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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Political journey

A British colony until 1979, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was long led by Ralph Gonsalves’s Unity Labour Party, which governed from 2001 to 2025. The 2025 election brought Godwin Friday’s New Democratic Party to power. The 2021 eruption of La Soufrière volcano and hurricanes have tested its small, tourism-dependent economy.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines today

Its current leader’s position on the ten Caucus dimensions.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

Who leads Saint Vincent and the Grenadines today

Portrait of Godwin Friday

Godwin Friday

Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2025 to present

A lawyer who led the New Democratic Party for nearly a decade in opposition before ending Ralph Gonsalves’ 24 years in power in the 2025 election.

Godwin Friday sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning nature-first on environment and leaning religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on nation and war and peace.

Full profile of Godwin Friday →

Political views closest to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’s leadership

Social market economyKeeps markets competitive but backs them with rules, social insurance and partnership…99%OrdoliberalismFavors competitive markets protected by firm rules and a strong state, the basis of…98%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.98%Green conservatismSees protecting land, beauty and heritage as conservative values.98%

Countries with similar leadership

Ranked by how close their current leaders are on the ten dimensions.

MicronesiaAsia & Oceania99%GrenadaAmericas99%BahamasAmericas99%São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica & Middle East99%

Country histories are short summaries. Positions are simplified estimates of the leaders included in Caucus as of October 2026, and percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.