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Communications

Airports [time series]

total: 3 usable: 3 with permanent-surface runways: 2 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

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

Ports [time series]

Saint George's

Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]

automatic, islandwide telephone system with 5,650 telephones; new SHF radio links to the islands of Trinidad, Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to the islands of Trinidad and Carriacou; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, 1 TV

Defense Forces

Affiliation [time series]

(overseas department of France)

Military and security forces (Branches) [time series]

Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard

Military expenditures (Defense expenditures) [time series]

$NA, NA% of GDP

Economy

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

accounts for 15% 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: $78 million expenditures: $51 million, including capital expenditures of $22 million (1991 est.)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents

Economic aid [time series]

recipient: 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]

capacity: 12,500 kW production: 26 million kWh consumption per capita: 310 kWh (1992)

Exchange rates [time series]

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

Exports [time series]

$19.9 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.) commodities: bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace partners: Netherlands, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, United States

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$109 million (1992)

Fiscal year [time series]

calendar year

Imports [time series]

$103.2 million (f.o.b., 1992 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 1.8% (1992 est.); accounts for 9% of GDP

Industries [time series]

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

3.6% (1992 est.)

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

GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $250 million (1992 est.)

Real GDP per capita (National product per capita) [time series]

$3,000 (1992 est.)

Real GDP growth rate (National product real growth rate) [time series]

-0.4% (1992 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 15% 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. The economy achieved an impressive average annual growth rate of 5.5% in 1986-91 but stalled in 1992. Unemployment remains high at about 25%.

Unemployment rate [time series]

25% (1992 est.)

Geography

Area [time series]

total area: 340 sq km land area: 340 sq km comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC

Climate [time series]

tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds

Coastline [time series]

121 km

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

current issues: NA natural hazards: lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November international agreements: party to - Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Climate Change

Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]

none

Irrigated land [time series]

NA sq km

Land boundaries [time series]

0 km

Land use [time series]

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

Location [time series]

Caribbean, in the eastern Caribbean Sea, about 150 im north of Trinidad and Tobago

Map references [time series]

Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Standard Time Zones of the World

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

Government

Administrative divisions [time series]

6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Petit 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

Digraph [time series]

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

chief of mission: Ambassador Denneth MODESTE chancery: 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: (202) 265-2561

Executive branch [time series]

chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Reginald Oswald PALMER (since 6 August 1992) head of government: Prime Minister Nicholas BRATHWAITE (since 13 March 1990) cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the governor general on advice of the prime minister

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

(809) 444-4820

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

Legislative branch (House of Representatives) [time series]

elections last held on 13 March 1990 (next to be held by NA March 1995); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (15 total) NDC 7, GULP 4, TNP 2, NNP 2

Independence [time series]

7 February 1974 (from UK)

Judicial branch [time series]

Supreme Court

Legal system [time series]

based on English common law

Legislative branch [time series]

bicameral Parliament

International organization participation (Member of) [time series]

ACP, C, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, 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

Country name (Names) [time series]

conventional long form: none conventional short form: Grenada

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

Legislative branch (Senate) [time series]

consists of a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government and 3 by the Leader of the Opposition

Suffrage [time series]

18 years of age; universal

Government type (Type) [time series]

parliamentary democracy

Diplomatic representation from the US (US diplomatic representation) [time series]

chief of mission: Charge d'Affaires Ollie P. ANDERSON embassy: Point Salines, Saint George's mailing address: P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, W.I. telephone: (809) 444-1173 through 1178

People

Birth rate [time series]

30.28 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate [time series]

6.19 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

black African

Infant mortality rate [time series]

12.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Labor force [time series]

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

Languages [time series]

English (official), French patois

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 70.4 years male: 68 years female: 72.85 years (1994 est.)

Literacy [time series]

age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970) total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98%

Nationality [time series]

noun: Grenadian(s) adjective: Grenadian

Net migration rate [time series]

-20.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Population [time series]

94,109 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate [time series]

0.35% (1994 est.)

Religions [time series]

Roman Catholic, Anglican, other Protestant sects

Total fertility rate [time series]

3.93 children born/woman (1994 est.)