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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Overview

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a parliamentary democracy and Commonwealth realm located in the Caribbean. The economy relies on seasonal agriculture like bananas, tourism, and construction. The population is around 102,000, with most being African or mixed race and speaking English and Vincentian Creole. The climate is tropical with rain from May to November.

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Overview

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a parliamentary democracy and Commonwealth realm located in the Caribbean. The economy relies on seasonal agriculture like bananas, tourism, and construction. The population is around 102,000, with most being African or mixed race and speaking English and Vincentian Creole. The climate is tropical with rain from May to November.

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SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

GOVERNMENT ECONOMY
Chief of State Economic Overview
Queen ELIZABETH II success of this lower-middle-income economy hinges upon
represented by Governor General Sir Frederick seasonal variations in agriculture, tourism, and construction
Nathaniel BALLANTYNE activity, as well as remittances; banana production, in particular,
Head of Government remains vulnerable to natural shocks
Prime Minister Ralph E. GONSALVES GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
Government Type $1.266 billion (2017 est.)
parliamentary democracy (Parliament) under a GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity)
constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm $11,500 (2017 est.)
Capital Exports
Kingstown $51.3 million (2017 est.)
Legislature partners: Jordan 40.7%, France 12.5%, Barbados 7%, Saint Lucia
unicameral House of Assembly (23 seats) 6.8%, Antigua and Barbuda 5.7%, US 5.5%, Trinidad and Tobago
Judiciary 4.7% (2017)
the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), Imports
headquartered on St. Lucia, is the superior court of $311.3 million (2017 est.)
the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States partners: US 36.8%, Trinidad and Tobago 19.1%, UK 7%, China
Ambassador to US 5.8% (2017)
Ambassador Lou-Anne Gaylene GILCHRIST
US Ambassador
the US does not have an embassy in Grenada, US PEOPLE & SOCIETY
Ambassador to Barbados Linda S. TAGLIALATELA Population
is accredited to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 102,100 (July 2017 est.)
Population Growth
-0.25% (2017 est.)
GEOGRAPHY Ethnicity
Area African/black 72.8%,
Total: 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344 sq km) mixed 20%, Carib 3.6%,
Land: 389 sq km East Indian 1.4%, European 4%, other 1.5%, unspecified .6%
Water: 0 sq km (2001 est.)
Climate Language
tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; English, Vincentian Creole English, French patois
rainy season (May to November) Religion
Natural Resources Protestant 70.6%, Roman Catholic 7.5%, Evangelical 2.8%,
hydropower, arable land Rastafarian 1.5%, Jehovah's Witness 0.6%, other 6.7%, none
8.8%, unspecified 1.5% (2011 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 52.2% of total population (2018)
as of September 2018 rate of urbanization: 1% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

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