St. Vincent and the Grenadines
| Capital: | Kingstown |
| Area size: | 390 sq. km Approximatley twice the size of Washington D.C. |
| Time zone: | GMT-4; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines does not recognise Daylight Saving Time |
| Currency: | East Caribbean dollar |
| Area code: | (+) 784 |
| Driving: | Left |
| Climate description: | Tropical, with heavy rainfall from May to November providing an ideal climate for the growing bananas, arrowroot and other plantation crops |
People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
English is the official language; a local dialect is also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide
Population
Future population estimates
0.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)
Ethnic groups
Black 82 percent, mixed descent 14 percent. There are also European, Asian and indigenous minorities.
Source: NI World Guide
Religion
Anglican, other Protestant, and Catholic
Source: NI World Guide
Percentage urban population
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
No data available (2006)
Percentage of population under 15
English is the official language; a local dialect is also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide
Population
| 2007 | 0.1 million | U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006) |
| 2006 | 0.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2005 | 0.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2004 | 0.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2003 | 0.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2002 | 0.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2001 | 0.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2000 | 0.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
Future population estimates
0.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)
Ethnic groups
Black 82 percent, mixed descent 14 percent. There are also European, Asian and indigenous minorities.
Source: NI World Guide
Religion
Anglican, other Protestant, and Catholic
Source: NI World Guide
Percentage urban population
| 2007 | 46.6 percent | U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005 |
| 2006 | 46.3 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2005 | 45.9 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2004 | 45.6 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2003 | 45.3 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2002 | 45.0 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2001 | 44.7 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2000 | 44.4 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
No data available (2006)
Percentage of population under 15
| 2005 | 29.3 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008 |
| 2004 | 29.8 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2006 |
| 2003 | 40.5 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2005 |
| 2002 | 31.1 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 2001 | 31.2 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
Average life expectancy
Life expectancy - male
Life expectancy - female
Infant mortality
Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
Births attended by skilled personnel
Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births
Human development index (HDI rank)
Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent
Percentage of undernourished population
Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.
Population with access to improved water
No data available percent (2004)
Population with access to improved sanitation
No data available percent (2004)
Literacy - average
Literacy - male
No data available percent
Literacy - female
No data available percent
Landlines telephones
Cellular telephone subscribers
Internet users
Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)
Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
| 2005 | 71.1 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008 |
| 2004 | 71.3 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2006 |
| 2003 | 71.1 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2005 |
| 2002 | 74.0 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 2001 | 73.8 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 2000 | 69.6 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2002 |
Life expectancy - male
| 2005 | 69.0 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008 |
| 2004 | 68.5 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2006 |
| 2003 | 68.3 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2005 |
| 2002 | 72.5 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 2001 | 72.4 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 2000 | No data available years |
Life expectancy - female
| 2005 | 73.2 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008 |
| 2004 | 74.1 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2006 |
| 2003 | 73.9 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2005 |
| 2002 | 75.5 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 2001 | 75.3 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 2000 | No data available years |
Infant mortality
| 2006 | 17 per 1,000 live births | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008 |
| 2005 | 17 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 | 23 per 1,000 live births | UNDP - Human Development Report 2005 |
| 2002 | 22 per 1,000 live births | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 2001 | 22 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
| 2006 | 20 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 | 22 per 1,000 live births | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006 |
| 2003 | 27 per 1,000 live births | UNDP - Human Development Report 2005 |
| 2000 | 24 per 1,000 live births | UNDP - Human Development Report 2002 |
Births attended by skilled personnel
| 1997-2005 | 100 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008 |
| 1996-2004 | 100 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2006 |
| 1995-2003 | 100 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2005 |
| 1995-2002 | 100 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 1995-2001 | No data available percent | |
| 1995-2000 | No data available percent |
Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births
Human development index (HDI rank)
| 2005 | 93 | UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008 |
| 2004 | 88 | UNDP - Human Development Report 2006 |
| 2001 | 80 | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 2000 | 91 | UNDP - Human Development Report 2002 |
Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent
Percentage of undernourished population
| 2002-2004 average | 10 percent | U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006 |
| 2001-2003average | 12 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
No data available percent (2004)
Population with access to improved sanitation
No data available percent (2004)
Literacy - average
| 2004 | 88.1 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2006 |
| 2001 | 88.9 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 2000 | 88.9 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2002 |
Literacy - male
No data available percent
Literacy - female
No data available percent
Landlines telephones
| 2006 | 190 per 1,000 people | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007 |
| 2005 | 189 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2004 | 157 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2003 | 178 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2002 | 234 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2001 | 227 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2000 | 220 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
Cellular telephone subscribers
| 2006 | 736 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2005 | 593 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2004 | 595 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2003 | 529 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2002 | 85 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2001 | 65 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2000 | 21 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
Internet users
| 2006 | 84 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2005 | 84 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2004 | 66 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2003 | 59 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2002 | 51 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2001 | 48 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2000 | 31 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)
| 2007 | 30 (joint) | Transparency International 2007 |
| 2006 | Not ranked |
Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (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$1 a day
No data available percent
GNI per capita, Atlas method
The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country’s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
Annual GDP growth
Annual inflation
Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available
Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available
No data available percent
GNI per capita, Atlas method
| 2006 | current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2005 | 3320 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2004 | 3380 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2003 | 3030 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2002 | 2880 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2001 | 2770 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2000 | 2740 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
| 2006 | 0.4 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2005 | 0.4 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2004 | 0.4 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2003 | 0.4 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2002 | 0.4 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2001 | 0.3 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2000 | 0.3 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
Annual GDP growth
| 2005 | 2.2 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2004 | 9.1 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2003 | 1.5 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2002 | 1.4 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2001 | -0.1 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2000 | 2 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
Annual inflation
| 2005 | 3 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2004 | -2 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2003 | 3 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2002 | 4.3 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2001 | 3.2 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2000 | -0.5 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available
Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available
Physicians
Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent
Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO
TB cases
| 2000-2004 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 1990-2004 | 87 per 100,000 people | UNDP - Human Development Report 2006 |
| 1990-2003 | 88 per 100,000 people | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 1990-2002 | 88 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
| 2006 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2005 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2004 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2003 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2002 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2001 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2000 | No data available per 100,000 people |
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
Number of refugees residing here
No data available
Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
Landmine casualties per year
0 (2004)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report 2005
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
Percentage of GDP spent on health
| 2006 | 387 | Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| 2005 | 279 | UNHCR |
| 2004 | 181 | 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 | |||
Landmine casualties per year
0 (2004)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report 2005
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 | 8.2 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008 |
| 2002-2004 | 11.1 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2006 |
| 2000-2002 | 10.0 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2005 |
| 1999-2001 | 9.3 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 1998-2000 | 9.3 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
Percentage of GDP spent on health
| 2004 | 3.9 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008 |
| 2003-2004 | 4.1 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2006 |
| 2002 | 3.9 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2005 |
| 2001 | 3.8 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 2000 | 4.1 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
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