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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

System
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Strongest axis
Pacifist 83%
Updated
2026-10-15

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy made up of a main island and the Grenadines chain. It has no standing army, relies on a regional security system, and depends on tourism and agriculture.

Kingstown (the capital, not a parliament)
Kingstown (the capital, not a parliament)Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized

In the 12 Axes register, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines leans hardest on Militarist – Pacifist: Pacifist 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.

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The twelve axes

Where Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary 68%

Unitary

Unitary, Grenadine islands administered centrally

Democratic 68%Autocratic

Representative Democracy

Westminster parliament, free elections

SecurityFreedom 68%

Liberal

Free press and independent courts

Diplomacy

Internationalism 68%Nationalism

Cooperation

CARICOM and OECS member

MilitaristPacifist 83%

Pacifist

No army, regional security system

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Centrist

English official, no integration law

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize 68%

Economic Liberal

Tourism and agriculture market economy

PlannedMarkets 68%

Markets

Private-led market economy

IsolationismGlobalism 68%

Free Trade

Open trade, OECS single market

Society

IrreligiousReligious 68%

Spiritual

Constitution invokes God, churches strong

ProgressiveTraditional 83%

Traditionalist

High Court upheld male same-sex ban in 2024

AccelerationBioconservative

Neutral

No distinct state stance

What stands out

Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Militarist – Pacifist

On Militarist – Pacifist, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is at Pacifist 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.

Most ordinary axis

Federal – Unitary

On Federal – Unitary, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.

Who is closest in the register

Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Map showing the location of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Map: Addicted04, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

Last updated: 2026-10-15

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].