Facts At A Glance
GDP: purchasing power parity - $485 million (2006 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 3.2% (2007 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,800 (2005 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 17.7%
industry: 32.8%
services: 49.5% (2004 est.)
Population below poverty line: 30% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): -0.1% (2005 est.)
Labor force: 25,000 (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 40%
industry: 32%
services: 28% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate: 23% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $73.9 million
expenditures: $84.4 million (2001)
Industries: soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes
Industrial production growth rate: -10% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production: 80 million kWh (2005)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 50%
hydro: 50%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)
Electricity - consumption: 74.4 million kWh (2005)
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2005)
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2005)
Agriculture - products: bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa; forest and fishery potential not exploited
Exports: $94 million f.o.b. (2006)
Exports - commodities: bananas 50%, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges
Exports - partners: United Kingdom 24.8%, Jamaica 12.3%, Antigua and Barbuda 9.8%, Guyana 8.3%, China 7.9%, Trinidad and Tobago 5.4%, Saint Lucia 4.5% (2006)
Imports: $296 million f.o.b. (2006)
Imports - commodities: manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals
Imports - partners: United States 25.3%, China 22.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 13.8%, South Korea 4.8% (2006)
Debt - external: $213 million (2004)
Economic aid - recipient: $15.17 million (2005 est.)
Currency: 1 East Caribbean dollar (EC$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2007), 2.7 (2006), 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
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