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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		47^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		180.2^a
Capital city		Basseterre
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		14.4^d
UN membership date		23 September 1983
Surface area (km2)		261^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		91.8^a
National currency		E. Caribbean Dollar (XCD)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		2.7^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	957	885	979^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	0.7	-14.5	7.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	20 025.9	18 566.0	20 547.2^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	1	1.3	1.5^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	26	26.2	23.1^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	73	72.5	75.4^b
CPI: Consumer Price Index^f (2010=100)	106	103	111^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	95	115^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	32	51^g	98^g,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	297	402^g	495^g,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-265	-352^g	-397^g,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-78	-96	-143^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	-~0.0	-0.2	0.2^a
Urban population (% of total population)	30.8	30.8^h	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.8ⁱ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.6	1.5	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	75.1 / 67.8	75.4 / 67.5	76.2 / 68.7^a
Population age distribution^j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	20.6 / 11.9	19.1 / 15.3	18.2 / 17.1^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	7.4 / 14.5^k	7.7 / 14.5^k	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0	0.1^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	18	16.2	14.5^a
Health: Current expenditure^g,l (% of GDP)	5.1	5.7	6.2^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.9	3^d	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.5	3.4	2.8^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	111.0 / 116.4	111.5 / 121.7^h	121.1 / 126.1^m
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	121.2 / 120.1	122.5 / 120.5ⁿ	117.2 / 123.2^m
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	106.9 / 100.4	110.7 / 100.1ⁿ	117.4 / 128.3^m
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	37.7^o	21	23.1^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	6.7	20^p	31.2^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^g (per 100 inhabitants)	66.2	70.3	76.5^b
Threatened species (number)	51	57	88^e
Forested area (% of land area)	42.3^g	42.3^g	42.3^m
CO2 emission estimates^g (million tons/tons per capita)	0.2 / 5.0	0.2 / 5.0	0.2 / 5.0^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^m
Energy supply per capita^g (Gigajoules)	70	70	70^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q (000)	118	30	80^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	23.3	56.8	56.8^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	3.64^r	...	...

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		East Caribbean Dollar.
d		2018
e		2023
f		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
g		Estimate.
h		2019
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
k		Including refugees.
l		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
m		2021
n		2016
o		2012
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		Arrivals of non-resident tourists by air.
r		2013