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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2021)		400^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		245.7^a
Capital city		Basse-Terre
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		58.4^c
Surface area (km2)		1 639^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		85.5^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.8^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	...	3.3^e,f,g	...
Employment in industry^e,f (% of employed)	13.8	13.5^g	...
Employment in services^e,f (% employed)	64.4	65.5^g	...
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	23.8	26.1^h,i	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	39.5 / 44.2^f	49.6 / 56.5^f,h,i	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	100	106	110^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	0.2	-0.3	-~0.0^d
Urban population^l (% of total population)	98.4	98.4	98.5^b
Urban population growth rate^k,l (average annual %)	0.5	-~0.0	...
Fertility rate, total^k (live births per woman)	2.2	2.2	2.2^d
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	82.9 / 75.7	84.0 / 76.8	85.2 / 78.1^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	22.5 / 19.1	20.4 / 22.7	18.2 / 26.8^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	94.9 / 23.4	91.0 / 22.7	90.2 / 22.5^d
Infant mortality rate^k (per 1 000 live births)	7	5.8	4.6^d
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	8.9^m	9.7	5.8ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	23.4^o,m	...	...
Threatened species^p (number)	54	70	95
Forested area^o (% of land area)	43.2	44.6	44.5^c
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	2^o,q	...	...
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^p,r (000)	392	512	735^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	82.3	82.4	82.4^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		2020
e		Population aged 15 to 64 years.
f		Excluding the institutional population.
g		2012
h		Break in the time series.
i		2013
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Including Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin (French part).
m		2009
n		2016
o		Estimate.
p		Excluding the north islands, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin (French part).
q		Data after 2010 are included in France.
r		Arrivals by air.