Compare Grenada (2001) - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (2002)

Compare Grenada (2001) z South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (2002)

	Grenada (2001)	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (2002)

Administrative divisions	6 parishes and 1 dependency; Carriacou and Petit Martinique, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick	-
Age structure	0-14 years: 37.05% (male 16,739; female 16,318) 15-64 years: 59.03% (male 27,850; female 24,820) 65 years and over: 3.92% (male 1,592; female 1,908) (2001 est.)	-
Agriculture - products	bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables	-
Airports	3 (2000 est.)	none (2001)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)	-
Area	total: 340 sq km land: 340 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 3,903 sq km land: 3,903 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist of some nine islands
Area - comparative	twice the size of Washington, DC	slightly larger than Rhode Island
Background	One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year.	The islands lie approximately 1,000 km east of the Falkland Islands and have been under British administration since 1908 except for a brief period in 1982 when Argentina occupied them. Grytviken, on South Georgia, was a 19th and early 20th century whaling station. The famed explorer Ernest SHACKLETON stopped there in 1914 en route to his ill-fated attempt to cross Antarctica on foot. He returned some 20 months later with a few companions in a small boat and arranged a successful rescue for the rest of his crew, stranded off the Antarctic Peninsula. He died in 1922 on a subsequent expedition and is buried in Grytviken. Today, the station houses scientists from the British Antarctic Survey. The islands have large bird and seal populations and, recognizing the importance of preserving the marine stocks in adjacent waters, the UK, in 1993, extended the exclusive fishing zone from 12 NM to 200 NM around each island.
Birth rate	23.12 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)	-
Budget	revenues: $85.8 million expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997)	-
Capital	Saint George's	-
Climate	tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds	variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow
Coastline	121 km	NA km
Constitution	19 December 1973	adopted 3 October 1985
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Grenada	conventional long form: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands conventional short form: none
Currency	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	-
Death rate	7.82 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)	-
Debt - external	$182.8 million (1998)	-
Dependency status	-	overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands by a commissioner, who is concurrently governor of the Falkland Islands, representing Queen ELIZABETH II; Grytviken, formerly a whaling station on South Georgia, is a scientific base
Diplomatic representation from the US	chief of mission: the ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada embassy: Point Salines, Saint George's mailing address: P. O. Box 54, Saint George's, Grenada, West Indies telephone: [1] (473) 444-1173 through 1176 FAX: [1] (473) 444-4820	none (overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina)
Diplomatic representation in the US	chief of mission: Ambassador Denis G. ANTOINE chancery: 1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 265-2561 consulate(s) general: New York	none (overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina)
Disputes - international	none	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands occupied briefly by Argentina in 1982; islands continue to be claimed by Argentina
Economic aid - recipient	$8.3 million (1995)	-
Economy - overview	In this island economy progress in fiscal reforms and prudent macroeconomic management have kept annual growth steady since 1998. The increase in economic activity has been led by construction and trade. Tourist facilities are being expanded; tourism is the leading foreign exchange earner. Major short-term concerns are the rising fiscal deficit and the deterioration in the external account balance. Grenada shares a common central bank and a common currency with seven other members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).	Some fishing takes place in adjacent waters. There is a potential source of income from harvesting fin fish and krill. The islands receive income from postage stamps produced in the UK, sale of fishing licenses, and harbor and landing fees from tourist vessels. Tourism from specialized cruise ships is increasing rapidly.
Electricity - consumption	111.6 million kWh (1999)	NA kWh
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (1999)	-
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (1999)	-
Electricity - production	120 million kWh (1999)	NA kWh
Electricity - production by source	fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1999)	fossil fuel: NA% hydro: NA% nuclear: NA% other: NA%
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m
Environment - current issues	NA	NA
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements	-
Ethnic groups	black 82% some South Asians (East Indians) and Europeans, trace Arawak/Carib Amerindian	-
Exchange rates	East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)	-
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Daniel WILLIAMS (since 9 August 1996) head of government: Prime Minister Keith MITCHELL (since 22 June 1995) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; prime minister appointed by the governor general from among the members of the House of Assembly	-
Exports	$62.3 million (2000 est.)	-
Exports - commodities	bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace	-
Exports - partners	Caricom 32.3%, UK 20%, US 13%, Netherlands 8.8% (1991)	-
