Internet users (Internet Service Providers (ISPs)) [time series]

14 (2000)

Internet country code [time series]

.gd

Internet users [time series]

2,000 (2000)

Broadcast media (Radio broadcast stations) [time series]

AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios [time series]

57,000 (1997)

Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]

general assessment: automatic, islandwide telephone system domestic: interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone links international: new SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad

Telephones - fixed lines (Telephones - main lines in use) [time series]

27,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular [time series]

976 (1997)

Broadcast media (Television broadcast stations) [time series]

2 (1997)

Televisions [time series]

33,000 (1997)

Agricultural products (Agriculture - products) [time series]

bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables

Budget [time series]

revenues: $85.8 million expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

Exchange rates (Currency code) [time series]

XCD

Debt - external [time series]

$182.8 million (1998)

Economic aid (Economic aid - recipient) [time series]

$8.3 million (1995)

Economic overview (Economy - overview) [time series]

In this island economy progress in fiscal reforms and prudent macroeconomic management have kept annual growth steady since 1998. The increase in economic activity has been led by construction and trade. Tourist facilities are being expanded; tourism is the leading foreign exchange earner. Major short-term concerns are the rising fiscal deficit and the deterioration in the external account balance. Grenada shares a common central bank and a common currency with seven other members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

Electricity - consumption [time series]

111.6 million kWh (1999)

Electricity - exports [time series]

0 kWh (1999)

Electricity - imports [time series]

0 kWh (1999)

Electricity - production [time series]

120 million kWh (1999)

Electricity - production by source [time series]

fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1999)

Exchange rates [time series]

East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)

Exports [time series]

$62.3 million (2000 est.)

Exports - commodities [time series]

bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace

Exports - partners [time series]

Caricom 32.3%, UK 20%, US 13%, Netherlands 8.8% (1991)

Fiscal year [time series]

calendar year

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

purchasing power parity - $394 million (2000 est.)

GDP - composition, by sector of origin (GDP - composition by sector) [time series]

agriculture: 9.7% industry: 15% services: 75.3% (1996 est.)

Real GDP per capita (GDP - per capita) [time series]

purchasing power parity - $4,400 (2000 est.)

Real GDP growth rate (GDP - real growth rate) [time series]

7% (2000 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share [time series]

lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Imports [time series]

$217.5 million (2000 est.)

Imports - commodities [time series]

food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel (1989)

Imports - partners [time series]

US 31.2%, Caricom 23.6%, UK 13.8%, Japan 7.1% (1991)

Industrial production growth rate [time series]

0.7% (1997 est.)

Industries [time series]

food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

2.5% (2000 est.)

Labor force [time series]

42,300 (1996)

Labor force - by occupation [time series]

services 62%, agriculture 24%, industry 14% (1999 est.)

Population below poverty line [time series]

NA%

Unemployment rate [time series]

15% (1997)

Area [time series]

total: 340 sq km land: 340 sq km water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative [time series]

twice the size of Washington, DC

Climate [time series]

tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds

Coastline [time series]

121 km

Elevation (Elevation extremes) [time series]

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m

Environment - current issues [time series]

NA

International environmental agreements (Environment - international agreements) [time series]

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geographic coordinates [time series]

12 07 N, 61 40 W

Geography - note [time series]

the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada

Irrigated land [time series]

NA sq km

Land boundaries [time series]

0 km

Land use [time series]

arable land: 15% permanent crops: 18% permanent pastures: 3% forests and woodland: 9% other: 55% (1993 est.)

Location [time series]

Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

Map references [time series]

Central America and the Caribbean

Maritime claims [time series]

exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM

Natural hazards [time series]

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

Natural resources [time series]

timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors

Terrain [time series]

volcanic in origin with central mountains

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

Country name [time series]

conventional long form: none conventional short form: Grenada

Diplomatic representation from the US [time series]

chief of mission: the ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada embassy: Point Salines, Saint George's mailing address: P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, West Indies telephone: [1] (473) 444-1173 through 1176

Diplomatic representation in the US [time series]

chief of mission: Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE chancery: 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 265-2561 consulate(s) general: New York

Executive branch [time series]

chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996) head of government: Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 22 June 1995) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; prime minister appointed by the governor general from among the members of the House of Assembly

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

[1] (473) 444-4820

Flag (Flag description) [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

Government type [time series]

constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style parliament

Independence [time series]

7 February 1974 (from UK)

International organization participation [time series]

ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTrO

Judicial branch [time series]

West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada)

Legal system [time series]

based on English common law

Legislative branch [time series]

bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government and three by the leader of the opposition) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 18 January 1999 (next to be held by NA October 2004) election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NNP 14, GULP 1

National holiday [time series]

Independence Day, 7 February (1974)

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

Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Herbert PREUDHOMME]; National Democratic Congress or NDC [leader vacant]; New National Party or NNP [George McGUIRE]

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

NA

Suffrage [time series]

18 years of age; universal

Background [time series]

One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year.

Military and security forces (Military branches) [time series]

Royal Grenada Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard

Military expenditures - dollar figure [time series]

$NA

Military expenditures (Military expenditures - percent of GDP) [time series]

NA%

Age structure [time series]

0-14 years: 37.05% (male 16,739; female 16,318) 15-64 years: 59.03% (male 27,850; female 24,820) 65 years and over: 3.92% (male 1,592; female 1,908) (2001 est.)

Birth rate [time series]

23.12 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate [time series]

7.82 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Ethnic groups [time series]

black 82% some South Asians (East Indians) and Europeans, trace Arawak/Carib Amerindian

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate [time series]

NA%

HIV/AIDS - deaths [time series]

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS [time series]

NA

Infant mortality rate [time series]

14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Languages [time series]

English (official), French patois

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 64.52 years male: 62.74 years female: 66.31 years (2001 est.)

Literacy [time series]

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1970 est.)

Nationality [time series]

noun: Grenadian(s) adjective: Grenadian

Net migration rate [time series]

-15.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Population [time series]

89,227 (July 2001 est.)

Population growth rate [time series]

-0.06% (2001 est.)

Religions [time series]

Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%

Sex ratio [time series]

at birth: 1 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate [time series]

2.54 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Disputes - international [time series]

none

Illicit drugs [time series]

small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point for marijuana and cocaine to US

Airports [time series]

3 (2000 est.)

Airports - with paved runways [time series]

total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

total: 1,040 km paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1996)

Merchant marine [time series]

none (2000 est.)

Ports (Ports and harbors) [time series]

Grenville, Saint George's

Railways [time series]

0 km

Waterways [time series]

none