Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Official Name:
- Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Saint Kitts and Nevis )
- Area:
- 261 km 2 (Saint Kitts 168 km 2 ; Nevis 93 km 2 )
- Population (2007):
- 39.349 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 135 km
- Capital:
- Basseterre
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Basseterre, Charlestown
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Contiguous zone: 24 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
- Political divisions:
- 14 parishes; Christ Church Nichola Town, Saint Anne Sandy Point, Saint George Basseterre, Saint George Gingerland, Saint James Windward, Saint John Capesterre, Saint John Figtree, Saint Mary Cayon, Saint Paul Capesterre, Saint Paul Charlestown, Saint Peter Basseterre, Saint Thomas Lowland, Saint Thomas Middle Island, Trinity Palmetto Point
- Language(s):
- English
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 19 September (1983)
- Nationality:
- Kittitian(s), Nevisian(s)
- Official time:
- UTC-4.
- Member of:
- ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .kn
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
East Caribbean dollar (XCD) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD8.200 (2005 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2005 est.) USD 453.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 4,9% (2005 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2001 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 3,5%
- Industry: 25,8%
- Services: 70,7%
- Labor force:
- 18.170 (1995 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2001):
-
- Agriculture ND
- Industry: ND
- Services ND
- Unemployment rate:
- 4,5% (1997 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 8,7% (2005 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- ND
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD89.700.000
- Expenditures: USD128.200.000
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- ND
- Exports:
- USD 70.000.000 FOB (2004 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Machinery, food, electronics, beverages, tobacco
- Exports - Partners:
- US 61,3%, Canada 8,1%, UK 5,6% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 405.000.000 FOB (2004 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery, manufactures, food, fuels
- Imports - partners:
- US 46,9%, Trinidad and Tobago 13,7%, UK 5,4%, France 4,5%, Japan 4,2% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- ND
- Debt - external:
- USD314.000.000 (2004)
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