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Economy Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Population: 117,193 (July 2004 est.)
Capital: Kingstown
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Tabular Data - The Saint Vincentian Economy

GDP : purchasing power parity - $342 million (2002 est.)
GDP - Real Growth Rate : 0.7% (2002 est.)
GDP - Per Capita : purchasing power parity - $2,900 (2002 est.)
GDP - Composition By Sector : agriculture: 10%
industry: 26%
services: 64% (2001 est.)
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : -0.4% (2001 est.)
Labor Force : 67,000 (1984 est.)
Labor Force - By Occupation : agriculture 26%, industry 17%, services 57% (1980 est.)
Budget : revenues: $94.6 million
expenditures: $85.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)
Industries : food processing, cement, furniture, clothing, starch
Industrial Production Growth Rate : -0.9% (1997 est.)
Electricity - Production : 92.48 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - Production by Source : fossil fuel: 69.3%
hydro: 30.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - Consumption : 86 million kWh (2001)
Agriculture - Products : bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes, spices, small numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, fish
Exports : $38 million (2002 est.)
Exports - Commodities : bananas 39%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch, tennis racquets
Exports - Partners : France 53.8%, UK 7%, Greece 6.5%, Spain 6.5% (2003 est.)
Imports : $174 million (2002 est.)
Imports - Commodities : foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels
Imports - Partners : France 31.2%, US 10.3%, Singapore 10.1%, Trinidad and Tobago 9.9%, Spain 8.9%, Italy 5.5% (2003 est.)
Debt - External : $167.2 million (2000)
Economic Aid - Recipient : $47.5 million (1995); note - EU $34.5 million (1998)
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 : Calendar Year

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Data Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2004 World Factbook