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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		66^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		88.3^a
Capital city		Roseau
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		14.9^d
UN membership date		18 December 1978
Surface area (km2)		750^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100^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$)	541	507	612^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-2.4	-16.1	5.9^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	7 724.0	7 036.8	8 414.5^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	16.5	17.8	19.5^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	14.7	14.3	14.2^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	68.8	67.9	66.3^b
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	102	105	118^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	100	101^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	10^f	13	63^f,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	201^f	180	191^f,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-191^f	-167	-128^f,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-38	-189	-222^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.4	-0.5	-0.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	69.6	70.8^g	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.9^h	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.6	1.5	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	72.4 / 67.8	74.6 / 68.4	74.7 / 68.4^a
Population age distributionⁱ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	21.7 / 13.5	18.8 / 17.5	17.9 / 18.9^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	8.1 / 11.4	8.3 / 11.5	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	...	~0.0	0^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	32.2	30.7	31.7^a
Health: Current expenditure^f,j (% of GDP)	5.2	6	6.5^k
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	1.1^d	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.4	4.7	5.2^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.7 / 105.0	88.1 / 95.2	90.2 / 93.5^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	96.6 / 110.1	90.9 / 98.3	86.5 / 99.7^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	82.8 / 77.3	81.4 / 72.1	82.6 / 73.9^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	12.9	20.8	13.8^k
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	21.9	38.1^l,m	37.5^l

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^f (per 100 inhabitants)	65	75.7	83.4^b
Threatened species (number)	62	74	108^e
Forested area (% of land area)	63.8	63.8	63.8^k
CO2 emission estimates^f (million tons/tons per capita)	0.2 / 2.6	0.2 / 2.2	0.2 / 2.3^k
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^k
Energy supply per capita^f (Gigajoules)	38	33	33^k
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	75	22	61^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	33.3	33.3	33.3^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.25	12.59	14.46^k

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		East Caribbean Dollar.
d		2018
e		2023
f		Estimate.
g		2019
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
j		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
k		2021
l		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
m		The figures correspond to the results of the December 2019 elections. They do not include 9 members to be appointed by the President and 2 ex officio members (the Speaker and the Attorney General).