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Antigua and Barbuda

Twin islands of 94,000 people in the eastern Caribbean, where visitors earned seven tenths of export income in 2020 and almost every home has water, power and clean fuel.

Perfect Nations values what Antigua and Barbuda owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Antigua and Barbuda at a glance

  • 94,209PeopleWorld Bank
  • Furthest from reach · Food13.5%of people in Antigua and Barbuda are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
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What we do for Antigua and Barbuda

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Visitors to The Land.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurelsThe instruments that raise capital against those assets, from every source.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Food is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Antigua and Barbuda toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 70%Of export earnings from visitors, 2020

    The Visitors

    Visitors already pay for the coast and the culture; their spending can finance what lasts.

  • 20.5%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest.

  • 17.9%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Standing forest that stores carbon and water, and can earn as it stands.

  • 94,209Citizens, 2025

    The People

    17.5% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

  • 440 km²Land area, 2023

    The Land

    Territory to farm, power and protect.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

A visitor economy, and the table it must keep full.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Antigua and Barbuda owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

Capital already committed

  • The capital already committed to Antigua and Barbuda is being gathered: every instrument and investment on record, with its source.

The Antigua and Barbuda Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Shermaine Henry, Nation Steward of Antigua and Barbuda

Shermaine HenryNation Steward of Antigua and Barbuda · SI Researcher

Already working in Antigua and Barbuda.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Antigua and Barbuda, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

Suggest an enterprise

  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Antigua and Barbuda are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Antigua and Barbuda, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Antigua and Barbuda in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Antigua and Barbuda: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Antigua and Barbuda.WATER98.9%SHELTER97.4%ENERGY99%FOOD86.5%EDUCATION100HEALTH81LIVELIHOOD–
86.5%
Food · furthest from reachNot food insecure; 13.5% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Antigua and Barbuda

To be set with Antigua and Barbuda, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Antigua and Barbuda, each year.

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  • Food86.5%Not food insecure; 13.5% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
  • Water98.9%Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient)WHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter97.4%City dwellers outside slums; 2.7% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measuredUN-Habitat, 2022
  • Energy99%99% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education100100% of young people complete lower secondary schoolWorld Bank, 2022
  • Health81WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • LivelihoodNot measuredNo poverty survey for Antigua and Barbuda is published by the World BankWorld Bank

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Antigua and Barbuda. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Antigua and Barbuda

All Solutions

  • The Solution for Antigua and BarbudaFood

    Protect the harvest before it fails.

    • 01The challenge13.5% Of people in Antigua and Barbuda are moderately or severely food insecure. FAO, 2023
    • 02The dealSovereign drought insurance, proved in Malawi, 2024: $11.2M released after the El Niño drought, for food aid to about 235,000 households. African Development Bank, August 2024
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where food is furthest from reach should buy drought insurance that releases funds on measured rainfall, with the trigger and the price of the cover set district by district before the season begins. With super intelligence, rainfall and harvests can be read field by field, so that funds reach families within weeks of a failed season, before hunger does.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsAntigua and Barbuda

Dear Antigua and Barbuda,

Visitors earned seven tenths of your export income in 2020, and water, power, sanitation and clean fuel reach almost every home.

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Yet 13.5% of you are moderately or severely food insecure. Islands that feed their visitors so well can feed every family as well.

“Islands that feed their visitors can feed every family.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Antigua and Barbuda ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Antigua and Barbuda, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Food, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Antiguans and Barbudans and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Antigua and Barbuda into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Antigua and Barbuda, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Antigua and Barbuda.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Antigua and Barbuda already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Antigua and Barbuda.

    Become a Co-designer

The Antigua and Barbuda ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Antigua and Barbuda with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. IMF: Antigua and Barbuda, 2025 Article IV consultation (country report of 14 April 2025).
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