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Sint Maarten places highest on GDP per Capita (PPP) (top 19% worldwide) and lowest on CO₂ Emissions per Capita (bottom 4%).
Sint Maarten in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
Sint Maarten appears in 27 of the statistics tracked here, but is not placed in the Country Index: the index needs a standing on three quarters of its topics, and Sint Maarten is measured on too few of them. Every published reading below is unaffected.
At a glance
Population
42,749
people
since 1950
Land area
34
km²
since 2011
GDP per person
48,273
international $, PPP
since 2009
Life expectancy
76.37
years at birth
since 1950
The newest published figure for each, the year it describes and who published it, with a line showing how it has moved.
01The country
About Sint Maarten
Key facts about Sint Maarten
- Capital
- Philipsburg
- Official languages
- Dutch, English
- Currency
- Caribbean guilder (XCG)
- ISO code
- SXM · SX
- Domain · dialling
- .sx · +1721
As Wikidata records them. Official languages are the least consistent — some countries list only a national language, others every regional one. Sources and licences.
02Country Index 2026
Where it stands, topic by topic
Strongest first. Each position is Sint Maarten’s place among the countries with a standing on that topic, built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things.
03Highs and lows
Where Sint Maarten stands out
The two ends of its own record: every statistic on which Sint Maarten sits within ten places of the best or worst in the world, plus its strongest and weakest readings overall. Each is turned into a percentile — its place among every country measured — which is what lets a hunger score and a press-freedom rank be compared at all.
Where Sint Maarten does best3
No area reaches the world's top third. These are Sint Maarten's strongest results relative to its own record.
- GDP per Capita (PPP)top 19%
Position · derived 36th of 185 · 48,273 · 2025
world median 17,265 (better) · ▼ 4 pts since 2015
- Access to Electricitytop 28%
Not ranked by the publisher · 100 · 2024
world median 100 · ▼ 8 pts since 2014
- Life Expectancy at Birthtop 41%
Position · derived 91st of 222 · 76.37 · 2023
world median 74.63 (better)
Where Sint Maarten struggles most3
In the bottom third of all countries measured. 2 are within ten places of the worst in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 6thICT Services Exportsbottom 4%
Position · derived 113th of 118 · 0.405 · 2024
world median 7.474 (worse) · ▼ 6 pts since 2014
- 9thCO₂ Emissions per Capitabottom 4%
Position · derived 9th of 210 · 1 = worst · 16.55 · 2024
world median 3.21 (worse)
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exportsbottom 16%
Position · derived 143rd of 170 · 7.116 · 2024
world median 25.42 (worse) · ▼ 24 pts since 2014
A band is a place among the countries each publisher scores, so Sint Maarten can move because other countries moved. See the Country Index for the full method.
04Over time
Which way it is moving
The published rank in widely quoted reports, edition by edition — each end with the size of that year’s field — and the statistics, not already named above, on which it has gained or lost the most ground.
Gaining ground
Where Sint Maarten has climbed against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- GDP Growth+37 pts since 2015
- Government Spending on Education+32 pts since 2014
Losing ground
Where Sint Maarten has slipped against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index-8 pts since 2016
05In context
Sint Maarten and its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place in the world ranking, not within the region.
Shares a land border with
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its position in the world.
- =63
Barbados - 66
Saint Lucia - 72
Dominican Republic - =74
Jamaica - 78
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 80
Antigua and Barbuda - 92
Trinidad and Tobago - 98
Grenada - 120
Cuba - 169
Haiti - —
Anguillanot placed - —
Arubanot placed - —
Bahamasnot placed - —
British Virgin Islandsnot placed - —
Cayman Islandsnot placed - —
Curaçaonot placed - —
Dominicanot placed - —
Montserratnot placed - —
Puerto Riconot placed - —
Saint Kitts and Nevisnot placed - —
Saint Martinnot placed - —
Sint Maartennot placed - —
Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed - —
United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
06The evidence
Every statistic we hold for Sint Maarten
Grouped by topic. Each row gives the newest edition’s rank or position, the published value and the year the numbers describe — select a row for the world median, the best in the world and the trend.
