Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

be 5.1 times more likely to be unemployed

In Kentucky, 3.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 18.0% as of 2025.

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make 74.9% less money

Kentucky has a GDP per capita of $50,135 as of 2024, while in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the GDP per capita is $12,562 as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 12.8% less likely to have internet access

In Kentucky, approximately 87.4% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, about 76.2% do as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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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.
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