Each island is unique in its own way and ratings can’t really apply. The islands listed were chosen in part for their obscurity.

Bouvet Island


It is almost completely covered with ice. Bouvet’s claim to fame is that it is the most remote island in the world.


North Sentinel Island

it is populated by one of the few remaining “uncontacted peoples” in the world. The Sentinelese are highly xenophobic with frequently firing arrows at boats and helicopters that come too close to the island


Pitcairn Island

Pitcairn Island, with only fifty or so inhabitants, is the least populous and most remote jurisdiction in the world

Palmyra Atoll

Palmyra is actually a collection of small islets, located roughly halfway between Hawaii and Samoa. The largest, Cooper Island, is privately owned and administered by The Nature Conservancy.