Labor force | 103,000 (2022 est.) |
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Industrial production growth rate | -0.41% (2022 est.) |
Industries | tourism; clothing, assembly of electronic components, beverages, corrugated cardboard boxes, lime processing, coconut processing |
Population below poverty line | 25% (2016 est.) |
Taxes and other revenues | 18.24% (of GDP) (2017 est.) |
Fiscal year | |
Exchange rates | |
Currency | East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar - |
Exchange rates 2022 | 2.7 (2022 est.) |
Exchange rates 2021 | 2.7 (2021 est.) |
Exchange rates 2020 | 2.7 (2020 est.) |
Exchange rates 2019 | 2.7 (2019 est.) |
Exchange rates 2018 | 2.7 (2018 est.) |
Debt - external | |
Debt - external 31 December 2017 | $570.6 million (31 December 2017 est.) |
Debt - external 31 December 2015 | $529 million (31 December 2015 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022 | $389.083 million (2022 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021 | $433.117 million (2021 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020 | $231.361 million (2020 est.) |
Current account balance | |
Current account balance 2022 | -$52.32 million (2022 est.) |
Current account balance 2021 | -$129.365 million (2021 est.) |
Current account balance 2020 | -$231.919 million (2020 est.) |
Public debt | |
Public debt 2017 | 70.7% of GDP (2017 est.) |
Public debt 2016 | 69.2% of GDP (2016 est.) |
Budget | |
Revenues | $350 million (2020 est.) |
Expenditures | $516 million (2020 est.) |
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) | 0.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.) |
Remittances | |
Remittances 2022 | 2.36% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Remittances 2021 | 3.23% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Remittances 2020 | 3.51% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Household income | |
Lowest 10% | 0.9% |
Highest 10% | 38.6% (2016 est.) |
Imports | |
Imports 2022 | $1.179 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $815.666 million (2021 est.) |
Imports 2020 | $666.968 million (2020 est.) |
Imports (partners) | US 76%, Trinidad and Tobago 4%, China 3%, UK 2%, Barbados 2% (2022) |
Comodities Imports force | refined petroleum, cars, plastic products, poultry, flavored water (2022) |
Exports | |
Imports 2022 | $1.179 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $815.666 million (2021 est.) |
Imports 2020 | $666.968 million (2020 est.) |
Exports (partners) | US 17%, Guyana 16%, Trinidad and Tobago 14%, Barbados 9%, Suriname 7% (2022) |
Comodities Exports force | beer, gravel and crushed stone, paper containers, refined petroleum, liquor (2022) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) | |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022 | $2.716 billion (2022 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021 | $2.344 billion (2021 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020 | $2.088 billion (2020 est.) |
GDP (official exchange rate) | $2.344 billion (2022 est.) |
Real GDP Per capita | |
Real GDP per capita 2022 | $15,100 (2022 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2021 | $13,000 (2021 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2020 | $11,700 (2020 est.) |
GDP - composition, by sector of origin | |
Agriculture | 2.9% (2017 est.) |
Industry | 14.2% (2017 est.) |
Services | 82.8% (2017 est.) |
GDP - composition, by end use | |
Household consumption | 66.1% (2017 est.) |
Government consumption | 11.2% (2017 est.) |
Investment in fixed capital | 16.9% (2017 est.) |
Investment in inventories | 0.1% (2017 est.) |
Exports of goods and services | 62.7% (2017 est.) |
Imports of goods and services | -56.9% (2017 est.) |
Unemployment rate | |
Unemployment rate 2022 | 15.77% (2022 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2021 | 19.58% (2021 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2020 | 20.41% (2020 est.) |
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) | |
Total | 38.7% (2021 est.) |
Male | 41% |
Female | 36.2% |
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