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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		94^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		213.1^a
Capital city		Saint John's
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		20.8^d
UN membership date		11 November 1981
Surface area (km2)		442^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		90.8^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$)	1 337	1 418	1 770^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.8	-17.4	9.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	14 861.9	15 303.3	18 880.0^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	1.8	2.4	2.1^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	18.7	22.9	23^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	79.5	74.7	74.9^b
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	110	116	134^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	82	90^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	26	22	30^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	465	422	670^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-439	-400	-639^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	29	-224	-262^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.7	0.6	0.5^a
Urban population (% of total population)	25	24.5^f	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.1^g	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.6	1.6	1.6^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	80.0 / 73.5	79.8 / 74.2	80.4 / 74.7^a
Population age distribution^h (0-14/60+ years old, %)	21.2 / 12.3	19.1 / 15.1	17.8 / 17.7^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	28.1 / 30.0ⁱ	29.4 / 30.0ⁱ	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0	0.1^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	10.9	10.1	9.2^a
Health: Current expenditure^j,k,l (% of GDP)	5.3	5.9	5.9^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	2.9ⁿ	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.8	3.8	4.3^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.1 / 111.5	111.0 / 113.2^f	... / ...
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	128.4 / 132.5	119.1 / 135.8^d	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.1 / 89.5	118.7 / 104.7^d	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	11.4^o	9.7	10.7^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	11.1	11.1^p	5.6^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^l (per 100 inhabitants)	70	86.9	91.4^b
Threatened species (number)	53	61	88^e
Forested area (% of land area)	19.2^l	18.5^l	18.3^m
CO2 emission estimates^l (million tons/tons per capita)	0.6 / 6.6	0.6 / 6.8	0.6 / 6.9^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^l,m
Energy supply per capita^l (Gigajoules)	91	94	96^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q,r (000)	250	125	265^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	9.1	14	14^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.12	1.93	0.42^m

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		East Caribbean Dollar.
d		2018
e		2023
f		2019
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
i		Including refugees.
j		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
k		Estimates should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
l		Estimate.
m		2021
n		2017
o		2012
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		Arrivals by air.
r		Excluding nationals residing abroad.