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Airports [time series]

3 total, 3 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Civil air [time series]

no major transport aircraft

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

1,000 km total; 600 km paved, 300 km otherwise improved; 100 km unimproved

Ports [time series]

Saint George's

Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]

automatic, islandwide telephone system with 5,650 telephones; new SHF links to Trinidad and Tobago and St. Vincent; VHF and UHF links to Trinidad and Carriacou; stations--1 AM, no FM, 1 TV

Defense Forces

Military and security forces (Branches) [time series]

Royal Grenada Police Force

Military expenditures (Defense expenditures) [time series]

Military manpower [time series]

Economy

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

accounts for 20% of GDP and 90% of exports; bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, and mace account for two-thirds of total crop production; world's second-largest producer and fourth-largest exporter of nutmeg and mace; small-size farms predominate, growing a variety of citrus fruits, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, and vegetables

Aid [time series]

US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY84-88), $60 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $61 million; Communist countries (1970-88), $32 million

Budget [time series]

revenues $74.2 million; expenditures $82.3 million, including capital expenditures of $27.8 million (1989 est.)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

East Caribbean dollar (plural--dollars); 1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents

Electricity [time series]

11,400 kW capacity; 24 million kWh produced, 280 kWh per capita (1989)

Exchange rates [time series]

East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1--2.70 (fixed rate since 1976)

Exports [time series]

$31.8 million (f.o.b., 1988 est.); commodities--nutmeg 35%, cocoa beans 15%, bananas 13%, mace 7%, textiles; partners--US 4%, UK, FRG, Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$108 million (1989 est.)

Fiscal year [time series]

calendar year

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP) [time series]

$129.7 million, per capita $1,535; real growth rate 5% (1988)

Imports [time series]

$92.6 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.); commodities--machinery 24%, food 22%, manufactured goods 19%, petroleum 8%; partners--US 32%, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Canada

Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]

growth rate 5.8% (1989 est.)

Industries [time series]

food and beverage, textile, light assembly operations, tourism, construction

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

5.0% (1989 est.)

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

The economy is essentially agricultural and centers on the traditional production of spices and tropical plants. Agriculture accounts for about 20% of GDP and 90% of exports and employs 24% of the labor force. Tourism is the leading foreign exchange earner, followed by agricultural exports. Manufacturing remains relatively undeveloped, but with a more favorable private investment climate since 1983, it is expected to grow. Despite an impressive average annual growth rate for the economy of 5.5% during the period 1984-88, unemployment remains high at about 26%.

Unemployment rate [time series]

26% (1988)

Geography

Climate [time series]

tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds

Coastline [time series]

121 km

Area - comparative (Comparative area) [time series]

slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November

Extended economic zone [time series]

200 nm;

Land boundaries [time series]

none

Land use [time series]

15% arable land; 26% permanent crops; 3% meadows and pastures; 9% forest and woodland; 47% other

Natural resources [time series]

timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors

Note [time series]

islands of the Grenadines group are divided politically with St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Terrain [time series]

volcanic in origin with central mountains

Maritime claims (Territorial sea) [time series]

12 nm

Area (Total area) [time series]

340 km2; land area: 340 km2

Government

Administrative divisions [time series]

6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Little Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick

Capital [time series]

Saint George's

Political parties (Communists) [time series]

about 450 members of the New Jewel Movement (pro-Soviet) and the Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement (pro-Cuban)

Constitution [time series]

19 December 1973

Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation) [time series]

Ambassador Albert O. XAVIER; Chancery at 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington DC 20009; telephone (202) 265-2561; there is a Grenadian Consulate General in New York; US--Charge d'Affaires James F. COOPER; Embassy at Ross Point Inn, Saint George's (mailing address is P. O. Box 54, Saint George's); telephone [440] 1731 or 1734

Executive branch [time series]

British monarch, governor general, prime minister, Ministers of Government (cabinet)

Flag [time series]

a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side) with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, after Indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven administrative divisions

Independence [time series]

7 February 1974 (from UK)

Judicial branch [time series]

Supreme Court Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Sir Paul SCOON (since 30 September 1978); Head of Government--Prime Minister Nicholas BRATHWAITE (since 13 March 1990)

Legal system [time series]

based on English common law

Legislative branch [time series]

bicameral Parliament consists of an upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of Representatives

Country name (Long-form name) [time series]

none

International organization participation (Member of) [time series]

ACP, CARICOM, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, NAM, OAS, OECS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO

National holiday [time series]

Independence Day, 7 February (1974)

Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]

National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nicholas Brathwaite; Grenada United Labor Party (GULP), Sir Eric Gairy; The National Party (TNP), Ben Jones; New National Party (NNP), Keith Mitchell; Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement (MBPM), Terrence Merryshow; New Jewel Movement (NJM), Bernard Coard

Suffrage [time series]

universal at age 18 House of Representatives--last held on 13 March 1990 (next to be held by March 1996); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(15 total) NDC 8, GULP 3, TNP 2, NNP 2

Government type (Type) [time series]

parliamentary democracy

People

Birth rate [time series]

36 births/1,000 population (1990)

Death rate [time series]

7 deaths/1,000 population (1990)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

mainly of black African descent

Infant mortality rate [time series]

30 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)

Labor force [time series]

36,000; 31% services, 24% agriculture, 8% construction, 5% manufacturing, 32% other (1985)

Languages (Language) [time series]

English (official); some French patois

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

69 years male, 74 years female (1990)

Literacy [time series]

85%

Nationality [time series]

noun--Grenadian(s); adjective--Grenadian

Net migration rate [time series]

- 33 migrants/1,000 population (1990)

Organized labor [time series]

20% of labor force

Population [time series]

84,135 (July 1990), growth rate - 0.4% (1990)

Religions (Religion) [time series]

largely Roman Catholic; Anglican; other Protestant sects

Total fertility rate [time series]

4.9 children born/woman (1990)