St. Kitts & Nevis

St. Kitts and Nevis, the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, is a high-income twin-island economy that shifted from a sugar-based plantation economy to one built on tourism and financial services.

Tourism and a pioneering citizenship-by-investment program — the world's oldest — are economic mainstays, leaving the islands exposed to global travel trends and hurricanes.

Key Sectors

The economy rests on tourism, offshore financial services, and the world's longest-running citizenship-by-investment program, having closed its centuries-old sugar industry in 2005.