Broadcast media (Radio) [time series]

broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: NA

Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]

2,400 telephones; good interisland VHF/UHF/SHF radio connections and international link via Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Martin local: NA intercity: interisland links are handled by VHF/UHF/SHF radio; within the islands all calls are local international: international calls are carried by radio to Antigua and Barbuda and there switched to submarine cable or to INTELSAT, or carried to Saint Martin by radio and switched to INTELSAT

Broadcast media (Television) [time series]

broadcast stations: 4 televisions: NA

Military and security forces (Branches) [time series]

Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force, Coast Guard

Military expenditures (Defense expenditures) [time series]

$NA, NA% of GDP SAINT LUCIA

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

accounts for 17% of GDP; cash crop - sugarcane; subsistence crops - rice, yams, vegetables, bananas; fishing potential not fully exploited

Budget [time series]

revenues: $103.2 million expenditures: $102.6 million, including capital expenditures of $50.1 million (1995 est.)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents

Economic aid [time series]

recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY85-88), $10.7 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $67 million

Electricity [time series]

capacity: 15,800 kW production: 45 million kWh consumption per capita: 990 kWh (1993)

Exchange rates [time series]

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

Exports [time series]

$32.4 million (f.o.b., 1992) commodities: machinery, food, electronics, beverages and tobacco partners: US 50%, UK 30%, CARICOM nations 11% (1992)

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$43.3 million (1992)

Fiscal year [time series]

calendar year

Illicit drugs [time series]

transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US

Imports [time series]

$100 million (f.o.b., 1992) commodities: machinery, manufactures, food, fuels partners: US 43%, CARICOM nations 18%, UK 12%, Canada 4%, Japan 4%, OECS 4% (1992)

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

growth rate 5.9% (1992 est.)

Industries [time series]

sugar processing, tourism, cotton, salt, copra, clothing, footwear, beverages

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

1.6% (1993)

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

GDP - purchasing power parity - $210 million (1994 est.)

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

$5,300 (1994 est.)

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

4.5% (1994 est.)

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

The economy has traditionally depended on the growing and processing of sugarcane; decreasing world prices have hurt the industry in recent years. Tourism and export-oriented manufacturing have begun to assume larger roles, although they still only account for 7% and 4% of GDP respectively. Growth in the construction and tourism sectors spurred the economic expansion in 1994. Most food is imported.

Unemployment rate [time series]

12.2% (1990)

Area [time series]

total area: 269 sq km land area: 269 sq km comparative area: slightly more than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Climate [time series]

subtropical tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

Coastline [time series]

135 km

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

current issues: NA natural hazards: hurricanes (July to October) international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling

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: 22% permanent crops: 17% meadows and pastures: 3% forest and woodland: 17% other: 41%

Location [time series]

Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago

Map references [time series]

Central America and the Caribbean

Maritime claims [time series]

contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin territorial sea: 12 nm

Natural resources [time series]

negligible

Terrain [time series]

volcanic with mountainous interiors

Administrative divisions [time series]

14 parishs; Christ Church Nichola Town, Saint Anne Sandy Point, Saint George Basseterre, Saint George Gingerland, Saint James Windward, Saint John Capisterre, Saint John Figtree, Saint Mary Cayon, Saint Paul Capisterre, Saint Paul Charlestown, Saint Peter Basseterre, Saint Thomas Lowland, Saint Thomas Middle Island, Trinity Palmetto Point

Capital [time series]

Basseterre

Constitution [time series]

19 September 1983

Digraph [time series]

SC

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

chief of mission: Ambassador Erstein Mallet EDWARDS chancery: Suite 608, 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20037 telephone: [1] (202) 833-3550

Executive branch [time series]

chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Sir Clement Athelston ARRINDELL (since 19 September 1983, previously Governor General of theWest Indies Associated States since NA November 1981) head of government: Prime Minister Dr. Kennedy Alphonse SIMMONDS (since 19 September 1983, previously Premier of the West Indies Associated States since NA February 1980); Deputy Prime Minister Hugh HEYLIGER (since November 1994) cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the governor general in consultation with the prime minister

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

[1] (202) 833-3553

Flag [time series]

divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a broad black band bearing two white five-pointed stars; the black band is edged in yellow; the upper triangle is green, the lower triangle is red

Legislative branch (House of Assembly) [time series]

elections last held 29 November 1993 (next to be held by 15 November 1995); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (14 total, 11 elected) PAM 4, SKNLP 4, NRP 1, CCM 2

Independence [time series]

19 September 1983 (from UK)

Judicial branch [time series]

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based on Saint Lucia)

Legal system [time series]

based on English common law

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral

International organization participation (Member of) [time series]

ACP, C, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFRCS (associate), IMF, INTERPOL, IOC, OAS, OECS, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO

Country name (Names) [time series]

conventional long form: Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis conventional short form: Saint Kitts and Nevis former: Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis

National holiday [time series]

Independence Day, 19 September (1983)

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

People's Action Movement (PAM), Dr. Kennedy SIMMONDS; Saint Kitts and Nevis Labor Party (SKNLP), Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS; Nevis Reformation Party (NRP), Simeon DANIEL; Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM), Vance AMORY

Suffrage [time series]

NA years of age; universal adult

Government type (Type) [time series]

constitutional monarchy

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

no official presence; covered by embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados

Age structure [time series]

0-14 years: 35% (female 7,072; male 7,430) 15-64 years: 57% (female 11,784; male 11,756) 65 years and over: 8% (female 1,729; male 1,221) (July 1995 est.)

Birth rate [time series]

23.49 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate [time series]

9.56 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

black African

Infant mortality rate [time series]

19.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Labor force [time series]

20,000 (1981)

Languages [time series]

English

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 66.51 years male: 63.51 years female: 69.69 years (1995 est.)

Literacy [time series]

age 15 and over has ever attended school (1980) total population: 97% male: 97% female: 98%

Nationality [time series]

noun: Kittsian(s), Nevisian(s) adjective: Kittsian, Nevisian

Net migration rate [time series]

-5.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Population [time series]

40,992 (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate [time series]

0.85% (1995 est.)

Religions [time series]

Anglican, other Protestant sects, Roman Catholic

Total fertility rate [time series]

2.56 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Airports [time series]

total: 2 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 1

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

total: 300 km paved: 125 km unpaved: otherwise improved 125 km; unimproved earth 50 km

Merchant marine [time series]

none

Ports [time series]

Basseterre, Charlestown

Railways (Railroads) [time series]

total: 58 km on Saint Kitts for sugarcane narrow gauge: 58 km 0.760-m gauge