Labor force | 101,000 (2023 est.) |
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Industrial production growth rate | 3.5% (2023 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 | 18.23% (of GDP) (2017 est.) |
Fiscal year | |
Exchange rates | |
Currency | East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar - |
Exchange rates 2023 | 2.7 (2023 est.) |
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.) |
Debt - external | |
Debt - external 2022 | $687.824 million (2022 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023 | $424.324 million (2023 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022 | $389.083 million (2022 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021 | $433.117 million (2021 est.) |
Current account balance | |
Current account balance 2023 | -$45.381 million (2023 est.) |
Current account balance 2022 | -$67.064 million (2022 est.) |
Current account balance 2021 | -$221.371 million (2021 est.) |
Public debt | |
Public debt 2017 | 70.7% of GDP (2017 est.) |
Budget | |
Revenues | $414.77 million (2017 est.) |
Expenditures | $351.956 million (2017 est.) |
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) | |
Remittances | |
Remittances 2023 | 2.5% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Remittances 2022 | 2.64% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Remittances 2021 | 3.45% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Household income | |
Lowest 10% | 2.1% (2015 est.) |
Highest 10% | 34.1% (2015 est.) |
Imports | |
Imports 2023 | $1.274 billion (2023 est.) |
Imports 2022 | $1.194 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $891.761 million (2021 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 2023 | $1.274 billion (2023 est.) |
Imports 2022 | $1.194 billion (2022 est.) |
Imports 2021 | $891.761 million (2021 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) 2023 | $4.083 billion (2023 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022 | $3.957 billion (2022 est.) |
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021 | $3.351 billion (2021 est.) |
GDP (official exchange rate) | $2.52 billion (2023 est.) |
Real GDP Per capita | |
Real GDP per capita 2023 | $22,700 (2023 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2022 | $22,000 (2022 est.) |
Real GDP per capita 2021 | $18,700 (2021 est.) |
GDP - composition, by sector of origin | |
Agriculture | 0.9% (2023 est.) |
Industry | 8.6% (2023 est.) |
Services | 74.1% (2023 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 2023 | 11.09% (2023 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2022 | 15.93% (2022 est.) |
Unemployment rate 2021 | 20.51% (2021 est.) |
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) | |
Total | 28.2% (2023 est.) |
Male | 29.5% (2023 est.) |
Female | 26.5% (2023 est.) |
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