Saint Kitts and Nevis

Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis

Capital
Basseterre
Region
Caribbean
Population, 2025
47,000
Currency
XCD
Area
261 km²

Across Saint Kitts and Nevis's 1 priced cities, one person needs about $1,569 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,110.

Medium confidence1 cities in the index
1 cities, coloured by livability; the city table below lists them all.

Livability

The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.

40out of 100
LivabilityMedium confidence
  • Purchasing power25%49
  • Safety20%0
  • Health care15%No data
  • Climate10%No data
  • Air quality10%98
  • Connectivity10%41
  • Cost10%42
How each domain is scored
Purchasing power, 25%
What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
Safety, 20%
Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
Health care, 15%
Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
Climate, 10%
Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
Air quality, 10%
30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
Connectivity, 10%
Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
Cost, 10%
Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.

What it costs

Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.

Cost of living index
57.9
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
12.2
New York = 100
Purchasing power
80.9
New York = 100
One person
$1,569
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,110
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$700
A month

Economy

World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.

GDP per person
$25,223
2025
Growth
+2.7%
2025
Unemployment
—
Inflation
3.6%
2023
Life expectancy
72.3 years
2024
Internet users
77%
2024

Taxes

Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.

Top income tax rate
0%
SourceWikipedia
Lowest income tax rate
0%
SourceWikipedia
Corporate tax
33%
SourceWikipedia

Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.

Safety and internet

Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.

Safety

Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
—
Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
—
HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
64.2

Internet

Fixed downloadMbps, median, #89 worldwide
90
Mobile downloadMbps, median
—
Change in a yearFixed download speed
+1%

Cities in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.

Cities in Saint Kitts and Nevis
1Basseterre5957.9$700$1,11080.912.9KLow confidence, 2 contributors
2Charlestown——————Low confidence

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