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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2025)		117^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		345^a
Capital city		Saint George's
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		39.3^d,e
UN membership date		17 September 1974
Surface area (km2)		345^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100.4^a
National currency		E. Caribbean Dollar (XCD)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		2.7^f

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	997	1 043	1 317^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.4	-13.8	3.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	8 694.0	8 969.0	11 246.0^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	8.6	5.8	4^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	14.2	15.4	18.1^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	77.2	78.8	78^b
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	104	107	114^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	97	89^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	33	25^g	43^f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	351	395	635^f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-318	-370^g	-591^f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-106	-168	-271^f

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.4	0.4	0.1^a
Urban population (% of total population)	36	36.4ⁱ	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.5^j	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.7	1.5	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	78.0 / 72.4	78.2 / 72.2	78.6 / 72.7^a
Population age distribution^k (0-14/60+ years old, %)	22.4 / 14.1	20.9 / 16.0	19.0 / 18.0^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	7.1 / 6.2	7.2 / 6.2	7.3 / 6.3^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0^l,m	~0.0	0.2^b
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	15.1	15.8	14^a
Health: Current expenditure^g,n (% of GDP)	4.6	5.3	4.9^o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	1.4^e	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	109.0 / 114.1	106.2 / 109.3^e	96.0 / 98.9^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.9 / 110.7	111.0 / 113.1^p	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	110.0 / 96.6	103.2 / 90.2	90.9 / 80.0^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	5.2	12	13.7^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	33.3	46.7^q	31.2^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^g (per 100 inhabitants)	52.5	67.4	74.1^b
Threatened species (number)	51	60	102^f
Forested area (% of land area)	52.1	52.1	52.1^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.3 / 2.3	0.3 / 2.5	0.4 / 3.0^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	35	38	44^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	155	54	149^o
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	34.5	34.5	34.5^f
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.74	7.16	3.11^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		East Caribbean Dollar.
d		Refers to Saint George Parish.
e		2018
f		2024
g		Estimate.
h		Areas not elsewhere specified.
i		2019
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
l		Data as at the end of December.
m		2010
n		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
o		2022
p		2016
q		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.