Latin America & Caribbean · Partial data: missing GF10, GF02, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
39.1%
+18.9 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
Not available
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
107.7%
of GDP · +60 pts since 1995
Population · 2025
0.1m
-11.6% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for St. Vincent and the Grenadines yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare fell from 2.8% to 2.1% of GDP between 2000 and 2007, then rose to 3.1% by 2023.
Education rose from 4.0% to 8.2% of GDP between 1998 and 2003, then fell to 6.5% by 2023.
Total spending rose from 20.3% to 39.1% of GDP between 1995 and 2024.
Gross debt rose from 47.6% to 107.7% of GDP between 1995 and 2025.
Population fell from 0.1 million in 1995 to 0.1 million in 2025; the UN projects 0.1 million by 2050.