| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $750 million (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
3% (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $11,000 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 3.9%
industry: 19.2%
services: 76.8% (2002) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
0.4% (2000 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
30,000 |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 7%, industry 11%, services 82% (1983) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $123.7 million
expenditures: $145.9 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.) |
| Industries : |
tourism, construction, light manufacturing (clothing, alcohol, household appliances) |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
6% (1997 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
105.3 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
97.89 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
cotton, fruits, vegetables, bananas, coconuts, cucumbers, mangoes, sugarcane; livestock |
| Exports : |
$689 million (2002) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%, machinery and transport equipment 17%, food and live animals 4%, other 8% |
| Exports - Partners : |
Germany 85.8%, UK 3.9%, US 3.3% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$692 million (2002 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 23.1%, South Korea 11.2%, Singapore 8.8%, Poland 6.4%, Germany 5.3%, UK 5.3%, Netherlands Antilles 4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$231 million (1999) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$2.3 million (1995) |
| Currency : |
East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
| Currency Code : |
XCD |
| Exchange Rates : |
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000), 2.7 (1999), 2.7 (1998) (fixed rate since 1976) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 April - 31 March |
