The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

services: 62% (1999 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

      12.5% (2000)

      Population below poverty line:

      32% (2000)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

      Budget:

      revenues: $85.8 million expenditures: $102.1 million (1997)

      Fiscal year:

      calendar year

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      3.7% (2007 est.)

      Central bank discount rate:

      6.5% (31 December 2007)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      9.76% (31 December 2007)

      Stock of money:

      $151.2 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of quasi money:

      $533.4 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $575.8 million (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables

      Industries:

      food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction

      Industrial production growth rate:

      0.7% (1997 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      167.2 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      144.2 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      2,043 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      1,844 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$138 million (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $38 million (2006)

      Exports - commodities:

      bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace

      Exports - partners:

      Jamaica 92.8%, Saint Lucia 1.3%, US 1.2% (2007)

      Imports:

      $343 million (2006)

      Imports - commodities:

      food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel

      Imports - partners:

      Trinidad and Tobago 36.5%, US 23.3%, Italy 4.1% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $44.87 million (2005)

      Debt - external:

      $347 million (2004)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $NA

      Currency (code):

      East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

      Currency code:

      XCD

      Exchange rates:

      East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar - 2.7 (2007), 2.7 (2006), 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003)

      Communications

       Grenada

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      27,700 (2006)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      46,200 (2006)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: automatic, islandwide telephone system domestic: interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone links international: country code - 1–473; landing point for the East Caribbean Fiber Optic System (ECFS) submarine cable with links to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad; SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

      57,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      2 (1997)

      Televisions:

      33,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .gd

      Internet hosts:

      9 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      14 (2000)

      Internet users:

      23,000 (2007)

      Transportation

       Grenada

      Airports:

      3 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2007)

      Roadways:

      total: 1,127 km paved: 687 km unpaved: 440 km (2000)

      Ports and terminals:

      Saint George's

      Military

       Grenada

      Military branches:

      no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2007)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 27,309 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 20,249 (2008 est.)

      Manpower