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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $440 million (2002 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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2.5% (2002 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2002 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 7.7%
industry: 23.9%
services: 68.4% (2000)
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Population below poverty line:
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32% (2000)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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2.8% (2001 est.)
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Labor force:
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42,300 (1996)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 24%, industry 14%, services 62% (1999 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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12.5% (2000)
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Budget:
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revenues: $85.8 million
expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997)
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Industries:
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food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction
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Industrial production growth rate:
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0.7% (1997 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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138 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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128.3 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Agriculture - products:
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bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables
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Exports:
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$46 million (2002 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace
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Exports - partners:
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US 14.9%, Germany 12.8%, Netherlands 8.5%, Saint Lucia 8.5%, Antigua and Barbuda 6.4%, UK 6.4%, Belgium 4.3%, Dominica 4.3%, France 4.3%, Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.3%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.3% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$208 million (2002 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel
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Imports - partners:
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US 29.3%, Trinidad and Tobago 26.2%, UK 5.1%, Japan 4.3% (2003 est.)
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Debt - external:
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$196 million (2000)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$8.3 million (1995)
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Currency:
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East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
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Currency code:
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XCD
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Exchange rates:
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East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000), 2.7 (1999)
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Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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