Economy - overview: Success of the economy hinges upon seasonal variations in agriculture, tourism, and construction activity as well as remittance inflows. Much of the workforce is employed in banana production and tourism, but persistent high unemployment has prompted many to leave the islands. This lower-middle-income country is vulnerable to natural disasters - tropical storms wiped out substantial portions of crops in 1994, 1995, and 2002. In 2008, the islands had more than 200,000 tourist arrivals, mostly to the Grenadines, a drop of nearly 20% from 2007. Saint Vincent is home to a small offshore banking sector and has moved to adopt international regulatory standards. The government's ability to invest in social programs and respond to external shocks is constrained by its high public debt burden, which was 68% of GDP at the end of 2011. GDP grew on average 6% annually from 2002-07, but contracted between 2008-10 as a result of the global economic downturn; growth remains slow.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - composition, by end use: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: Agriculture - products: Industries: Industrial production growth rate: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Budget: Taxes and other revenues: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): Public debt: Fiscal year: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Central bank discount rate: Commercial bank prime lending rate: Stock of narrow money: Stock of broad money: Stock of domestic credit: Current account balance: Exports: Exports - commodities: Exports - partners: Imports: Imports - commodities: Imports - partners: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Debt - external: Exchange rates:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on this page is re-published from the 2014 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Economy 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Economy 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.
$1.291 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 200
note:
data are in 2012 US dollars
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$703.4 million (2012 est.)
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1.5% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
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$11,800 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
note:
data are in 2012 US dollars
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household consumption: 89.7%
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government consumption:
16.4%
investment in fixed capital:
23.6%
investment in inventories:
0%
exports of goods and services:
26.9%
imports of goods and services:
-56.6%
agriculture: 5.4%
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industry:
20%
services:
74.6% (2012 est.)
bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes, spices; small numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats; fish
tourism; food processing, cement, furniture, clothing, starch
3% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
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57,520 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 187
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agriculture: 26%
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industry:
17%
services:
57% (1980 est.)
15% (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 146
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NA%
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lowest 10%: NA%
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highest 10%:
NA%
revenues: $174.4 million
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expenditures:
$181.5 million (2012 est.)
24.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 130
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-1% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 64
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68% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 40
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calendar year
2.6% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
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6.5% (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 46
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9.43% (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 97
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$133.7 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 181
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$431.9 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 179
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$404.8 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 170
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$-215.9 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
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$48.7 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 197
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bananas, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch; tennis racquets
Trinidad and Tobago 14.5%, St. Lucia 12.9%, Turkey 12.7%, Barbados 10.7%, Dominica 8.5%, Grenada 8.1%, Antigua and Barbuda 7.3% (2012)
$314.6 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 198
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foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels
Singapore 28%, Trinidad and Tobago 22.6%, US 19%, China 5.6%, Barbados 5% (2012)
$111 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 164
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$265 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
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