Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Capital: Kingstown
History
Resistance by native Caribs prevented colonization on Saint Vincent until 1719. Disputed between France and the United Kingdom for most of the 18th century, the island was ceded to the latter in 1783. Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies. Autonomy was granted in 1969 and independence in 1979.
Geography
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Economy
Budget & Debt
Trade
| Exports |
$68.3 million |
| Export Items |
bananas, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch |
| Export Partners |
Trinidad and Tobago 12%, Austria 12%, St. Lucia 10.7%, France 9.5%, Turkey 8.9%, Barbados 8.9%, Dominica 7%, Grenada 6.7%, Antigua and Barbuda 6.1% (2011) |
| Imports |
$366.5 million |
| Import Items |
foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels |
| Import Partners |
Singapore 24.9%, Trinidad and Tobago 17.6%, US 12.6%, China 12.3%, Norway 7.5% (2011) |
People
| Population |
103,220 |
| Population Growth |
-0.3% |
| Ethnic Groups |
black 66%, mixed 19%, East Indian 6%, European 4%, Carib Amerindian 2%, other 3% |
| Religion |
Protestant 75% (Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%), Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12% |
| Life Expectancy |
74.62 years |
| Infant Mortality |
1.03 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Maternal Mortality |
1 deaths/100,000 live births |
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