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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 radio links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad and Carriacou; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, 1 TV

Defense Forces

Military and security forces (Branches) [time series]

Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard

Military expenditures (Defense expenditures) [time series]

$NA, NA% of GDP

Manpower availability [time series]

Economy

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

accounts for 16% of GDP and 80% 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

Budget [time series]

revenues $54.9 million; expenditures $77.6 million, including capital expenditures of $16.6 million (1990 est.)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

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

Economic aid [time series]

US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY84-89), $60 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $70 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $32 million

Electricity [time series]

12,500 kW capacity; 26 million kWh produced, 310 kWh per capita (1991)

Exchange rates [time series]

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

Exports [time series]

$26.0 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.) commodities: nutmeg 36%, cocoa beans 9%, bananas 14%, mace 8%, textiles 5% partners: US 12%, UK, FRG, Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago (1989)

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$90 million (1990 est.)

Fiscal year [time series]

calendar year

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

purchasing power equivalent - $238 million, per capita $2,800 (1989); real growth rate 5.2% (1990 est.)

Imports [time series]

$105.0 million (f.o.b., 1989 est.) commodities: food 25%, manufactured goods 22%, machinery 20%, chemicals 10%, fuel 6% (1989) partners: US 29%, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Canada (1989)

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

growth rate 5.8% (1989 est.); accounts for 6% of GDP

Industries [time series]

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

7.0% (1990)

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 16% of GDP and 80% 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 is expected to grow, given a more favorable private investment climate since 1983. Despite an impressive average annual growth rate for the economy of 5.5% during the period 1986-91, unemployment remains high at about 25%.

Unemployment rate [time series]

25% (1990 est.)

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

Disputes - international (Disputes) [time series]

none

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

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

Area (Land area) [time series]

340 km2

Land boundaries [time series]

none

Land use [time series]

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

Maritime claims [time series]

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm Territorial sea: 12 nm

Natural resources [time series]

timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors

Note [time series]

islands of the Grenadines group are divided politically with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Terrain [time series]

volcanic in origin with central mountains

Area (Total area) [time series]

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

Constitution [time series]

19 December 1973

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

Ambassador Denneth MODESTE; 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 Annette VELER; Embassy at Ross Point Inn, Saint George's (mailing address is P. O. Box 54, Saint George's); telephone (809) 444-1173 through 1178

Executive branch (Elections) [time series]

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

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

Executive branch (Leaders) [time series]

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, C, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LAES, LORCS, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WTO

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 MARRYSHOW; New Jewel Movement (NJM), Bernard COARD

Suffrage [time series]

universal at age 18

Government type (Type) [time series]

parliamentary democracy

People

Birth rate [time series]

34 births/1,000 population (1992)

Death rate [time series]

7 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

mainly of black African descent

Infant mortality rate [time series]

28 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

Labor force [time series]

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

Languages [time series]

English (official); some French patois

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

69 years male, 74 years female (1992)

Literacy [time series]

98% (male 98%, female 98%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

Nationality [time series]

noun - Grenadian(s); adjective - Grenadian

Net migration rate [time series]

- 30 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

Organized labor [time series]

20% of labor force

Population [time series]

83,556 (July 1992), growth rate - 0.3% (1992)

Religions [time series]

largely Roman Catholic; Anglican; other Protestant sects

Total fertility rate [time series]

4.6 children born/woman (1992)