Small Island Developing States

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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a group of small island countries that tend to share similar sustainable development challenges, including small but growing populations, limited resources, remoteness, susceptibility to natural disasters, vulnerability to external shocks, excessive dependence on international trade, and fragile environments.

Aggregate Statistics

GDP (nominal)

$1.19T

44 of 49 countries

Population

73.7M

45 of 49 countries

CO2 Emissions

241.7 Mt

45 of 49 countries

Country Breakdown

Each country's share of the group's total GDP, population, and CO2 emissions.

Country	GDP	%	Population	%	CO2	%
🇩🇴Dominican Republic	$124.3B	10.41%	11.4M	15.5%	34.2 Mt	14.16%
🇨🇺Cuba	$107.4B	8.99%	11.0M	14.89%	21.0 Mt	8.69%
🇧🇭Bahrain	$47.1B	3.95%	1.6M	2.15%	38.0 Mt	15.71%
🇭🇹Haiti	$25.2B	2.11%	11.8M	15.96%	3.5 Mt	1.45%
🇬🇾Guyana	$24.7B	2.07%	831K	1.13%	3.8 Mt	1.57%
🇧🇸Bahamas	$15.8B	1.33%	401K	0.54%	1.5 Mt	0.6%
🇧🇧Barbados	$7.5B	0.63%	282K	0.38%	713 kt	0.29%
🇬🇺Guam	$6.9B	0.58%	168K	0.23%	0 kt	0%
🇵🇫French Polynesia	$6.3B	0.53%	282K	0.38%	974 kt	0.4%
🇫🇯Fiji	$6.0B	0.5%	929K	1.26%	1.5 Mt	0.62%
🇦🇼Aruba	$4.3B	0.36%	108K	0.15%	556 kt	0.23%
🇧🇿Belize	$3.2B	0.27%	417K	0.57%	389 kt	0.16%
🇨🇻Cape Verde	$2.7B	0.23%	525K	0.71%	676 kt	0.28%
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	$2.2B	0.19%	2.2M	2.99%	342 kt	0.14%
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	$2.2B	0.18%	94K	0.13%	356 kt	0.15%
🇰🇲Comoros	$1.4B	0.12%	867K	1.18%	446 kt	0.18%
🇬🇩Grenada	$1.4B	0.11%	117K	0.16%	176 kt	0.07%
🇦🇸American Samoa	$871M	0.07%	47K	0.06%	0 kt	0%
🇩🇲Dominica	$689M	0.06%	66K	0.09%	84 kt	0.03%
🇫🇲Federated States of Micronesia	$471M	0.04%	113K	0.15%	0 kt	0%
🇦🇮Anguilla	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	—	—	39K	0.05%	92 kt	0.04%
Commonwealth of Northern Marianas	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇨🇰Cook Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇯🇲Jamaica	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇰🇮Kiribati	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇲🇻Maldives	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇲🇭Marshall Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇲🇺Mauritius	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇲🇸Montserrat	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇳🇷Nauru	—	—	—	—	—	—
Netherlands Antilles	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇳🇨New Caledonia	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇳🇺Niue	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇵🇼Palau	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇵🇷Puerto Rico	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇼🇸Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇸🇨Seychelles	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇸🇬Singapore	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇸🇧Solomon Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇰🇳St. Kitts and Nevis	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇱🇨St. Lucia	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇻🇨St. Vincent and the Grenadines	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇸🇷Suriname	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇹🇱Timor-Leste	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇹🇴Tonga	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇹🇻Tuvalu	—	—	—	—	—	—
US Virgin Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—
🇻🇺Vanuatu	—	—	—	—	—	—

Member Countries (52)

🇦🇸American Samoa(AS)🇦🇮Anguilla(AI)🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda(AG)🇦🇼Aruba(AW)🇧🇸Bahamas(BS)🇧🇭Bahrain(BH)🇧🇧Barbados(BB)🇧🇿Belize(BZ)🇻🇬British Virgin Islands(VG)🇨🇻Cape Verde(CV)Commonwealth of Northern Marianas 🇰🇲Comoros(KM)🇨🇰Cook Islands(CK)🇨🇺Cuba(CU)🇩🇲Dominica(DM)🇩🇴Dominican Republic(DO)🇫🇲Federated States of Micronesia(FM)🇫🇯Fiji(FJ)🇵🇫French Polynesia(PF)🇬🇩Grenada(GD)🇬🇺Guam(GU)🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau(GW)🇬🇾Guyana(GY)🇭🇹Haiti(HT)🇯🇲Jamaica(JM)🇰🇮Kiribati(KI)🇲🇻Maldives(MV)🇲🇭Marshall Islands(MH)🇲🇺Mauritius(MU)🇲🇸Montserrat(MS)🇳🇷Nauru(NR)Netherlands Antilles 🇳🇨New Caledonia(NC)🇳🇺Niue(NU)🇵🇼Palau(PW)🇵🇬Papua New Guinea(PG)🇵🇷Puerto Rico(PR)🇼🇸Samoa(WS)🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe(ST)🇸🇨Seychelles(SC)🇸🇬Singapore(SG)🇸🇧Solomon Islands(SB)🇰🇳St. Kitts and Nevis(KN)🇱🇨St. Lucia(LC)🇻🇨St. Vincent and the Grenadines(VC)🇸🇷Suriname(SR)🇹🇱Timor-Leste(TL)🇹🇴Tonga(TO)🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago(TT)🇹🇻Tuvalu(TV)US Virgin Islands 🇻🇺Vanuatu(VU)