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St. Vincent and the Grenadines

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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

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

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

2007	190 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008
2006	190 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	189 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	161 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	180 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	233 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	224 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	215 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Cellular telephone subscribers

2007	918 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	736 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	593 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	608 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	534 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	85 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	64 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	20 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Internet users

2007	473 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	294 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	84 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	68 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	59 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	51 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	47 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	30 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2008	28 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
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

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$	WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
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

2006	� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	1.5� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	6.2� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	3.2� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	4.1� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	0.6� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	1.8� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2006	� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	-8.4� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	2.8� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	1.4� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	1.2� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	2.5� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	-1.0� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

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	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

2007	646	UNHCR
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

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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