Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trott Bailey Family Abundance · Country Profile
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Tracking baselineEvidence through 5 Oct 2026Money Gate 20 · Overall Gate 0.7.0 Money Gate 20 Food, Housing / Land, Healthcare, Transportation and Water / Energy are four points each. All five must reach 4/4 before the country can cross zero. Money may still exist as an exchange tool; it cannot remain the permission slip for these five basics. Read Money Is a Weak Civilization Engine
Five basics stand between this country and zero
This profile has a direct five-part Money Gate audit. Any category below 4/4 keeps the whole country below zero.
9% weightHuman Time & Burden Return
+20.5Base +17.5 · Adoption +3.0
Base +17.5 · Adoption +3.0
Whether productivity, infrastructure and institutions return usable lifetime to people and families.
TBFC target: Necessary contribution should not require people to sell most of their waking life merely to retain access to food, shelter, care and ordinary family life.
Access-gate research question: How much paid work or income-producing activity is required before an ordinary household can keep access to basic life, and what usable family time remains afterward?
Abundance Gap: +79.5
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
Hurricane Beryl damage required temporary income support and livelihood restoration for thousands of households. Small labour markets, imported goods and island transport keep ordinary family access closely tied to income.
World Bank — Building Back Better in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8% weightHousing, Shelter & Housing Reach
+17.5
Whether adequate shelter physically exists and actually reaches people without excessive cost, exclusion or vacancy mismatch.
TBFC target: Adequate family shelter should remain reachable without lifetime dependence on rent, mortgage debt or ability to pay.
Access-gate research question: What share of ordinary shelter access depends on rent, mortgage debt, purchase price or other recurring payment, and what dependable non-market routes exist at national scale?
Abundance Gap: +20.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
The BERRy recovery programme includes housing reconstruction and temporary household payments after severe hurricane damage in the Grenadines. Shelter capacity is rebuilding, but secure housing remains vulnerable to both disasters and household purchasing power.
World Bank — BERRy recovery project
9% weightFood, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
+23.3
Physical food and nutrient capacity, nourishment reach, waste/loss, public edible landscapes and free food access.
TBFC target: Nutritious food should exist in multiplying abundance and remain reachable even when a household has no money to spend.
Access-gate research question: Can people obtain adequate nutritious food when they cannot pay, and are free/public/productive-food routes large enough to be ordinary rather than exceptional?
Abundance Gap: +10.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
The Ministry of Health and Education maintain a school feeding programme in primary schools and nutrition policy work. This provides meaningful child food access without household payment, but it does not cover ordinary household meals nationally.
SVG Ministry of Health — School Feeding Programme
6% weightWater & Sanitation Abundance
+25.3
Safe water, sanitation, reliability, capture, reuse, storage and living-landscape water capacity.
TBFC target: Safe water and sanitation should be dependable life infrastructure, not conditional on household purchasing power.
Access-gate research question: Can households retain safe water and sanitation when income falls, and which payment, disconnection or infrastructure barriers interrupt access?
Abundance Gap: +15.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
The 2023 census records household water sources across the country, while Hurricane Beryl cut water supply in parts of the Southern Grenadines for months and triggered desalination and water-truck investments.
SVG Statistical Office — Household water source 2023
5% weightEnergy & Household Capability
+33.3
Whether usable, reliable energy reaches households and removes burdens across water, food, health, cooling, cooking and movement.
TBFC target: Essential household energy should support cooking, cooling, water, food preservation and care without money becoming the switch that turns basic capability on or off.
Access-gate research question: Can households retain essential energy for cooking, cooling, water and food preservation when they cannot pay, and how often does price or disconnection reduce capability?
Abundance Gap: +10.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
The 2023 census shows electricity as the dominant household lighting source, while Beryl recovery included electricity restoration. Energy reach is strong for a small island state but not independent of bills or storm exposure.
SVG Statistical Office — Household lighting 2023
7% weightHealth & Care Reach
+41.3
Whether prevention, primary care, medicine, maternity care, dentistry and specialist capability reach people when needed.
TBFC target: Prevention, maternity, dentistry, medicine and necessary treatment should be reachable because care is needed, not because payment can be produced.
Access-gate research question: Can necessary care be obtained because it is needed, or do price, insurance, employment, debt or other financial tests materially delay or prevent access?
Abundance Gap: +5.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
The national community nursing service describes primary, secondary and tertiary care for every individual, plus school health and immunisation programmes; 2025 vaccine expansion strengthened child protection.
SVG Ministry of Health — Community Nursing Service
6% weightEducation & Human Capability
+45.5
Foundational learning plus practical, technical and enduring civilization capability retained by people.
