Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, year by year

Every index this site holds for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2000

Human development rose from 0.700 in 2000 to 0.798 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 24 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 71.4 years2024at birthUp 0.9 years from 70.5 years in 2005
Internet users: 76%2024of people onlineUp 64 points from 12% in 2006
Urban population: 48%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 2 points from 46% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.762024births per womanDown 0.31 from 2.07 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 5%2022of energy usedDown 1 point from 6% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 14 points from 86% in 2005
Infant mortality: 102024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 10 from 20 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 1.3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.7 t from 0.6 t in 2005
Forest area: 73%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	70.7	—	—	2.73	15.4	—	20	0.3	70.6	—	—
1991	—	70.6	—	43.9	2.75	11.6	67	19	0.3	70.9	—	—
1992	—	70.8	—	44.0	2.76	13.2	69	19	0.3	71.1	—	—
1993	—	70.6	—	44.1	2.74	12.3	70	19	0.3	71.4	—	—
1994	—	70.6	—	44.2	2.68	10.5	72	19	0.5	71.6	—	—
1995	—	70.6	0.1	44.3	2.61	9.1	73	19	0.5	71.9	—	—
1996	—	70.5	0.5	44.4	2.53	9.0	75	19	0.4	72.2	—	—
1997	—	70.4	0.9	44.5	2.43	8.8	76	19	0.5	72.4	—	—
1998	—	70.3	1.9	44.6	2.35	7.2	77	19	0.6	72.7	—	—
1999	—	70.3	2.8	44.8	2.31	6.5	79	19	0.6	72.9	—	—
2000	0.700	70.3	3.3	44.9	2.31	8.5	80	19	0.4	73.2	—	—
2001	0.704	70.4	5.1	45.0	2.30	6.2	82	19	0.4	73.2	—	—
2002	0.710	70.7	5.5	45.1	2.22	6.1	82	20	0.5	73.2	—	—
2003	0.715	70.4	6.5	45.2	2.14	5.6	84	20	0.5	73.2	—	—
2004	0.719	70.4	7.4	45.4	2.09	5.9	85	20	0.6	73.2	—	—
2005	0.724	70.5	9.2	45.5	2.07	5.8	86	20	0.6	73.2	—	—
2006	0.731	70.4	12.0	45.6	2.03	5.3	88	20	0.7	73.2	5745	9949
2007	0.737	70.5	16.0	45.7	2.06	4.7	89	20	0.7	73.2	6398	10604
2008	0.741	70.6	21.0	45.8	2.15	5.3	90	20	0.7	73.2	6599	10902
2009	0.745	70.7	31.0	45.9	2.17	4.1	91	19	1.1	73.2	6464	10869
2010	0.746	70.7	33.7	46.1	2.14	5.1	93	19	0.9	73.2	6552	10561
2011	0.749	70.6	36.7	46.2	2.08	6.1	94	18	0.6	73.2	6528	10774
2012	0.753	70.5	40.0	46.3	2.11	5.0	95	18	0.8	73.2	6714	10989
2013	0.755	70.1	43.5	46.4	2.11	5.4	97	17	0.8	73.2	7072	11625
2014	0.759	70.4	47.4	46.6	2.14	3.3	98	16	0.9	73.2	7169	12136
2015	0.765	70.5	49.4	46.7	2.13	4.3	99	16	0.9	73.2	7354	12379
2016	0.771	70.7	51.5	46.8	2.06	4.1	100	15	0.9	73.2	7657	13493
2017	0.778	71.0	53.7	46.9	1.94	5.3	100	14	1.0	73.2	7988	13575
2018	0.783	71.0	56.0	47.1	1.90	4.9	100	14	1.1	73.2	8428	14690
2019	0.787	71.0	59.6	47.2	1.86	5.4	100	13	1.1	73.2	8741	15340
2020	0.781	69.6	63.4	47.3	1.83	5.2	100	12	1.2	73.2	8351	15337
2021	0.781	69.1	68.8	47.5	1.81	5.0	100	12	1.1	73.2	8641	16201
2022	0.794	71.2	74.8	47.6	1.79	5.1	100	11	1.3	73.2	9694	18032
2023	0.798	71.2	75.5	47.7	1.78	—	100	11	1.3	73.2	10582	19836
2024	—	71.4	76.2	47.9	1.76	—	100	10	1.3	—	11501	21303
2025	—	—	—	48.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	12562	22799
On the profile	0.798	71.4	76.2	48.0	1.76	5.1	—	—	1.3	73.2	12562	22799

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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