicos Islands in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
Turks and Caicos Islands appears in 109 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 Turks and Caicos Islands is measured on too few of them. Every published reading below is unaffected.
At a glance
Population
46,198
people
since 1950
Land area
948.23
km²
since 1961
GDP per person
33,391
international $, PPP
since 2007
Life expectancy
78.01
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 Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands are two clusters of low limestone islands and cays at the south-eastern end of the Lucayan chain, north of Hispaniola. They belong to Britain as an Overseas Territory, with laws made by an elected assembly and a governor sent from London. The Caicos curve around a shallow bank of pale turquoise water, Providenciales and Grace Bay at its western edge; across the deep Turks Island Passage, where humpback whales pass in winter, lie Grand Turk and Salt Cay.
Lucayan Taíno people lived here until Spanish slavers carried them off in the early sixteenth century. From the late seventeenth century Bermudians sailed down each season to rake salt from the ponds of Grand Turk and Salt Cay, a trade that lasted until the 1960s. Loyalists from the American colonies planted cotton on the Caicos after 1783, using enslaved labour, but insects and thin soil ruined the plantations within a generation. In February 1962 John Glenn was brought to Grand Turk after splashing down nearby.
Islanders call themselves Belongers, and their music is ripsaw, made by rasping a screwdriver along a saw blade over a goatskin drum and accordion. Conch is the everyday food, cracked and fried, chopped raw with lime, or stewed with peas and rice. Donkeys left from the salt days wander Grand Turk. Resorts on Providenciales, built from the 1980s, drive the economy with offshore finance, while lobster and conch from the Caicos Bank are sold abroad.
Key facts about Turks and Caicos Islands
- Capital
- Cockburn Town
- Official language
- English
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- ISO code
- TCA · TC
- Domain · dialling
- .tc · +1649
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 Turks and Caicos Islands’s place among the countries with a standing on that topic, built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things.
39thof 200
From 3 of 4 key statistics
joint48thof 198
From 3 of 4 key statistics
146thof 165
From 2 of 3 key statistics
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Turks and Caicos Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
Each standing is built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things. Select a subject for Turks and Caicos Islands’s readings on it, or see every statistic held for Turks and Caicos Islands in the table further down this page.
03Highs and lows
Where Turks and Caicos Islands stands out
The two ends of its own record: every statistic on which Turks and Caicos Islands 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 Turks and Caicos Islands does best5
In the top third of all countries measured. 2 are within ten places of the best in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 8th
Position · derived 114th of 121 · 1 = worst · 0.133 · 2024
world median 3.691 (better) · ▲ 81 pts since 2014
- 10th
Position · derived 10th of 109 · 119.73 · 2024
world median 93.19 (better) · ▲ 68 pts since 2014
Position · derived 11th of 109 · 98.7 · 2025
world median 82.9 (better)
- Infant Mortality Ratetop 12%
Position · derived 176th of 200 · 1 = worst · 3.048 · 2024
world median 12.26 (better) · ▲ 5 pts since 2014
Where Turks and Caicos Islands struggles most5
In the bottom third of all countries measured. 3 are within ten places of the worst in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 1st
- 3rd
Position · derived 3rd of 163 · 1 = worst · 18.34 · 2024
world median 5.5 (worse)
- 5th
Position · derived 64th of 68 · 8.661 · 2022
world median 17.81 (worse) · ▼ 46 pts since 2015
Position · derived 144th of 162 · 3.704 · 2024
world median 37.32 (worse) · ▲ 4 pts since 2014
Position · derived 143rd of 162 · 3.704 · 2024
world median 32.06 (worse) · ▲ 5 pts since 2014
A band is a place among the countries each publisher scores, so Turks and Caicos Islands can move because other countries moved. See the Country Index for the full method.
04In context
Turks and Caicos Islands 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
Turks and Caicos Islands has no land border with another country.
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its position in the world.
- 67
Barbados - 68
Saint Lucia - =71
Dominican Republic - =71
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - =76
Jamaica - 81
Antigua and Barbuda - 85
Grenada - 90
Trinidad and Tobago - =104
Bahamas - 119
Cuba - 173
Haiti - —
Anguillanot 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 - —
Sint Maartennot placed - —
Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed - —
United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
05The evidence
Every statistic we hold for Turks and Caicos Islands
Grouped by topic. Each row gives the newest edition’s rank or position, the published value and the year the numbers describe. Select a statistic for this country’s row beside every other country, the world median and every edition.
Governance & Institutions6
- Completeness of Birth RegistrationUNICEF · Children under 5 whose birth is registered (%)top 42%99.22025
- Disability Benefit CoverageILO · People with severe disabilities receiving disability benefits (%)bottom 25%9.12025
- Government Funding per Primary StudentUIS · Government funding per primary student (% of GDP per capita)64th of 68position · derived8.6612022
- Government Spending on EducationUIS · Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)95th of 123position · derived2.6882023
- Old-Age Pension CoverageILO · People above statutory pensionable age receiving an old-age pension (%)bottom 31%35.52025
Economy & Innovation8
- Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman)top 25%0.4622025
- Foreign Direct Investment InflowsUNCTAD · FDI inflows (% of GDP)top 44%2.2632025
- Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexUNCTAD · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)175th of 175rank4.132026
- Price Level of Household ConsumptionGGDC · Price level of household consumption (US output price level in 2021 = 1)top 1%1.4722023
- Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting)bottom 13%512025
- Statutory Corporate Income Tax RateOECD · Combined statutory corporate income tax rate, central and sub-central government (%)bottom 3%02026
- Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100)bottom 14%87.582025
- Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)World Bank Group · Natural resources rents (% of GDP)172nd of 180position · derived0.0032021
Work & Labour2
- Employment Injury Protection CoverageILO · Labour force covered in the event of a work injury (%)top 20%85.62024
- Unemployment Benefit CoverageILO · Unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits (%)bottom 26%02024
Education & Knowledge10
- Female Share of STEM GraduatesUIS · STEM graduates who are women (%; 50 = parity)bottom 2%16.672023
- Out-of-School Rate, PrimaryUIS · Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)114th of 121position · derived · 1 = worst0.1332024
- Pre-Primary Net Enrolment RateUIS · Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%)29th of 120position · derived89.282024
- Primary Schools with ElectricityUIS · Primary schools with access to electricity (%)top 30%1002024
- Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%)top 22%1002024
- Pupils per Qualified Teacher, PrimaryUIS · Primary pupils per qualified teacher (headcount basis)55th of 92position · derived · 1 = worst18.272024
- Qualified Teachers in Primary EducationUIS · Primary teachers with the minimum qualifications their country requires (%)top 34%99.262024
- Secondary School EnrolmentUIS · Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)10th of 109position · derived119.732024
- Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates)top 21%7.4072023
- Youth Literacy RateUIS · 15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%)top 6%99.942024
Health & Wellbeing26
- Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19140th of 222position · derived · 1 = worst16.192023
- Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates151st of 222position · derived · 1 = worst91.882023
- Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%)34th of 153position · derived93.22025
- Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%)top 2%55.22025
- Children with Functional DifficultiesUNICEF · Children aged 5-17 with a functional difficulty (%)bottom 20%7.42024
- Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%)bottom 37%36.12023
- Days Above 35°CECMWF · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s landtop 16%02025
- Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%)119th of 196position · derived63.22023
- Early Initiation of BreastfeedingUNICEF · Newborns put to the breast within one hour of birth (%)79th of 136position · derived49.192024
- Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births)176th of 200position · derived · 1 = worst3.0482024
- Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · Live births delivered in a health facility (%)bottom 49%96.82025
- Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates77th of 222position · derived17.682023
- Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates68th of 222position · derived78.012023
- Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at least 5 of 8 food groups (%)30th of 115position · derived56.172025
- Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%)bottom 47%34.52023
- Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5)157th of 200position · derived · 1 = worst1.2752024
- Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births)169th of 200position · derived · 1 = worst2.4192024
- Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · Children under 5 who are overweight (%)3rd of 163position · derived · 1 = worst18.342024
- PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³)187th of 220position · derived · 1 = worst6.72023
- Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two DaysUNICEF · Newborns with a health check within 2 days of birth (%)11th of 109position · derived98.72025
- Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at most 2 of 8 food groups (%)55th of 113position · derived · 1 = worst21.472024
- Stillbirth RateUN IGME · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births)125th of 200position · derived · 1 = worst6.0962023
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · Children under 5 who are stunted (%)138th of 162position · derived · 1 = worst4.612024
- Under-Five Mortality RateUN IGME · Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)165th of 200position · derived · 1 = worst4.6532024
- Violent Discipline of ChildrenUNICEF · Children aged 1-14 experiencing violent discipline (%)41st of 90position · derived · 1 = worst79.12025
- Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · Children under 5 who are wasted (%)142nd of 163position · derived · 1 = worst1.1552024
Development & Human Capital3
- Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)top 28%1002024
- Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · Rural population with electricity access (%)top 29%1002024
- Child MarriageUNICEF · Women 20–24 married before 18 (%)56th of 143position · derived · 1 = worst23.32025
Environment & Sustainability18
- Agricultural LandFAO · Agricultural land (% of land area)206th of 209position · derived1.0532023
- Arable Land per PersonFAO · Arable land (hectares per person)171st of 206position · derived0.0222023