Governance & Institutions1
Government Spending on Education56th of 123position · derived3.924Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)2023
top 45% of 123 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Sint Maarten 3.924 · world median 3.709 (better)
Best in the world 16.39 (Kiribati)
▲ +32 percentile points since 2014
Economy & Innovation6
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports143rd of 170position · derived7.116Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)2024
bottom 16% of 170 countries measured
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Sint Maarten 7.116 · world median 25.42 (worse)
Best in the world 87.15 (Ireland)
▼ -24 percentile points since 2014
Foreign Direct Investment Inflowstop 49%2.035FDI inflows (% of GDP)2025
top 49% of 202 countries measured
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · FDI inflows (% of GDP)
Sint Maarten 2.035 · world median 1.968
Highest 2,221 (British Virgin Islands)
No real change since 2015
GDP Growth93rd of 186position · derived3.4GDP growth (annual %)2025
top 50% of 186 countries measured
World Bank Group · GDP growth (annual %)
Sint Maarten 3.4 · world median 3.396 (better)
Best in the world 19.34 (Guyana)
▲ +37 percentile points since 2015
GDP per Capita (PPP)36th of 185position · derived48,273GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)2025
top 19% of 185 countries measured
World Bank Group · GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
Sint Maarten 48,273 · world median 17,265 (better)
Best in the world 139,593 (Singapore)
▼ -4 percentile points since 2015
ICT Services Exports113th of 118position · derived0.405ICT services exports (% of services exports)2024
bottom 4% of 118 countries measured
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · ICT services exports (% of services exports)
Sint Maarten 0.405 · world median 7.474 (worse)
Best in the world 56.25 (Ireland)
▼ -6 percentile points since 2014
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index106th of 175rank33.12LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)2026
bottom 39% of 167 countries measured · 167 share 175 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Sint Maarten 33.12 · world median 56.21 (worse)
Best in the world 1,319 (China)
▼ -8 percentile points since 2016
Education & Knowledge1
Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiarytop 3%85.03Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home)2023
top 3% of 117 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home)
Sint Maarten 85.03 · world median 5.279
Highest 1,724 (Cook Islands)
No real change since 2014
Health & Wellbeing2
Life Expectancy at Age 65110th of 222position · derived16.41Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates2023
top 49% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates
Sint Maarten 16.41 · world median 16.39 (better)
Best in the world 23.21 (Monaco)
▼ -3 percentile points since 2013
Life Expectancy at Birth91st of 222position · derived76.37Years a newborn would live at current death rates2023
top 41% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Sint Maarten 76.37 · world median 74.63 (better)
Best in the world 86.37 (Monaco)
No real change since 2013
Development & Human Capital1
Access to Electricitytop 28%100Population with electricity access (%)2024
top 28% of 215 countries measured
World Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)
Sint Maarten 100 · world median 100
Best in the world 100 (122 countries tied)
▼ -8 percentile points since 2014
Environment & Sustainability2
CO₂ Emissions per Capita9th of 210position · derived · 1 = worst16.55Fossil CO₂ (tonnes per person)2024
bottom 4% of 210 countries measured
Global Carbon Project · Fossil CO₂ (tonnes per person)
Sint Maarten 16.55 · world median 3.21 (worse)
Best in the world 0.054 (DR Congo)
No real change since 2014
Forest Area164th of 210position · derived10.88Forest area (% of land area)2023
bottom 23% of 213 countries measured · 213 share 210 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Forest area (% of land area)
Sint Maarten 10.88 · world median 31.08
Highest 94.45 (Suriname)
▼ -2 percentile points since 2013
Gender & Equality1
Sex Ratio at Birthbottom 24%103.9Male births per 100 female births2023
bottom 24% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Male births per 100 female births
Sint Maarten 103.9 · world median 105.1
Highest 116.3 (Liechtenstein)
No real change since 2013
Risk & Resilience2
Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylumbottom 24%141Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people)2025
bottom 24% of 177 countries measured
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people)
Sint Maarten 141 · world median 1,836
Highest 3,718,945 (United States)
▲ +9 percentile points since 2015
Refugee Population by Country of Asylumbottom 13%17Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people)2025
bottom 13% of 177 countries measured
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people)
Sint Maarten 17 · world median 12,269
Highest 2,655,191 (Germany)
▲ +7 percentile points since 2015
Mobility & Trade1
Net Migration Ratetop 6%13.26Net migrants per 1,000 population2023
top 6% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Net migrants per 1,000 population
Sint Maarten 13.26 · world median -0.133
Highest 39.62 (South Sudan)
No real change since 2013
People & Population10
Crude Birth Ratebottom 19%9.126Births per 1,000 population2023
