Compare Grenada (2002) - French Guiana (2004)

Compare Grenada (2002) z French Guiana (2004)

	Grenada (2002)	French Guiana (2004)

Administrative divisions	6 parishes and 1 dependency; Carriacou and Petit Martinique, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick	none (overseas department of France)
Age structure	0-14 years: 35.9% (male 16,213; female 15,863) 15-64 years: 60.3% (male 28,460; female 25,307) 65 years and over: 3.8% (male 1,546; female 1,822) (2002 est.)	0-14 years: 29.6% (male 28,959; female 27,657) 15-64 years: 64.5% (male 66,388; female 57,020) 65 years and over: 5.9% (male 5,736; female 5,549) (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products	bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables	corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sugar, cocoa, vegetables, bananas; cattle, pigs, poultry
Airports	3 (2001)	11 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002)	total: 4 over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways	-	total: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.)
Area	total: 344 sq km land: 344 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 91,000 sq km land: 89,150 sq km water: 1,850 sq km
Area - comparative	twice the size of Washington, DC	slightly smaller than Indiana
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.	First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of notorious penal settlements until 1951. The European Space Agency launches its communication satellites from Kourou.
Birth rate	23.05 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)	21 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Budget	revenues: $85.8 million expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997)	revenues: $225 million expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996)
Capital	Saint George's	Cayenne
Climate	tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds	tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation
Coastline	121 km	378 km
Constitution	19 December 1973	28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Grenada	conventional long form: Department of Guiana conventional short form: French Guiana local long form: none local short form: Guyane
Currency	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	euro (EUR)
Death rate	7.63 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)	4.82 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Debt - external	$196 million (2000) (2000)	$1.2 billion (1988)
Dependency status	-	overseas department of France
Diplomatic representation from the US	chief of mission: the ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada; Charge d'Affairs Nadia TONGOUR 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 department of France)
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 FAX: [1] (202) 265-2468 consulate(s) general: New York	none (overseas department of France)
Disputes - international	none	Suriname claims area between Riviere Litani and Riviere Marouini (both headwaters of the Lawa)
Economic aid - recipient	$8.3 million (1995) (1995)	NA (1995)
Economy - overview	Despite government steadying of annual economic growth in recent years through progress in fiscal reform and prudent macroeconomic management, a downturn in tourist arrivals in 2001 threatens government spending in 2002. