| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $380 million (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
-1% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $5,400 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 18%
industry: 24%
services: 58% (2002 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
30% (2002 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
1% (2001 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
25,000 (1999 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28% |
| Budget : |
revenues: $73.9 million
expenditures: $84.4 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2001) |
| Industries : |
soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-10% (1997 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
72.41 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 47.1%
hydro: 52.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
67.35 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa; forest and fishery potential not exploited |
| Exports : |
$39 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges |
| Exports - Partners : |
UK 21%, Jamaica 19.4%, Antigua and Barbuda 8.1%, US 8.1%, Guyana 6.5%, Japan 6.5%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$98.2 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 18.2%, China 17.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 14.4%, South Korea 9.1%, Japan 6.2%, UK 5.3% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$161.5 million (2001) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$22.8 million (2003 est.) |
| 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) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 July - 30 June |
