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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2025)		47^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		180.5^a
Capital city		Basseterre
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		14.4^d
UN membership date		23 September 1983
Surface area (km2)		261^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		91.6^a
National currency		E. Caribbean Dollar (XCD)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		2.7^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	957	884	1 058^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	0.7	-15.4	2.3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	20 329.0	18 859.0	22 625.0^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	1	1.3	1.6^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	26	26.2	23^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	73	72.6	75.4^b
CPI: Consumer Price Index^f (2010=100)	106	103	112^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	95	102^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	32	51^g	53^g,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	297	403^g	503^g,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-265	-352^g	-450^g,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-78	-96	-169^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
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	1.6	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	75.1 / 67.8	75.4 / 67.5	76.3 / 68.8^a
Population age distribution^j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	20.6 / 11.9	19.1 / 15.3	18.3 / 17.6^a
International migrant stock^k (000/% of total pop.)	7.4 / 15.8	7.7 / 16.5	8.0 / 17.0^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	~0.0	~0.0^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	18	16.2	14^a
Health: Current expenditure^g,l (% of GDP)	5.1	5.7	5.6^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.9	3.1^d	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	113.4 / 121.3	124.2 / 134.7	117.0 / 125.3^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	121.9 / 124.3	105.5 / 114.0	145.3 / 167.3^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	107.0 / 103.2	113.1 / 114.7	113.7 / 117.7^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	38.3ⁿ	21.3	23.5^m
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	6.7	20^o	31.2^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^g (per 100 inhabitants)	66.2	70.3	76.4^b
Threatened species (number)	51	57	96^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 / 5.3	0.3 / 5.5^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^g,m
Energy supply per capita^g (Gigajoules)	70	74	77^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^p (000)	118	30	80^m
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	23.3	56.8	56.8^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	3.49^q	...	...

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		East Caribbean Dollar.
d		2018
e		2024
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		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
m		2022
n		2012
o		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
p		Arrivals of non-resident tourists by air.
q		2013