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    General Information
    Region    Caribbean
    Population (000, 2025)   47a
    Pop. density (per km2, 2025)   180.5a
    Capital city    Basseterre
    Capital city pop. (000, 2025)   14.4d
    UN membership date    23 September 1983
    Surface area (km2)   261b
    Sex ratio (m per 100 f)   91.6a
    National currency    E. Caribbean Dollar (XCD)c
    Exchange rate (per US$)   2.7e
    Economic indicators
    2015 2020 2025
    GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)957884 1 058b
    GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)0.7-15.42.3b
    GDP per capita (current US$) 20 329.0 18 859.0 22 625.0b
    Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)11.31.6b
    Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)2626.223b
    Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)7372.675.4b
    CPI: Consumer Price Indexf (2010=100)106103112e
    Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)10095102b
    International trade: exports (million current US$)3251g53g,e
    International trade: imports (million current US$)297403g503g,e
    International trade: balance (million current US$)-265-352g-450g,e
    Balance of payments, current account (million US$)-78-96-169e
    Social indicators
    2015 2020 2025
    Population growth rate (average annual %)-~0.0-0.20.2a
    Urban population (% of total population)30.830.8h...
    Urban population growth rate (average annual %)0.8i......
    Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)1.61.61.5a
    Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years) 75.1 / 67.8 75.4 / 67.5 76.3 / 68.8a
    Population age distributionj (0-14/60+ years old, %) 20.6 / 11.9 19.1 / 15.3 18.3 / 17.6a
    International migrant stockk (000/% of total pop.) 7.4 / 15.8 7.7 / 16.5 8.0 / 17.0e
    Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)~0.0~0.0~0.0e
    Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)1816.214a
    Health: Current expenditureg,l (% of GDP)5.15.75.6m
    Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)2.93.1d...
    Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.) 113.4 / 121.3 124.2 / 134.7 117.0 / 125.3b
    Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio  (f/m per 100 pop.) 121.9 / 124.3 105.5 / 114.0 145.3 / 167.3b
    Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.) 107.0 / 103.2 113.1 / 114.7 113.7 / 117.7b
    Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)38.3n21.323.5m
    Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)6.720o31.2o
    Environment and infrastructure indicators
    2015 2020 2025
    Individuals using the Internetg (per 100 inhabitants)66.270.376.4b
    Threatened species (number)515796e
    Forested area (% of land area)42.3g42.3g42.3m
    CO2 emission estimatesg (million tons/tons per capita) 0.2 / 5.0 0.2 / 5.3 0.3 / 5.5m
    Energy production, primary (Petajoules)000g,m
    Energy supply per capitag (Gigajoules)707477m
    Tourist/visitor arrivals at national bordersp (000)1183080m
    Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)23.356.856.8e
    Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)3.49q......
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