Antigua and Barbuda Capital St. John's
Currency XCD · Eastern Caribbean dollar
Language Spanish, English
Area 440 km²
Since 1981
ISO ATG · AG
Population 94,209 as of 2025
Watermark portrait: Gaston Browne — THE COUNTRY — Country in the Lesser Antilles
Antigua and Barbuda is an archipelagic country in the Caribbean composed of Antigua, Barbuda, and dozens of other small islands. Antigua and Barbuda has a total area of 440 km2, making it one of the smallest countries in the Caribbean. The country is mostly flat, with the highest points on Antigua being in the Shekerley Mountains and on Barbuda the Highlands. The country has a tropical savanna climate, with pockets of tropical monsoon in Antigua's southwest. Its most populated city is St. John's, followed by All Saints and Bolans. The sole settlement in Barbuda is Codrington. Most of the country resides in the Central Plain that stretches from St. John's to English Harbour.
Text: Wikipedia — Antigua and Barbuda CC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-11-01
Capital St. John's
Currency Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Official language Spanish, English
Drives on the Left
Calling code +1268
Top-level domain .ag
Independence / founding 01 Nov 1981
Highest point Mount Obama (402 m)
Lowest point Caribbean Sea (0 m)
Anthem Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-11-04 — LAND — Land covered by forest
17.9% % of land area
#136 of 213 2024
Forest area
77.9 km²
#189 of 213 2025
Agricultural land
21.1% % of land area
#148 of 209 2024
Farmable (arable) land
9.1% % of land area
#109 of 206 2024
Land area
440 km²
#194 of 215 2024
— PEOPLE — Population
94,209 people
#194 of 216 2025
Population growth
0.5% % per year
#141 of 216 2025
Population density
213 people per km²
#64 of 215 2024
People living in cities
24.3% % of population
#205 of 216 2025
Urban population growth
0.2% % per year
#173 of 216 2025
People living rurally
75.7% % of population
#12 of 216 2025
Population aged 0-14
17.5% % of population
#150 of 216 2025
Population aged 15-64
70.2% % of population
#24 of 216 2025
Population aged 65+
12.3% % of population
#82 of 216 2025
▸ ISSUE 7 MORE Age dependency ratio
42.5% % of working-age population
#193 of 216 2025
Female population
52.4% % of population
#20 of 216 2025
Births per woman
1.58 births per woman
#137 of 216 2024
Birth rate
11.7 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#124 of 216 2024
Death rate
7.0 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#116 of 216 2024
Net migration
12 people (5-year total)
#85 of 216 2025
Migrants living in the country
32.5% % of population
#27 of 215 2024
— MONEY — GDP
$2.34B current US$
#188 of 211 2025
GDP, purchasing power parity
$3.38B current int'l $
#181 of 199 2025
GDP per person
$24,819 current US$
#67 of 211 2025
GDP per person, purchasing power parity
$35,832 current int'l $
#72 of 199 2025
GDP growth
5.0% % per year
#52 of 210 2025
GDP per person growth
4.5% % per year
#38 of 210 2025
Gross national income
$2.26B current US$
#184 of 204 2025
Gross national income per person
$23,790 current US$
#63 of 203 2025
Gross national income per person, PPP
$34,670 current int'l $
#72 of 197 2025
▸ ISSUE 16 MORE Inflation
1.4% % per year
#45 of 190 2025
Inflation (GDP deflator)
3.0% % per year
#92 of 209 2025
Real interest rate
3.3% %
#87 of 134 2025
Lending interest rate
6.4% %
#91 of 134 2025
Foreign investment inflows
$282.0M current US$
#132 of 201 2025
Foreign investment inflows
12.1% % of GDP
#13 of 198 2025
Foreign investment outflows
-0.4% % of GDP
#164 of 179 2025
Current account balance
-12.0% % of GDP
#169 of 191 2025
Foreign reserves
$378.5M current US$
#167 of 177 2025
Money sent home by workers abroad
current US$
2025
Foreign aid received
0.4% % of GNI
#110 of 137 2021
Exchange rate
2.7 local currency per US$
#136 of 211 2025
Agriculture's share of the economy
1.5% % of GDP
#162 of 199 2025
Industry's share of the economy
18.2% % of GDP
#142 of 202 2025
Manufacturing's share of the economy
2.4% % of GDP
#177 of 195 2025
Services' share of the economy
68.7% % of GDP
#38 of 202 2025
14 of 39 figures unavailable for Antigua and Barbuda.
