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St Kitts-Nevis

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Capital:	Basseterre
Area size (Land only):	261.6 sq. km Approximately the size of Malta
Time zone:	GMT -4
Currency:	East Caribbean dollar
Area code:	(+) 869
Driving:	Left
Climate description:	The tropical, temperate islands with over 135 km of coastline experience a constant sea breeze and little seasonal temperature variation, making them ideal for growing sugarcane. The islands experience heavy rains from May to November.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
English is the official language.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	0.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	0.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
The majority of the population descends from African slaves and European colonisers. There are also British, Indian and Pakistani minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Protestant 76 percent (including Anglicans and Methodists), Catholic 11 percent
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	32.2 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	32.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	32.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	32.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	32.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	32.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	32.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	32.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1951
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
88 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15
No data available percent

Average life expectancy

2005	No data available years
2004	No data available years
2003	No data available years
2002	70.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	70.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	70.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
No data available years

Life expectancy - female
No data available years

Infant mortality

2007	16 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	17 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	18 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	18 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	19 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	20 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	20 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	21 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	18 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	19 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	20 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	21 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	54	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	51	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	49	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	39	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	51	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	44	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	15 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	10 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	11 percent	FAO 2006
1999-2001average	No data available percent
1998-2000average	No data available percent

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	99 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	99 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	98 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	96 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	95 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	96 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Literacy - average

2004	97.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	No data available percent
2002	97.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	97.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	97.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
No data available percent

Literacy - female
No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2008	406 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	406 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	415 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	413 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	420 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	491 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	497 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	482 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	476 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	1468 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	1468 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	1286 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	1038 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	598 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	459 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	106 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	45 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	26 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users
No data available per 1,000 people (2005)

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	Not ranked
2007	Not ranked
2006	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	9990 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	9260 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	8440 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	7920 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	6780 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	6510 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	6450 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	6490 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	0.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	0.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	0.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	0.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	0.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	5.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	4.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	9.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	0.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	0.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	2.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	2.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	3.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	10.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	2.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	0.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	2.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	1.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	2.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	5.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2004	119 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	117 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	117 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	10 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	10 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	10 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	10 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2008	4	UNHCR
2007	2	UNHCR
2006	2	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	31	UNHCR
2004	1	UNHCR
2003	No data available
2002	No data available
2001	No data available
2000	No data available

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	9.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	4.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	7.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	7.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	2.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	3.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	3.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	3.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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