What is our definition of a small state?
We define small states as countries with a population of 1.5 million or less. These countries posses unique special development challenges limited diversification, limited capacity, poverty, susceptibility to natural disasters and environmental change, remoteness and isolation, openness, and income volatility. Our grouping of Small States also includes the larger member countries of Jamaica, Lesotho, Namibia and Papua New Guinea because they share many of the same characteristics of smallness.
