Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Grenada or Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at 12.63 km² per grid cell against 12.37 km² per grid cell in Grenada as of 2025.

What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?

0.26 km² per grid cell, with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Grenada vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Urban area over the long-term

Grenada

12.37 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

12.63 km² per grid cell

in 2025

Grenada rank

189th

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank

188th

Urban area over the long-term over time

Grenada
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

How they compare

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines currently reports 12.63 km² per grid cell against 12.37 km² per grid cell in Grenada, a difference of 0.26 km² per grid cell.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Grenada ahead.

Grenada ranks 189th and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 188th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Grenada averaged higher in 33 and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Grenada	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1100s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1200s	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1300s	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1400s	0.0004 km² per grid cell	0.0001 km² per grid cell	0.0003 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1500s	0.0013 km² per grid cell	0.0006 km² per grid cell	0.0008 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1600s	0.0044 km² per grid cell	0.0034 km² per grid cell	0.001 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1700s	0.0143 km² per grid cell	0.0204 km² per grid cell	0.0062 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1710s	0.0207 km² per grid cell	0.019 km² per grid cell	0.0017 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1720s	0.0281 km² per grid cell	0.0247 km² per grid cell	0.0033 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1730s	0.0379 km² per grid cell	0.0321 km² per grid cell	0.0059 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1740s	0.0513 km² per grid cell	0.0417 km² per grid cell	0.0097 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1750s	0.0694 km² per grid cell	0.0541 km² per grid cell	0.0153 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1760s	0.0939 km² per grid cell	0.0702 km² per grid cell	0.0236 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1770s	0.127 km² per grid cell	0.0912 km² per grid cell	0.0358 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1780s	0.1716 km² per grid cell	0.1184 km² per grid cell	0.0532 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1790s	0.232 km² per grid cell	0.1537 km² per grid cell	0.0782 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1800s	0.3131 km² per grid cell	0.1996 km² per grid cell	0.1135 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1810s	0.4215 km² per grid cell	0.2592 km² per grid cell	0.1623 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1820s	0.5389 km² per grid cell	0.3214 km² per grid cell	0.2175 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1830s	0.6818 km² per grid cell	0.3985 km² per grid cell	0.2833 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1840s	0.8474 km² per grid cell	0.4941 km² per grid cell	0.3533 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1850s	1.03 km² per grid cell	0.6127 km² per grid cell	0.4134 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1860s	1.2 km² per grid cell	0.7597 km² per grid cell	0.4428 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1870s	1.36 km² per grid cell	0.9431 km² per grid cell	0.4211 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1880s	1.51 km² per grid cell	1.17 km² per grid cell	0.3375 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1890s	1.65 km² per grid cell	1.45 km² per grid cell	0.1978 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1900s	1.81 km² per grid cell	1.78 km² per grid cell	0.0295 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1910s	2.03 km² per grid cell	2.12 km² per grid cell	0.0938 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1920s	2.28 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	0.0116 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1930s	2.66 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	0.3732 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1940s	3.26 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	0.9677 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1950s	4.14 km² per grid cell	2.29 km² per grid cell	1.86 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1960s	5.16 km² per grid cell	2.69 km² per grid cell	2.47 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1970s	5.42 km² per grid cell	3.94 km² per grid cell	1.48 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1980s	5.88 km² per grid cell	5.45 km² per grid cell	0.4273 km² per grid cell	Grenada
1990s	6.07 km² per grid cell	7.69 km² per grid cell	1.62 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2000s	7.15 km² per grid cell	8.97 km² per grid cell	1.82 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2010s	9.22 km² per grid cell	10.68 km² per grid cell	1.46 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2020s	11.75 km² per grid cell	12.15 km² per grid cell	0.402 km² per grid cell	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban area over the long-term, Grenada or Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at 12.63 km² per grid cell against 12.37 km² per grid cell in Grenada as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban area over the long-term between Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?: 0.26 km² per grid cell, with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank globally for urban area over the long-term?: Grenada ranks 189th and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 188th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Urban area over the long-term
Unit: km² per grid cell
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total built-up area of a country over time.