# Saint Kitts and Nevis - Link: https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/ - Published: 2026-05-22T22:16:09-05:00 - Author: Preeti Sinha National Blueprint · One of 195 # Saint Kitts and Nevis A federation of two islands and 47,000 people in the eastern Caribbean, where visitors earned six tenths of export income in 2018 and lower-secondary completion is universal. Perfect Nations values what Saint Kitts and Nevis owns and raises capital against it, through **innovative financing for development (FfD)** and **super intelligence( SI)**. Saint Kitts and Nevis at a glance * **46,922**PeopleWorld Bank * _Furthest from reach · Food_**21.1%**of people in Saint Kitts and Nevis are moderately or severely food insecure, on 2020 data[FAO, 2020](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=KN) [Work with us](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/#bp-studio) [Read the Letter to Saint Kitts and Nevis](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/#bp-letter) What we do for Saint Kitts and Nevis ## 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 People.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/#bp-assets) 2. [02CapitalThe laurelsThe instruments that raise capital against those assets, from every source.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/#bp-capital) 3. [03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Food is furthest from reach today.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/#bp-pc) **The whole logo:** a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance. [01](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/#bp-do)**Assets**· The cup · Sovereign Assets ## Five assets no balance sheet counts. Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Saint Kitts and Nevis toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen. * **61.8%**Of export earnings from visitors, 2018 * ### The Visitors * Visitors already pay for the coast and the culture; their spending can finance what lasts. * **42.1%**Of the land under forest, 2024 * ### The Forest * Standing forest that stores carbon and water, and can earn as it stands. * **3.4%**Of GDP sent home by citizens abroad, 2025 * ### The Diaspora * Citizens abroad send home a steady share of the economy: a flow that can back long-term finance. * **23.1%**Of the land in agriculture, 2023 * ### The Farmland * Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest. * **46,922**Citizens, 2025 * ### The People * 18.3% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation. [Every figure, with its source](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/#bp-sources) [The Sovereign Assets ledger](https://perfectnations.com/sovereign-assets/) [02](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/#bp-do)**Capital**· The laurels · Capital Architecture ## Two islands, and food for every family. Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Saint Kitts and Nevis owns, every line sourced. [Capital Architecture](https://perfectnations.com/capital-architecture/) The record in figures * **61.8%**Tourism receipts, share of export earnings, 2018[World Bank, 2018](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST.INT.RCPT.XP.ZS?locations=KN) * **58.7%**General government gross debt, share of GDP, 2025[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXWDG_NGDP@WEO/KNA) * **1.8%**Real GDP growth projected for 2026[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/KNA) * **3.4%**Remittances received from citizens abroad, share of GDP, 2025[World Bank, 2025](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS?locations=KN) Capital already committed * The capital already committed to Saint Kitts and Nevis is being gathered: every instrument and investment on record, with its source. ### The Saint Kitts and Nevis Newswire [The Solutions Wire](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-wire) ![Tamara Liburd, Nation Steward of Saint Kitts and Nevis](https://perfectnations. com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Tamara-Liburd-Nation-Steward-of-Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis- 150x150.png) **Tamara Liburd**Nation Steward of Saint Kitts and Nevis · SI ResearcherLast updated 10 November 2026 * 13 May 2025[**St. Kitts and Nevis: 2025 Article IV Consultation**](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2025/05/12/st-kitts-and-nevis-2025-article-iv-consultation-press-release-staff-report-and-statement-by-566921) IMF ## Already working in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Saint Kitts and Nevis, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations. [Suggest an enterprise](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=An%20enterprise%20already%20at%20work%20in%20Saint%20Kitts%20and%20Nevis) * ### The first firms and social enterprises at work in Saint Kitts and Nevis are being gathered. * Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source. [03](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/#bp-do)**Solutions**· The seven stars · Perfect Capita ## Perfect Saint Kitts and Nevis, _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 Saint Kitts and Nevis in its own prices. [How Perfect Capita works](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/) **78.9%** Food · furthest from reachNot food insecure; 21.1% are moderately or severely food insecure, dated[FAO, 2020](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=KN) Tap a star for its figure and source. The price of Perfect Saint Kitts and Nevis To be set with Saint Kitts and Nevis, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Saint Kitts and Nevis, each year. Read more * Food**78.9%**Not food insecure; 21.1% are moderately or severely food insecure, dated[FAO, 2020](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=KN) * Water**98.6%**Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient), dated[WHO/UNICEF, 2017](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.BASW.ZS?locations=KN) * Shelter**Not measured**Neither safely managed sanitation nor urban slums is measured for Saint Kitts and Nevis[WHO/UNICEF](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.SMSS.ZS?locations=KN) * Energy**96%**96% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricity[World Bank, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS?locations=KN) * Education**100**100% of young people complete lower secondary school[World Bank, 2023](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS?locations=KN) * Health**80**WHO