Livability · rank 89/167
Is 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown) a good place to live?
Quality score 61/100 against essentials of $1,201/month.
The five metrics
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- strong
- World Bank WGI estimate 0.5 · corruption control 0.71 · stability 1.04 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $46.3 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $44.41/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($1,201) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 1.7× | very comfortable |
| $3,000 | 2.5× | very comfortable |
| $5,000 | 4.2× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala — quality 43.2, essentials $855/mo
- 🇹🇬 Togo — quality 31.7, essentials $630/mo
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe — quality 52.8, essentials $1,049/mo
- 🇮🇶 Iraq — quality 36.7, essentials $738/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Frequently asked questions
- Is Saint Vincent and the Grenadines a good place to live for remote workers?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines scores 61/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 180.1 Mbps, safety 0, healthcare 80, air quality 92; English not scored) — rank 89 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Median fixed broadband is around 180.1 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Single-person essentials run about $1,201/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "very comfortable" (2.5× essentials).