- Burned AreaGWIS · Burned area (hectares)bottom 12%02025
- Carbon Intensity of ElectricityEmber · Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)28th of 165position · derived · 1 = worst637.042024
- CO₂ Emissions per CapitaGlobal Carbon Project · Fossil CO₂ (tonnes per person)34th of 210position · derived · 1 = worst8.1412024
- Coal Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · Coal (% of electricity generated)top 32%02024
- Fisheries and Aquaculture ProductionFAO · Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals caught or farmed, tonnes (live weight)bottom 16%2,3062024
- Forest AreaFAO · Forest area (% of land area)159th of 210position · derived11.072023
- Low-Carbon Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated)144th of 162position · derived3.7042024
- Mangrove AreaGlobal Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, JAXA, soloEO, Wetlands International, The Nature Conservancy) · Mangrove forest area (hectares)top 50%9,0052025
- Methane EmissionsEDGAR · Methane emissions (gigagrams of CH₄)bottom 3%0.2432025
- Population Living Below 5 m ElevationCenter for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University · Population living below 5 m elevation (% of total population)top 8%20.762015
- Renewable Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · Renewables (% of electricity generated)143rd of 162position · derived3.7042024
- Solar Electricity Installed CapacityEIA · Solar generating capacity installed (gigawatts)bottom 13%0.0042024
- Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · Solar (% of electricity generated)top 47%3.7042024
- Tree Cover LossWorld Resources Institute — Global Forest Watch (data: University of Maryland) · Tree cover loss (hectares, where canopy cover exceeded 30% in 2000)bottom 30%48.372025
- Tropical Moist Forest DeforestationJRC · Tropical moist forest deforested in the year (million hectares)bottom 18%02025
- Wind and Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · Wind and solar (% of electricity generated)bottom 41%3.7042024
Gender & Equality4
- Female-Headed HouseholdsUN DESA Population Division · Households headed by a woman (% of households)top 20%43.382026
- Mean Age at First Marriage, WomenUN DESA Population Division · Singulate mean age at marriage, women (years)top 47%25.22019
- Sex Ratio at BirthUN DESA Population Division · Male births per 100 female birthsbottom 43%104.92023
- Women Who Think a Husband Is Justified in Hitting or Beating His WifeUNICEF · Women aged 15-49 who say a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife (%)92nd of 125position · derived · 1 = worst7.62025
Peace & Security1
- Refugees by Country of OriginUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate from this country, end of year (people)bottom 12%142025
Risk & Resilience2
- Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people)bottom 5%02025
- Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people)bottom 10%82025
Mobility & Trade4
- EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people)bottom 8%2,6632024
- International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people)bottom 20%28,4552024
- Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · Net migrants per 1,000 populationtop 19%4.1782023
Energy8
- Crude Oil ProductionEIA · Crude oil produced (thousand barrels per day)bottom 26%02025
- Gas Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · Natural gas (% of electricity generated)bottom 22%02024
- Hydro Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · Hydropower (% of electricity generated)bottom 13%02024
- Natural Gas ProductionEIA · Dry natural gas produced (billion cubic metres)bottom 27%02024
- Net Electricity Imports (share of generation)Ember · Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation)bottom 42%02024
- Nuclear Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · Nuclear (% of electricity generated)bottom 45%02024
- Photovoltaic Power Potential (PVOUT)World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis · Practical solar power potential (kWh per kWp per day, long-term average)top 22%4.7222020
- Primary Energy ProductionEIA · Primary energy produced (quadrillion Btu)bottom 3%02024
Digital & Technology2
- GitHub DevelopersGitHub · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end)bottom 8%1,2862026
- GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end)bottom 6%8902026
People & Population15
- Average Household SizeUN DESA Population Division · Average number of usual residents per household (people)bottom 14%2.372026
- Crude Birth RateUN DESA Population Division · Births per 1,000 populationbottom 31%10.742023
- Crude Death RateUN DESA Population Division · Deaths per 1,000 populationtop 49%7.4012023
- Mean Age at ChildbearingUN DESA Population Division · Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children (years)top 25%30.382023
- Median Age of the PopulationUN DESA Population Division · Median age (years)top 27%38.32023
- One-Person HouseholdsUN DESA Population Division · Households with exactly one member (% of households)top 12%33.592026
- Population Aged 65 and OverUN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 65 and over (%)top 41%10.92023
- Population DensityUN DESA Population Division · People per square kilometre of landbottom 29%48.632023
- Population Growth RateUN DESA Population Division · Population growth (% per year)bottom 45%0.7452023
- Population Living in Cities (Degree of Urbanisation)UN DESA Population Division · Share of the population living in cities as the Degree of Urbanisation defines them (%)bottom 8%02025
- Population Under Age 15UN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 0–14 (%)bottom 22%16.222023
- Sex Ratio of the Total PopulationUN DESA Population Division · Males per 100 femalestop 33%100.292023
- Total Dependency RatioUN DESA Population Division · People aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 people aged 15–64bottom 5%37.212023
- Total Fertility RateUN DESA Population Division · Live births per womanbottom 24%1.4632023
06Method
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 Turks and Caicos Islands 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: 26 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 Turks and Caicos Islands 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). Turks and Caicos Islands: country statistics, rankings and trends. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/turks-and-caicos-islands