Cost of Living in Saint Kitts & Nevis
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Saint Kitts & Nevis: $30,656/capita.
Cities in Saint Kitts & Nevis
Income Category
GDP per Capita
Population
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 11% higher than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Child Education
Public-schooling rules are not sourced for Saint Kitts & Nevis yet. Country-level enrollment, instruction-language, and homeschool notes will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Saint Kitts & Nevis. We publish this section only when we can tie it to verified local samples or a clearly marked country fallback.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Saint Kitts & Nevis.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
GoodGood national coverage and strong doctor availability help, but households still pay a large share themselves.
Public care
LimitedBroad public coverage help, but patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
80/100
2023
Physicians
3.08/1k
2018
Hospital beds
3.98/1k
2023
Out of pocket
42%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
72.3 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
74/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
10.0/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Saint Kitts & Nevis yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2024 annual wages in Saint Kitts & Nevis · Source: GDP-derived estimate
About Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Kitts & Nevis is a small, English-speaking dual-island state in the Latin America and Caribbean region, with Basseterre as its capital and a population of 46,843. For relocators, its appeal is less about scale than manageability: the country sits in the mid-range of Caribbean costs, with a moderate cost of living rather than a bargain-basement profile. It is high income, politically stable, and generally safe in expat areas, with reliable broadband and mobile internet supporting remote work more plausibly than in some smaller island markets. Private healthcare is good, while the public system is adequate. The main tradeoffs are a limited job market and a tropical climate that requires real planning during the June-to-November hurricane season. Investors and retirees may find entry routes friendlier, including citizenship by investment.
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Common questions about Saint Kitts & Nevis
Sourced from SortaRich's public-data ranking engine — every figure links to its institutional source.
How much does it cost to live in Saint Kitts & Nevis?
The cost of living in Saint Kitts & Nevis is about 11% more expensive than the global benchmark (New York City), with an overall cost-of-living index of 111. SortaRich personalizes these numbers to your home city's purchasing power so the comparison is real, not nominal.
Sources: SortaRich Cost of Living, World Bank ICP 2021
How far does $1 go in Saint Kitts & Nevis?
$1 goes about 1.5x further in Saint Kitts & Nevis than in the baseline market — your home-country income stretches that much more (current PPP ratio: 1.46). The figure adjusts every year as exchange rates and local prices shift. SortaRich uses World Bank ICP 2021 as the anchor and Penn World Tables 11.0 for cross-validation.
Sources: World Bank ICP 2021, Penn World Tables 11.0
What are the best cities to live in Saint Kitts & Nevis?
The best cities to live in Saint Kitts & Nevis are Basseterre — those are the most-searched options among the 1 cities profiled in the SortaRich database. Each city page includes a personalized PPP comparison versus your home city plus subnational price data where available.
Source: SortaRich City Index