Distillers Country guides / Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
A one-page guide to Saint Kitts and Nevis for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Basseterre
- Official languages
- English
- Currency
- East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
- Time zone
- UTC-4 (AST)
People
- Population growth
- 0.2% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 31.9%
- Aged under 15
- 18.3%
- Aged 65 and over
- 11.7%
- Life expectancy
- 72.3 years
Climate
Tropical savanna on Saint Kitts, tropical monsoon on Nevis. Basseterre mean monthly temperatures about 24-27 C; about 2,400 mm rain a year.
Alcohol
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 7.74 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Saint Kitts and Nevis; World Bank indicators API; WHO Global Health Observatory API; UN Comtrade public API; Uncommon Caribbean (2017): CSR rum from St Kitts. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.