— TRADE — Exports
55.0% % of GDP
#46 of 187 2022
Imports
63.3% % of GDP
#51 of 187 2022
Trade balance
-8.3% % of GDP
#123 of 187 2022
Total trade (openness)
41.5% % of GDP
#136 of 205 2025
Goods exported
$32.0M current US$
#197 of 207 2025
Goods imported
$938.0M current US$
#181 of 207 2025
Services exported
$1.21B current US$
#136 of 191 2025
Services imported
$614.5M current US$
#160 of 191 2025
Goods and services exported
$1.31B current US$
#165 of 191 2025
▸ ISSUE 3 MORE Goods and services imported
$1.41B current US$
#173 of 191 2025
High-tech share of exports
% of manufactured exports
2024
Terms of trade
84 index
#188 of 206 2024
— HEALTH — Life expectancy
77.8 yrs years
#76 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, women
80.4 yrs years
#77 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, men
74.7 yrs years
#77 of 216 2024
Infant deaths
7.0 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#59 of 196 2024
Deaths under age 5
9.1 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#67 of 196 2024
Maternal deaths
35 per 100,000 live births
#83 of 194 2023
Health spending
3.9% % of GDP
#157 of 193 2023
Health spending per person
$841 current US$
#68 of 193 2023
Physicians
2.9 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#65 of 187 2017
▸ ISSUE 8 MORE Nurses and midwives
9.7 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#22 of 196 2019
Hospital beds
3.4 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#52 of 157 2023
Access to clean drinking water
98.9% % of population
#84 of 214 2024
Access to basic sanitation
99.6% % of population
#35 of 213 2024
Suicide rate
1.46 per 100,000 people
#12 of 185 2021
HIV prevalence
1.1% % aged 15-49
#118 of 153 2024
Tuberculosis cases
per 100,000 people
2024
Children vaccinated against measles
97.0% % of children 12-23 months
#31 of 193 2024
2 of 19 figures unavailable for Antigua and Barbuda.
— LEARNING — Education spending
3.1% % of GDP
#141 of 190 2023
Education spending
% of government spending
2025
Adult literacy
98.9% % aged 15+
not enough data to rank 2001
Primary school enrolment
112.3% % gross
#28 of 200 2023
Secondary school enrolment
108.9% % gross
#26 of 188 2023
University enrolment
25.1% % gross
not enough data to rank 2012
Primary school completion
% of relevant age group
2022
Pupils per teacher, primary school
12.4 pupils per teacher
#34 of 160 2018
Years of compulsory education
11.0 yrs years
#62 of 197 2025
1 of 10 figures unavailable for Antigua and Barbuda.
— WORK — Labour force with advanced education
84.9% % of labour force
#25 of 171 2018
11 of 12 figures unavailable for Antigua and Barbuda.
— CONNECTED — People online
72.7% % of population
#128 of 207 2024
Mobile phone subscriptions
per 100 people
2022
Fixed broadband subscriptions
10.7 per 100 people
#117 of 208 2022
Fixed telephone lines
29.4 per 100 people
#36 of 213 2022
Access to electricity
% of population
2024
Access to clean cooking fuel
% of population
2024
Energy used per person
1,787 kg oil equivalent per person
not enough data to rank 2007
Air passengers carried
35,515 passengers
#150 of 165 2022
Air freight
0 million tonne-km
#121 of 163 2023
▸ ISSUE 5 MORE Container port traffic
28,000 TEU
#151 of 167 2024
Patent applications by residents
5 count
#115 of 142 2018
Scientific journal articles published
13.4 count
#182 of 197 2023
Tourists arriving
384,500 count
#133 of 194 2020
Money earned from tourism
$416.0M current US$
#101 of 175 2020
4 of 18 figures unavailable for Antigua and Barbuda.
— NATURE — Carbon emissions per person
3.8 tonnes per person
#128 of 203 2024
Carbon emissions
0.356 Mt CO2
#26 of 203 2024
Greenhouse gas emissions
0.427 Mt CO2-equivalent
#21 of 203 2024
Protected land
16.5% % of land area
#110 of 213 2025
Protected coastal waters
0.7% % of territorial waters
#110 of 174 2025
Freshwater withdrawn
8.5% % of internal resources
#85 of 177 2022
Renewable water available per person
560 m³ per person
#153 of 183 2022
Renewable energy use
0.9% % of final energy consumption
#193 of 212 2022
Electricity from renewables
5.7% % of total
#160 of 206 2021
▸ ISSUE 2 MORE Electricity from fossil fuels
94.3% % of total
#166 of 209 2021
Electricity from nuclear power
0.0% % of total
#33 of 208 2021
1 of 12 figures unavailable for Antigua and Barbuda.
— STATE — Armed forces personnel
people
2020
Homicides
10.7 per 100,000 people
#124 of 158 2023
5 of 7 figures unavailable for Antigua and Barbuda.