Growing Our Economy & Creating Opportunity

  • Reduced corporate and income tax from 40% to 28%.
  • Increased the standard income tax deduction to $25,000, making more of your salary tax-free
  • Increased the size of the economy from $2.1 billion to $3.1 billion over the last 5 years, in spite of COVID, the volcanic eruptions and Hurricane Beryl 
  • Built the Argyle International Airport as a cornerstone of our modern economy 
  • Made SVG the fastest-growing economy in the Caribbean (outside of Guyana) over the last 5 years. 
  • Attracted over $1 billion in foreign direct investment over the last 5 years
  • Strengthened the Bank of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to make it one of the Caribbean’s strongest indigenous banks 
  • Established the Financial Services Authority and InvestSVG 
  • Spent over $1.7 billion on capital projects over the last five years to accelerate economic growth 
  • Built the Modern Cargo Port in Kingstown to reduce the cost of imports and exports, and establish SVG as a logistics hub 
  • Invested millions in the Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program and the Digital Transformation Project to lay the foundations of a modern economy 
  • Established the Contingencies Fund to provide a buffer against economic shocks caused by natural disasters 
  • Created a Doing Business Unit to focus on ways that the Government can reduce red tape and impediments to private sector growth 
  • Created a Fiscal Responsibility Framework and a Fiscal Responsibility Mechanism to achieve and maintain a sustainable fiscal balance; achieve and maintain prudent levels of public debt; prudently manage fiscal risks; and promote prudence and enterprise in fiscal management. 
  • Became the first economy in the Eastern Caribbean to surpass pre-Pandemic output 
  • Removed VAT on cement to spur growth in the construction sector, specifically for homes and roads