Area: total: 389 sq km [Saint Vincent 344 sq km]
land: 389 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Climate: tropical little seasonal temperature variation rainy season [May to November]
Terrain: volcanic, mountainous
Natural resources: hydropower, cropland
Population: 118,432 [July 2008 est.]
Age structure: 0-14 years: 25.1% [male 15,161/female 14,600]
15-64 years: 68.4% [male 41,855/female 39,105]
65 years and over: 6.5% [male 3,402/female 4,309] [2008 est.]
Nationality: noun: Saint Vincentian[s] or Vincentian[s]
adjective: Saint Vincentian or Vincentian
Ethnic groups: black 66%, mixed 19%, East Indian 6%, Carib Amerindian 2%, other 7%
Languages: English, French patois
Capital: name: Kingstown
geographic coordinates: 13 09 N, 61 14 W
time difference: UTC-4 [1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]
National holiday: Independence Day, 27 October [1979]
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 10%
industry: 26%
services: 64% [2001 est.]
Labor force: 41,680 [1991 est.]
Budget: revenues: $94.6 million
expenditures: $85.8 million [2000 est.]
Agriculture - products: bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes, spices small numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats fish
Industries: food processing, cement, furniture, clothing, starch
Exports: $193 million [2006]
Exports - commodities: bananas, eddoes and dasheen [taro], arrowroot starch tennis racquets
Exports - partners: France 26.2%, Greece 21.3%, Italy 18.9%, Russia 7.2%, UK 6.8% [2006]
Imports: $578 million [2006]
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels
Imports - partners: Singapore 17.3%, Trinidad and Tobago 12.1%, US 11.1%, Italy 10.9%, Spain 9.5%, Turkey 4.6%, Germany 4.4% [2006]
Currency (code): East Caribbean dollar [XCD]
Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 [2007], 2.7 [2006], 2.7 [2005], 2.7 [2004], 2.7 [2003]
Airports: 6 [2007]
Merchant marine: total: 582 ships [1000 GRT or over] 5,598,917 GRT/8,255,014 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 92, cargo 353, carrier 19, chemical tanker 4, container 17, liquefied gas 6, livestock carrier 1, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 11, petroleum tanker 19, refrigerated cargo 31, roll on/roll off 21, specialized tanker 3
foreign-owned: 536 [Austria 2, Bangladesh 1, Barbados 1, Belgium 9, Bulgaria 13, Canada 6, China 106, Croatia 7, Cyprus 3, Czech Republic 1, Denmark 16, Egypt 4, Estonia 20, France 7, Germany 3, Greece 81, Guyana 2, Hong Kong 7, Iceland 15, India 5, Iran 1, Israel 4, Italy 19, Kenya 2, Latvia 20, Lebanon 7, Lithuania 7, Malta 1, Monaco 6, Montenegro 1, Netherlands 5, Norway 19, Pakistan 1, Philippines 1, Poland 1, Portugal 1, Puerto Rico 1, Romania 1, Russia 19, Singapore 6, Slovenia 5, Sweden 2, Switzerland 12, Syria 11, Turkey 20, Ukraine 12, UAE 12, UK 9, US 21] [2007]
Ports and terminals: Kingstown