The COVID-19 crisis has hit SIDS particularly hard owing to their dependance on sectors and markets that were strongly affected. SIDS need our support more than ever to realize their development aspirations, and this publication contributes with critical data and analysis.

This report underlines the heterogeneity of the SIDS – their culture, their language, their heritage, but also the common economic and environmental vulnerabilities that they face. In doing so, the report illustrates the importance of having good quality data and statistics to inform policy decisions to address those vulnerabilities.