bottom 19% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Births per 1,000 population
Sint Maarten 9.126 · world median 13.79
Highest 46.36 (Central African Republic)
▼ -15 percentile points since 2013
Crude Death Ratetop 39%8.126Deaths per 1,000 population2023
top 39% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Deaths per 1,000 population
Sint Maarten 8.126 · world median 7.303
Highest 25.58 (Vatican City)
▲ +45 percentile points since 2013
Median Age of the Populationtop 16%41.59Median age (years)2023
top 16% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Median age (years)
Sint Maarten 41.59 · world median 31.52
Highest 59.63 (Vatican City)
▲ +11 percentile points since 2013
Population Aged 65 and Overtop 33%13.45Share of the total population aged 65 and over (%)2023
top 33% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 65 and over (%)
Sint Maarten 13.45 · world median 8.32
Highest 44.7 (Vatican City)
▲ +15 percentile points since 2013
Population Densitytop 4%1,257People per square kilometre of land2023
top 4% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · People per square kilometre of land
Sint Maarten 1,257 · world median 96.92
Highest 26,145 (Monaco)
No real change since 2013
Population Growth Ratetop 34%1.436Population growth (% per year)2023
top 34% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Population growth (% per year)
Sint Maarten 1.436 · world median 0.888
Highest 5.862 (South Sudan)
▼ -9 percentile points since 2013
Population Under Age 15bottom 18%15.56Share of the total population aged 0–14 (%)2023
bottom 18% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 0–14 (%)
Sint Maarten 15.56 · world median 22.71
Highest 49.17 (Central African Republic)
▼ -18 percentile points since 2013
Sex Ratio of the Total Populationbottom 23%95.06Males per 100 females2023
bottom 23% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Males per 100 females
Sint Maarten 95.06 · world median 98.48
Highest 251.08 (Qatar)
▲ +13 percentile points since 2013
Total Dependency Ratiobottom 9%40.86People aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 people aged 15–642023
bottom 9% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · People aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 people aged 15–64
Sint Maarten 40.86 · world median 54.73
Highest 105.18 (Central African Republic)
▲ +2 percentile points since 2013
Total Fertility Ratebottom 22%1.447Live births per woman2023
bottom 22% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Live births per woman
Sint Maarten 1.447 · world median 1.962
Highest 6.132 (Somalia)
▼ -13 percentile points since 2013
Not currently covered
The newest edition of these reports does not include Sint Maarten. Usually the publisher does not cover it; sometimes it has dropped out of a ranking it used to appear in.
- Academic Freedom Index
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
- Adjusted Net Savings
- Adult Literacy Rate
- Agricultural Emissions
- Agricultural Irrigated Land
- Agricultural Land
- Agriculture Orientation Index
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2013
- Arable Land per Person
- Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs
- Average Weekly Hours Worked
- Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff
- Business Ready: Operational Efficiency
- Business Ready: Public Services
- Business Ready: Regulatory Framework
- Carbon Intensity of Electricity
- Central Bank Independence Index
- Cereal Import Dependency Ratio
- Cereal Yield
- Child Marriage
- Children with Functional Difficulties
- Civic Space Ratings
- Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN)
- Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)
- Coefficient of Human Inequality
- Completeness of Birth Registration
- Container Port Traffic · last seen 2019
- Control of Corruption
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Cost of Sending Remittances
- Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
- Crop Production Index
- Deaths in Organized Violence
- Debt Service on External Debt
- Deliberative Democracy Index
- Dietary Energy Supply
- Ecological Footprint
- Economic Complexity Index
- Egalitarian Democracy Index
- Employment in Agriculture
- Employment in Industry
- Employment in Services
- Employment-to-Population Ratio
- Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months
- Expected Years of Schooling
- Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)
- External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)
- Fatal Occupational Injuries
- Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence
- Female Labour Force Participation Rate
- Female Share of Researchers
- Female Share of Senior and Middle Management
- Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare
- Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit
- Firms with a Female Top Manager
- Food Production Index
- Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index
- GDP per Person Employed
- Gender Development Index
- Gender Inequality Index
- Gender Social Norms Index
- General Government Consumption
- Gini Index
- Global Innovation Index
- Global Militarisation Index
- Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
- Global Report on Food Crises
- Global Violent Deaths
- GNI per Capita (PPP) · last seen 2021
- Government AI Readiness Index
- Government Censorship of the Media
- Government Effectiveness
- Government Funding per Primary Student
- Government Internet Shutdowns
