If you lived in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines instead of Cayman Islands, you would:

Health

live 9.2 years less

In Cayman Islands, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2024. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 71 years (69 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024.

View global rankings →

Economy

make 88.0% less money

Cayman Islands has a GDP per capita of $104,293 as of 2024, while in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the GDP per capita is $12,562 as of 2025.

View global rankings →

Life

be 33.3% more likely to die during infancy

In Cayman Islands, approximately 7.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on the other hand, 10.2 children do as of 2024.

View global rankings →

Expenditures

spend 4.1 times more on education

Cayman Islands spends 1.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines spends 6.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

View global rankings →

Geography

see 47.5% less coastline

Cayman Islands has a total of 160 km of coastline. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 84 km.

View global rankings →

Safety

be 11.7 times more likely to be murdered

Cayman Islands has a homicide rate of 4.4 per 100,000 people as of 2020. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 51.3 per 100,000 as of 2023.

View global rankings →

Infrastructure

find 47.7% less home broadband

Cayman Islands has 56.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has 29.5 as of 2024.

View global rankings →

Environment

emit 73.8% less CO2

Cayman Islands emits 5.0 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines emits 1.3 tonnes as of 2024.

View global rankings →


Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: At a glance

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 389 sq km. Resistance by native Caribs prevented colonization on Saint Vincent until 1719. Disputed between France and the United Kingdom for most of the 18th century, the island was ceded to the latter in 1783. Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies. Autonomy was granted in 1969 and independence in 1979.
Read more

How big is Saint Vincent and the Grenadines compared to Cayman Islands? See an in-depth size comparison.

Share this

Ask the Elsewhere Community

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Saint Vincent and the Grenadines or Cayman Islands. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.