Grenada

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

14 (2000)

Internet country code

.gd

Internet users

5,200 (2002)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios

57,000 (1997)

Telephone system

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 - main lines in use

27,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular

976 (1997)

Television broadcast stations

2 (1997)

Televisions

33,000 (1997)

Agriculture - products

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

Budget

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

Currency

East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

Currency code

XCD

Debt - external

$196 million (2000) (2000)

Economic aid - recipient

$8.3 million (1995) (1995)

Economy - overview

Despite government steadying of annual economic growth in recent years through progress in fiscal reform and prudent macroeconomic management, a downturn in tourist arrivals in 2001 threatens government spending in 2002. Grenada relies on tourism as its main source of foreign exchange, although it also supports a small agriculture sector and a developing offshore financial industry. Short-term concerns include a rising fiscal deficit and the deterioration in the external account balance.

Electricity - consumption

102.3 million kWh (2000)

Electricity - exports

0 kWh (2000)

Electricity - imports

0 kWh (2000)

Electricity - production

110 million kWh (2000)

Electricity - production by source

fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% other: 0% (2000) nuclear: 0%

Exchange rates

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

Exports

$78 million (2000 est.)

Exports - commodities

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

Exports - partners

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

Fiscal year

calendar year

GDP

purchasing power parity - $424 million (2001 est.)

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 8% industry: 24% services: 68% (2000) (2000)

GDP - per capita

purchasing power parity - $4,750 (2001 est.)

GDP - real growth rate

6.5% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share

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

Imports

$270 million (2000 est.)

Imports - commodities

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

Imports - partners

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

Industrial production growth rate

0.7% (1997 est.)

Industries

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

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

2.8% (2001 est.)

Labor force

42,300 (1996) (1996)

Labor force - by occupation

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

Population below poverty line

NA%

Unemployment rate

11.5% (1999) (1999)

Area

total: 344 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 344 sq km

Area - comparative

twice the size of Washington, DC

Climate

tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds

Coastline

121 km

Elevation extremes

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

Environment - current issues

NA

Environment - international agreements

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

12 07 N, 61 40 W

Geography - note

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

Irrigated land

NA sq km

Land boundaries

0 km

Land use

arable land: 5.88% permanent crops: 26.47% other: 67.65% (1998 est.)

Location

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

Map references

Central America and the Caribbean

Maritime claims

exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM

Natural hazards

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

Natural resources

timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors

Terrain

volcanic in origin with central mountains

Administrative divisions

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

Capital

Saint George's

Constitution

19 December 1973

Country name

conventional long form: none conventional short form: Grenada

Diplomatic representation from the US

chief of mission: the ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada; Charge d'Affairs Nadia TONGOUR 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 FAX: [1] (473) 444-4820

Diplomatic representation in the US

chief of mission: Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE consulate(s) general: New York FAX: [1] (202) 265-2468 telephone: [1] (202) 265-2561 chancery: 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009

Executive branch

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; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general

Flag description

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

constitutional monarchy with Westminster-style parliament

Independence

7 February 1974 (from UK)

International organization participation

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 (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTrO

Judicial branch

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

Legal system

based on English common law

Legislative branch

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

Independence Day, 7 February (1974)

Political parties and leaders

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

Political pressure groups and leaders

NA

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Background

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 branches

Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard

Military expenditures - dollar figure

$NA

Military expenditures - percent of GDP

NA%

Age structure

0-14 years: 35.9% (male 16,213; female 15,863) 15-64 years: 60.3% (male 28,460; female 25,307) 65 years and over: 3.8% (male 1,546; female 1,822) (2002 est.)

Birth rate

23.05 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate

7.63 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Ethnic groups

black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5% , and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA%

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

NA

Infant mortality rate

14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Languages

English (official), French patois

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 64.52 years female: 66.31 years (2002 est.) male: 62.74 years

Literacy

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

Nationality

noun: Grenadian(s) adjective: Grenadian

Net migration rate

-15.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Population

89,211 (July 2002 est.)

Population growth rate

0.02% (2002 est.)

Religions

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

Sex ratio

at birth: 1 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.5 children born/woman (2002 est.)

Disputes - international

none

Illicit drugs

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

Airports

3 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002)

Highways

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

Merchant marine

none (2002 est.)

Ports and harbors

Grenville, Saint George's

Railways

0 km

Waterways

none