service coverage index[WHO, 2023](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/universal-health-coverage-index?country=~KNA) * Livelihood**Not measured**No poverty survey for Saint Kitts and Nevis is published by the World Bank[World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.UMIC?locations=KN) Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. [The strict measures](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/#pq-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 Saint Kitts and Nevis [All Solutions](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-solutions) * **The Solution for Saint Kitts and Nevis**Food * ### Protect the harvest before it fails. - **01****The challenge**21.1% Of people in Saint Kitts and Nevis are moderately or severely food insecure, on 2020 data. [FAO, 2020](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=KN) - **02****The deal** - Sovereign 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](https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/african-development-bank-group-and-african-risk-capacity-group-issue-112-million-insurance-payout-government-malawi-73593) - **03****What Perfect Nations advises**Nations 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 in**The ReDesign Studio**[The three mandates](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/#bp-mandates) Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsSaint Kitts and Nevis ## Dear Saint Kitts and Nevis, Visitors earned six tenths of your export income in 2018, power and clean fuel reach almost every home, and lower-secondary completion is universal. Read more Yet on the 2020 data, 21.1% of you were moderately or severely food insecure. Let the islands that welcome so many visitors grow and buy enough to feed every family. “Let the islands that welcome visitors feed every family.” Yours in design,**Preeti Sinha**President and CEO, Perfect Nations Work with us · The ReDesign Studio ## The Perfect Saint Kitts and Nevis _ReDesign Studio_ One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Saint Kitts and Nevis, taken as far toward market as you choose. Read more For the Government of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins. 1. **01**Identify the assets 2. **02**Estimate Perfect Capita 3. **03**Co-design the capital architecture 4. **04**Launch the instruments 1. Mandate 013 hours 2. ### The Nation Briefing 3. A private session for the people who decide. 4. You leave withThe gap, named and sized 5. Read more 6. a. **01**The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through. b. **02**Food, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained. c. **03**The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted. d. **04**The path to market, outlined. 7. [Request a Nation Briefing](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=briefing&country=Saint%20Kitts%20and%20Nevis) 8. Mandate 023 days 9. ### The Blueprint Lab 10. Your team and ours, working the blueprint together. 11. You leave withThe structure, drawn 12. Read more 13. a. **01**The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data. b. **02**Each of the seven standards costed in local prices. c. **03**One financing structure, drawn with your team. d. **04**A term sheet and the partners to approach. 14. [Plan a Blueprint Lab](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=lab&country=Saint%20Kitts%20and%20Nevis) 15. Mandate 03End to end 16. ### The Sovereign Mandate 17. Led personally by the President and CEO. 18. You leave withA structure ready for market 19. Read more 20. a. **01**A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified. b. **02**Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan. c. **03**The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing. d. **04**Taken to investors and development partners, through to close. 21. [Discuss a Sovereign Mandate](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=commission&country=Saint%20Kitts%20and%20Nevis) ### Co-design it with us Where Kittitians and Nevisians and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in. * Writings * #### Write Perfect Saint Kitts and Nevis into being. * Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Saint Kitts and Nevis, published with your name. * [Submit your writing](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Writing%20for%20Perfect%20Saint%20Kitts%20and%20Nevis&body=Your%20name%2C%20or%20a%20pen%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0ATitle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AYour%20vision%20of%20Perfect%20Saint%20Kitts%20and%20Nevis%2C%20and%20the%20economic%20solutions%20to%20achieve%20it%20%28up%20to%201%2C500%20words%29%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20confirm%20that%20this%20is%20my%20own%20original%20writing%2C%20and%20I%20give%20Perfect%20Nations%20permission%20to%20publish%20it%20with%20credit%20to%20me.%0D%0A) * Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon * #### The local leaders already building Perfect Saint Kitts and Nevis. * Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Saint Kitts and Nevis already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?” * [Nominate yourself](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=saint-kitts-and-nevis&topic=nominate-self) [Suggest a guest](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=saint-kitts-and-nevis&topic=guest) * Co-designers * #### Join the community. * Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a **Co-designer of Perfect Saint Kitts and Nevis**. * [Become a Co-designer](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/saint-kitts-and-nevis/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Becoming%20a%20Co-designer%20of%20Perfect%20Saint%20Kitts%20and%20Nevis&body=Your%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0AHow%20you%20would%20like%20to%20contribute%20%28writing%2C%20a%20voice%20for%20the%20podcast%2C%20an%20enterprise%2C%20your%20expertise%29%3A%0D%0A) The Saint Kitts and Nevis ReDesign Studio is open ## Design Perfect Saint Kitts and Nevis with us. Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply. [Enter the ReDesign Studio](https://perfectnations.com/design-studio/)[Write to us](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=saint-kitts-and-nevis) [All 195 nations](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/) 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: St. Kitts and Nevis, 2025 Article IV consultation (country report of 13 May 2025).