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Grenada: Statistics

Economy 
Budget Expenditures $215.90 million (2009 est.)
Budget revenues $175.30 million (2012 )
Debt - external $531.00 million (2009 )
Electricity Consumption 177.4 million kWh (2009 est.)
Electricity Exports 0 kWh (2009 est.)
Electricity Imports 0 kWh (2009 est.)
Electricity Production 201.4 million kWh (2010 est.)
Exports $36.36 million (2011 est.)
GDP - purchasing power parity $1.44 billion (2011 est.)
Note: datum is in 2011 US dollars
GDP - real growth rate 0.4% (2011 est.)
Imports $296.30 million (2011 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 3% (2011 est.)
Labor force 47.58 thousand (2008 )
Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2009 est.)
Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (2009 est.)
Natural Gas Imports 0 cu m (2009 est.)
Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2009 est.)
Natural Gas Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2011 est.)
Oil Consumption 2.803 thousand bbl/day (2011 est.)
Oil Exports 0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil Imports 1.913 thousand bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil Production 0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Proved Reserves 0 bbl (2011 est.)
Unemployment rate 25% (2008 )
People 
Infant mortality rate 11.12 deaths per 1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Population 109,011 (2012 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line 38% (2008 )
Population growth rate 0.538% (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate 2.15 children per woman (2012 est.)
Ethnic Groups:
black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Nationality:
noun: Grenadian(s) adjective: Grenadian
Religions:
Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
Languages:
English (official), French patois
Geography 
Location:
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Area
Total:344 sq. km
Land:344 sq. km
Water:0 sq. km
Coastline: 121 km
Climate:
tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
Terrain:
volcanic in origin with central mountains
Elevation Extremes
Lowest Point:Caribbean Sea 0 m
Highest Point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
Environment - International Agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
International Organization Participation:
ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, PetroCaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WTO
Technology 
Airports 3 (2012 )
Cellular Telephones 121,900 (2010 )
Highways 1,127 (2001 )
Internet Hosts 80 (2012 )
Internet Users 25,000 (2009 )
Telephones 28,400 (2010 )

Sources:

CIA World Factbook

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