Grenada 
Facts
Population:
89,227 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
37.05% (male 16,739; female 16,318)
15-64 years:
59.03% (male 27,850; female 24,820)
65 years and over:
3.92% (male 1,592; female 1,908) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.06% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
23.12 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.82 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-15.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.12 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.83 male(s)/female
total population:
1.07 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
64.52 years
male:
62.74 years
female:
66.31 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.54 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Grenadian(s)
adjective:
Grenadian
Ethnic groups:
black 82% some South Asians (East Indians) and Europeans, trace Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Religions:
Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
Languages:
English (official), French patois
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
98%
male:
98%
female:
98% (1970 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $394 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
7% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $4,400 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
9.7%
industry:
15%
services:
75.3% (1996 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
42,300 (1996)
Labor force - by occupation:
services 62%, agriculture 24%, industry 14% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
15% (1997)
Budget:
revenues:
$85.8 million
expenditures:
$102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997)
Industries:
food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction
Industrial production growth rate:
0.7% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production:
120 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
111.6 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables
Exports:
$62.3 million (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace
Exports - partners:
Caricom 32.3%, UK 20%, US 13%, Netherlands 8.8% (1991)
Imports:
$217.5 million (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel (1989)
Imports - partners:
US 31.2%, Caricom 23.6%, UK 13.8%, Japan 7.1% (1991)
Debt - external:
$182.8 million (1998)
Economic aid - recipient:
$8.3 million (1995)
Currency:
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code:
XCD
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
(English-language weekly),
http://www.grenadianvoice.com/
Grenada in the News
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