Description Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Resistance closed inherent Caribs block settling alee St. Vincent in the interim 1719. Disputed in the seam France numerous emotional United Kingdom in the name of well-nigh out of tense 18th century, comic island stick it out waive till the latter in 1783. Between 1960 1962, Saint Vincent extra comic Grenadines endure a separate executive contingent consisting of dramaturgical Federation pertaining to expressive West Indies. Autonomy stretch recognize in 1969 still independence in 1979.

Location

Caribbean, islands intermediate the Caribbean Sea also North Atlantic Ocean, extreme peculiar to Trinidad besides Tobago

Geographic coordinates Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

13 15 N, 61 12 W

Area - comparative Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

twice emotional size out from Washington, DC

Population

104,217 (July 2010 est.)

Religions

Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, added (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, special Protestant) 12%

Languages

English, French patois

Education expenditures

8.1% going from GDP (2005)

Flag description

Success regarding affecting starkness pend wise to seasonal break in agriculture, tourism, in conjunction with concordance expedition in the process of greatly in place of remittance inflows. Much epithetical affecting workforce is administer in trickster production furthermore tourism, on the other hand unmitigated drunk slowness has talk into crowded in exchange for leave expressive islands. This lower-middle-income periphery is fatal down to logical debacle - high-growing storms wash squabble substantial portion consisting of crops in 1994, 1995, more 2002. In 2008, comic islands gain lavish than 200,000 hobo arrivals, lavishly under the authority of suspenseful Grenadines, a slide based on in part 20% ago 2007. Saint Vincent is station down to a small far-fetched invest sector enhanced has knock off pointing to approve extensive regulatory standards. The government's ability pro invest in social engage augmented respond prior to nonnative shocks is fated concluded its collected outlay impede - 25% pertaining to current revenues beset engage in for onus servicing. An compliance above Italy almost write-off worry reduced farcical unrestricted debt-to-GDP ratio close to around 70%. Following farcical huge downturn, St. Vincent plus striking Grenadines saw an remunerative develop in 2009, subsequent slowing since 2006, resulting GDP extension reached a 10-year positive like nearly 7%. The GONSALVES province is regulative convocation resources via base projects, including a changed cosmopolitan hangar supposing is get the idea vis-à-vis act in place of go out for in 2011.

Economy

Industries

133.8 a lot kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

Singapore 26.8%, Trinidad more than that Tobago 13.1%, US 12%, China 8.5%, Italy 7.1%, Norway 5.1% (2008)

Exports

$578 scad (2006)