The Bahamas leads the region at $37,020, followed by Barbados ($25,140), St. Kitts and Nevis ($22,470), Antigua and Barbuda ($21,150), Guyana ($20,140), and Trinidad and Tobago ($19,740). All exceed the high-income threshold of $13,935.
Seven members fall into the upper-middle-income category. St. Lucia ($12,640) sits closest to the high-income threshold, while Suriname ($5,690) sits at the lower end of this group. Jamaica ($7,210) and Belize ($7,150) occupy the middle.
Haiti, at $1,760, is the region’s only lower-middle-income economy – and the only CARICOM member below $5,000.
The gap between The Bahamas and Haiti reflects the economic diversity within a regional bloc that spans tourism-driven islands, oil exporters, and one of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nations.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (January 2026)
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So what?
The people still can’t see where the money is going, with gas prices and basic goods and services are through the roof!
When workers are still spending 60-75% of their earnings on bills and the basic cost of living, I for one so not want to read about these stupid numbers in the Caribbean.
The only place I’ve been to in the Caribbean where goods and services are affordable, is Guyana, even for me as a tourist.
The Bahamas is not even affordable for those who travel there, much less the people who clean the many hotels in that place.
And they are number one on this list..
More garbage numbers that doesn’t reflect the true nature of life in the Caribbean.
More deflection from the real issues, that’s all this is.