Top Ten Richest Caribbean Countries

The island nation of Barbados is the world’s 53rd richest and the Caribbean’s second richest country in terms of GDP per capita. The country’s economy can be described as a well-developed mixed type economy.

It ranks the top ten richest Caribbean islands from lowest to highest. Although some of the GDP figures may seem low, they present promise for a region that has undergone huge development over the past two decades after a history of struggle.

The D-R may get a second wind once word spreads of the design-lush Amanera, a 25-casita Aman Resort opened this January on 2,170 acres of beach and jungle on the country’s north coast. As for sister country Haiti, with which it shares a border? It’s the least popular Caribbean destination among the very rich, with only two percent of the top five percent planning on visiting and zero percent of the very wealthiest.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, DECEMBER 23RD 2013 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis is the wealthiest in the OECS and third wealthiest in the Caribbean region. According to the World Bank’s 2014 World Development Report, St. Kitts and Nevis is first among the OECS nations and third among the 10 Caribbean countries.