TBFC target: Foundational learning and useful capability should be reachable as part of civilization life rather than purchased according to family income.
Access-gate research question: Which essential learning and capability routes are genuinely reachable regardless of family income, and where do fees, debt or paid enrichment create decisive access gaps?
Abundance Gap: +5.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
Government schools, school health services and nutrition programmes create broad child access, although small-island education options narrow at advanced levels and families may face off-island costs.
SVG Ministry of Health — School Health Services
4% weightMobility & Reachability
+14.5
Local, regional and national movement that connects people to family, services, work, learning and public life without consuming excessive time.
TBFC target: Ordinary local and regional movement should be available for family, care, learning and civic life without travel becoming a paywall.
Access-gate research question: Can ordinary people reach family, care, learning and public life without high recurring fares, vehicle costs, debt or fuel dependence?
Abundance Gap: +10.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
Movement between islands depends on ferries, boats and aviation, and Beryl damaged bridges and transport infrastructure. Public reconstruction is improving connectivity, but mobility is not zero-fare and geography raises family costs.
World Bank — Beryl infrastructure recovery
8% weightFamily Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
Fertility agenda · target 5.0
Family continuity is measured partly by whether children are actually multiplying. New and re-reviewed profiles use total fertility as 40% of Family Formation: 2.1 births per woman is the replacement floor and earns positive but limited credit; the authored target is 5.0.
Read A Civilization Built for Mothers and Fathers
+20.1
Conditions that let people form stable families, raise children, share parental time and continue family life without punishing material barriers.
TBFC target: People should be able to form, continue and multiply family life. Trott Bailey Family Civilization uses 5.0 children per woman as the fertility target; 2.1 is the replacement floor, not the aspiration, while housing, care, food and time should not be withheld behind financial thresholds.
Access-gate research question: How strongly do housing, childcare, health, food and work-income requirements delay or destabilize family formation and continuity, and is total fertility moving above replacement toward the 5.0-children-per-woman civilization target?
Abundance Gap: +10.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation. Re-audited 2026-10-06 under Family Fertility Method 1.0.0: prior lived-family score 28.75 weighted 60%, TFR 1.800 (2024) gives fertility performance 7.14/100 weighted 40%, producing 20.11.
Published indicators
World Bank / World Development Indicators — Total fertility rate · 2024
SourceVerified evidence
The national Statistical Office reported a total fertility rate of 1.5 in 2022, indicating long-run family-formation pressure even in a society with strong community and public-health institutions.
SVG Statistical Office — Live births and fertility
5% weightLand Access & Spatial Freedom
+20.3
Whether land and settlement choice reach ordinary people rather than opportunity being functionally trapped inside expensive commercial centres.
TBFC target: Suitable productive land and settlement opportunity should not be functionally reserved for those able to outbid everyone else.
Access-gate research question: Can ordinary families gain secure use of suitable productive ground without first accumulating enough money to purchase, finance or outbid others?
Abundance Gap: +15.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
Finite developable land, steep terrain, island fragmentation and hurricane exposure constrain secure settlement options; post-Beryl reconstruction shows how quickly spatial access can become scarce.
World Bank — Building Back Better in SVG
6% weightPeace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
+45.5
Peace of mind, social support, everyday safety, public beauty, recreation, nature, culture and delight reachable without constant payment.
TBFC target: Beauty, nature, recreation, rest and public delight should belong to ordinary life rather than appearing mainly after payment.
Access-gate research question: How much everyday rest, nature, recreation, culture and public beauty is freely reachable, rather than principally accessed through paid venues, travel or private property?
Abundance Gap: +10.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
Beaches, marine spaces and small-island public landscapes create substantial non-market beauty and recreation, though transport and tourism services often require payment.
SVG Ministry of Tourism — Climate and sustainable development
6% weightLiving Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
+47.3
Whether soil, forests, wetlands, habitat, pollinators, species and water-holding landscapes are strengthening rather than being consumed.
TBFC target: Regenerating soil, water, habitat and food-bearing landscapes should be maintained as shared life-supporting capacity rather than only where a transaction makes them profitable.
Access-gate research question: Are regenerative land, water and habitat functions maintained as life-supporting infrastructure even when no direct commercial return is available?
Abundance Gap: +15.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
The country launched a new climate-transparency project in 2025 and the BERRy recovery uses build-back-better infrastructure, water security and livelihood restoration after Hurricane Beryl.