- GovTech Maturity Index
- Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)
- Gross Savings (% of GDP)
- Harmonized Test Scores
- Household Consumption
- Human Capital Index
- Human Development Index
- ICT Goods Exports
- Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)
- Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary · last seen 2017
- Income Share Held by Lowest 20%
- Income Share Held by Richest 10%
- Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) · last seen 2021
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- Infant Mortality Rate
- INFORM Risk Index
- INFORM Severity Index
- Informal Employment Rate
- Internal Displacements by Disaster · last seen 2017
- Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index
- Labour Force Participation Rate
- Labour Income Share
- Labour Productivity per Hour Worked
- Land Under Cereal Production
- Learning Poverty
- Learning-Adjusted Years of School
- Liberal Democracy Index
- Livestock Density
- Livestock Production Index
- Logistics Performance Index
- Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation
- Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2021
- Maternal Mortality Ratio
- Mean Years of Schooling
- Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person
- Military Dimension Index
- Mobile Phone Ownership
- ND-GAIN Country Index
- Net Electricity Imports (share of generation)
- Net Official Development Assistance Received
- Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation
- Open Data Inventory
- Organic Agricultural Area
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary · last seen 2023
- Palma Ratio
- Participatory Democracy Index
- Pesticide Use per Hectare
- Physical Violence Index
- PISA Mathematics Performance
- PISA Reading Performance
- PISA Science Performance
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
- Political Corruption Index
- Political Stability and Absence of Violence
- Political Violence by Non-State Actors
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount at National Poverty Lines
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day
- Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate · last seen 2023
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
- Prevalence of Undernourishment
- Primary Completion Rate
- Primary Energy Consumption per Capita
- Prosperity Gap
- Public Sector Employment
- Public Sector Wage Bill
- Refugees by Country of Origin
- Regulatory Quality
- Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita
- Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
- Research and Development Spending
- Researchers per Million Inhabitants
- RISE Energy Efficiency Policy Score
- RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score
- Rule of Law
- School Life Expectancy · last seen 2014
- Secondary School Enrolment · last seen 2014
- Self-Employment Rate
- Short-Term Share of External Debt
- Smartphone Ownership
- Social Institutions and Gender Index
- Social Protection Coverage
- Societal Poverty Rate
- State Authority over Territory
- Statistical Performance Indicators
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
- Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products
- Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · last seen 2023
- Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · last seen 2018
- Trade (% of GDP)
- Trade Union Density
- Under-Five Mortality Rate
- Unemployment Rate
- Upper Secondary Attainment
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate
- V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index
- Violent Discipline of Children
- Voice and Accountability
- Vulnerable Employment
- Water Stress
- Water Withdrawal by Sector
- Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation
- Women, Business and the Law
- Women's Political Empowerment Index
- Working Poverty Rate
- World Energy Trilemma Index
- World Risk Index
- Youth Literacy Rate
- Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training
- Youth Unemployment Rate
07Keep reading
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08Method
Sources and how to read them
How to read this page
- The scores and ranks belong to their publishers. Nothing is adjusted, rescaled or re-ranked; each is reproduced from the edition named beside it. Where a row says position · derived, the publisher ranks nobody on that measure and the position is ours, made by ordering the published score.
- Each statistic shows its newest edition, which is not always the edition the Country Index uses: the index pins every source to one data year so its average compares like with like.
How a standing is built from percentiles, why Sint Maarten can move because other countries moved, and why publishers measure between 120 and 215 countries each are set out in full in how a standing is made and what a standing cannot tell you.
Sources
- Statistics: 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
- Capital, languages, currency, codes: Wikidata, public domain (CC0).
- Map and land borders: Natural Earth, public domain. Borders are de facto — where administration actually changes — not claimed.
Photographs
The photograph of Sint Maarten on this page comes from Wikimedia Commons and is shown in greyscale. The photographer and the licence are named beside each one.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Sint Maarten: country statistics, rankings and trends. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/sint-maarten