Fiscal year	calendar year	-
Flag description	a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, after Indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven administrative divisions	the flag of the UK is used
GDP	purchasing power parity - $394 million (2000 est.)	-
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 9.7% industry: 15% services: 75.3% (1996 est.)	-
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $4,400 (2000 est.)	-
GDP - real growth rate	7% (2000 est.)	-
Geographic coordinates	12 07 N, 61 40 W	54 30 S, 37 00 W
Geography - note	the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada	the north coast of South Georgia has several large bays, which provide good anchorage; reindeer, introduced early in the 21st century, live on South Georgia
Highways	total: 1,040 km paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1996)	-
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%	-
Illicit drugs	small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point for marijuana and cocaine to US	-
Imports	$217.5 million (2000 est.)	-
Imports - commodities	food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel (1989)	-
Imports - partners	US 31.2%, Caricom 23.6%, UK 13.8%, Japan 7.1% (1991)	-
Independence	7 February 1974 (from UK)	-
Industrial production growth rate	0.7% (1997 est.)	-
Industries	food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction	-
Infant mortality rate	14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)	-
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	2.5% (2000 est.)	-
International organization participation	ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTrO	-
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	14 (2000)	-
Irrigated land	NA sq km	0 sq km (1998 est.)
Judicial branch	West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada)	-
Labor force	42,300 (1996)	-
Labor force - by occupation	services 62%, agriculture 24%, industry 14% (1999 est.)	-
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 15% permanent crops: 18% permanent pastures: 3% forests and woodland: 9% other: 55% (1993 est.)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen) (1998 est.)
Languages	English (official), French patois	-
Legal system	based on English common law	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply; the senior magistrate from the Falkland Islands presides over the Magistrates Court
Legislative branch	bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 13-member body, 10 appointed by the government and three by the leader of the opposition) and the House of Representatives (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 18 January 1999 (next to be held by NA October 2004) election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NNP 14, GULP 1	-
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 64.52 years male: 62.74 years female: 66.31 years (2001 est.)	-
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1970 est.)	-
Location	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago	Southern South America, islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of the tip of South America
Map references	Central America and the Caribbean	Antarctic Region
Maritime claims	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Merchant marine	none (2000 est.)	-
Military - note	-	defense is the responsibility of the UK
Military branches	Royal Grenada Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard	-
Military expenditures - dollar figure	$NA	-
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	NA%	-
National holiday	Independence Day, 7 February (1974)	Liberation Day, 14 June (1982)
Nationality	noun: Grenadian(s) adjective: Grenadian	-
Natural hazards	lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November	the South Sandwich Islands have prevailing weather conditions that generally make them difficult to approach by ship; they are also subject to active volcanism
Natural resources	timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors	fish
Net migration rate	-15.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)	-
Political parties and leaders	Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Herbert PREUDHOMME]; National Democratic Congress or NDC [leader vacant]; New National Party or NNP [George McGUIRE]	-
Political pressure groups and leaders	NA	-
Population	89,227 (July 2001 est.)	no indigenous inhabitants note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001, to be replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the British Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological station on Bird Island; the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA%	-
Population growth rate	-0.06% (2001 est.)	-
Ports and harbors	Grenville, Saint George's	Grytviken
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)	0 (2003)
Radios	57,000 (1997)	-
Railways	0 km	-
Religions	Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%	-
Sex ratio	at birth: 1 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2001 est.)	-
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	-
Telephone system	general assessment: automatic, islandwide telephone system domestic: interisland VHF and UHF radiotelephone links international: new SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: coastal radiotelephone station at Grytviken
Telephones - main lines in use	27,000 (1997)	-
Telephones - mobile cellular	976 (1997)	-
Television broadcast stations	2 (1997)	0 (2003)
Terrain	volcanic in origin with central mountains	most of the islands, rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous; South Georgia is largely barren and has steep, glacier-covered mountains; the South Sandwich Islands are of volcanic origin with some active volcanoes
Total fertility rate	2.54 children born/woman (2001 est.)	-
Unemployment rate	15% (1997)	-
Waterways	none	none

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