SVG Ministry of Tourism and Sustainable Development — Climate initiative
5% weightJustice, Safety & Institutional Friction
+33.0
Physical safety, usable justice, legal identity, reliable public administration and low needless institutional burden.
TBFC target: Usable justice, legal identity, safety and ordinary administration should remain accessible regardless of wealth.
Access-gate research question: Do fees, legal costs, bail, fines, documentation costs or ability to hire expertise materially change access to justice, safety or public administration?
Abundance Gap: +15.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
Freedom House continues to describe SVG as a parliamentary democracy with regular elections and transfers of power; WJP’s Caribbean polling provides additional rule-of-law evidence but is not an annual index entry.
Freedom House — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2025
4% weightDurability, Repair & Material Return
+26.8
Whether useful materials, infrastructure and goods are maintained, repairable, recovered and cycled instead of repeatedly becoming waste.
TBFC target: Repair, maintenance and useful material circulation should protect capability instead of forcing repeated repurchase as the default route to continued use.
Access-gate research question: Do repair and maintenance remain practically accessible, or do pricing, proprietary restrictions and replacement incentives turn continued use into repeated purchasing?
Abundance Gap: +15.0
Live-reviewed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Verified evidence
A 2025 national IUCN-backed process brought government, business, civil society and academia together to develop circular-economy solutions to plastic pollution. The direction is positive but not yet a mature material-return system.
IUCN — SVG circular economy and plastic pollution
6% weightInternational Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
+71.8
How easily visitors, migrants, refugees and neighbours can enter, remain, regularize status and participate in ordinary civic and economic life.
TBFC target: A country should have a humane vision for visitors, migrants, refugees and neighbouring families: practical entry, legal identity, family continuity, protection from statelessness, a route into ordinary life and a real place to contribute and grow with the society.
Access-gate research question: Who can enter and stay, how wide is visa-free/eVisa/eTA reach, can newcomers regularize status and work, are refugees and children protected from statelessness, can families remain together, and does the country have a practical long-term vision for newcomers to join ordinary life and contribute?
Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration. International Scoring 1.0.0. Welcome covers real entry, lived migrant/refugee access, permanence/family continuity and contradictory enforcement evidence. No +5 eVisa adjustment is applied unless >100-nationality eVisa breadth is explicitly verified.
Verified evidence
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines joined the enhanced CARICOM full-free-movement arrangement with Barbados, Belize and Dominica from 1 October 2025. Eligible nationals may enter, live and work indefinitely without a work permit and receive defined access to primary/emergency health and public primary/secondary education. The breadth is regionally strong but not global.
CARICOM — full free movement from 1 October 2025 · CARICOM — one-year implementation progress
6% weightExternal Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
+64.3
Documented effects a country, its public institutions or materially supported programs have beyond its borders: beneficial contribution, mutuality, external harm, accountability and repair.
TBFC target: A civilization should increase useful local capability beyond its borders through medicine, training, disaster help, technical cooperation, peace-building and other mutually useful contribution, while avoiding extraction, exported harm and displacement.
Access-gate research question: Do the country’s actions abroad increase health, skill, safety, resilience and locally retained capability, or do they export extraction, coercion, environmental harm, displacement, debt or other burdens?
Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration. International Scoring 1.0.0. External footprint considers contribution, mutual/local benefit, low-harm/non-extractive conduct and accountability relative to national capacity.
Verified evidence
For a small state, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines shows meaningful outward regional contribution. Government records show participation in CARICOM humanitarian relief to Venezuela, while its small material footprint and regional mutual-aid role limit extractive external burden relative to capacity.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs — CARICOM humanitarian initiative · CARICOM — regional integration and cooperationAbundance Adoption
Verified public uptake of the thinking
Eligible signals can add a bounded bonus to an already-scored relevant category. They do not create missing scores or clear the national money gate.
Searchlight, a national Vincentian publication, carried a contributed opinion applying Trott Bailey Abundance Theory and Friction Economy thinking to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The signal receives national-media Adoption weight while remaining clearly labelled contributed opinion rather than editorial endorsement.
Open publicationTrott Bailey Family Civilization Target
The end state: life beyond monetary gatekeeping
Trott Bailey Family Civilization treats money as an exchange tool rather than a prerequisite for access to life. The long-run abundance target is that food, water, shelter, care, education, mobility, land access and ordinary public life remain reachable even when a person cannot pay.
This target is an authored civilization standard. The diagnostic evidence score can now draw from all 16 weighted categories. The five-part Money Gate remains a separate domestic threshold asking whether food, housing/land, healthcare, transportation and water/energy are genuinely reachable without payment before any civilization can cross zero.
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