Saint Helena rankings 2026: where Saint Helena places in 5 global Top 10s
Saint Helena is #6 in Countries with the highest share of people living in rural areas and inside the top 10 of 1 ranking. Every position, value and source, regenerated as the data refreshes.
How does Saint Helena compare with the rest of the world? On Top10Earth it is ranked in 5 of 491 live country rankings, each one built from a named public source. This page gathers every position, value and date in one place. Its best position is #6 in Countries with the highest share of people living in rural areas, where it is measured at 100 % (Rural population share) as of 2026-11-02. Saint Helena finishes inside the top 10 in 1 ranking.
Top 10 finishes
Saint Helena is inside the top 10 of 1 further ranking. Each entry names the country directly above it, which is the position to beat at the next refresh.
- #6 in Countries with the highest share of people living in rural areas with 100 %, behind Niue (100 %) and ahead of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Our World in Data, 2026-11-02.
Saint Helena by theme
The rankings are grouped by category below, so the economic picture, the health picture and the environmental picture can be read separately. Positions are out of the number of countries each source reports, which differs by ranking.
World and society
In world and society, Saint Helena holds 3 positions: #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people living in rural areas (100 %), #40 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people using improved sanitation (100 %) and #40 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of urban people living in slums (44.7 %).
Health and wellbeing
In health and wellbeing, Saint Helena holds 1 position: #40 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people using safely managed drinking water (98.39 %).
Food and agriculture
In food and agriculture, Saint Helena holds 1 position: #41 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of overexploited fish stocks (42.86 %).
What changed at the latest refresh
Comparing each ranking's newest snapshot with the one before it, Saint Helena moved in 5 rankings:
- New entry at #6 in Countries with the highest share of people living in rural areas (2026-11-02).
- New entry at #40 in Countries with the highest share of people using improved sanitation (2026-11-02).
- New entry at #40 in Countries with the highest share of people using safely managed drinking water (2026-11-02).
- New entry at #40 in Countries with the highest share of urban people living in slums (2026-11-02).
- New entry at #41 in Countries with the highest share of overexploited fish stocks (2026-11-02).
Where Saint Helena ranks lowest
A guide that only listed wins would be misleading. Saint Helena's lowest current positions are 41st of 50 in Countries with the highest share of overexploited fish stocks (42.86 %), 40th of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people using improved sanitation (100 %) and 40th of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people using safely managed drinking water (98.39 %). Whether a low position is good or bad depends on the metric: being near the bottom of an emissions or mortality ranking is the better place to be.
Every ranking that includes Saint Helena
- #6 of 50 · Countries with the highest share of people living in rural areas · 100 % · 2026-11-02
- #40 of 50 · Countries with the highest share of people using improved sanitation · 100 % · 2026-11-02
- #40 of 50 · Countries with the highest share of people using safely managed drinking water · 98.39 % · 2026-11-02
- #40 of 50 · Countries with the highest share of urban people living in slums · 44.7 % · 2026-11-02
- #41 of 50 · Countries with the highest share of overexploited fish stocks · 42.86 % · 2026-11-02
How to read these numbers
Each ranking measures one metric from one named source at one time, so a #3 in one table and a #3 in another are not directly comparable. Countries also report in different years: the capture date is when Top10Earth fetched the data, while the source's own year is stated on each ranking page under methodology. For a side-by-side with another country on the same measures, open any ranking and use the head-to-head links, or visit Saint Helena's entity page for the live table and rank-history chart.
Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.
Questions people ask about Saint Helena
What is Saint Helena's best ranking on Top10Earth?
#6 in Countries with the highest share of people living in rural areas, with 100 % (Rural population share) as of 2026-11-02.
How many rankings include Saint Helena?
5 current country rankings out of 491 on the site.
Is Saint Helena in the top 10 of anything?
Yes: 1 ranking, including #6 in Countries with the highest share of people living in rural areas.
Where do the numbers come from?
From Our World in Data. Each ranking page names its source, metric definition and capture date.
When was this guide last updated?
The newest snapshot used here was captured on 2026-11-02. The guide is regenerated automatically as rankings refresh.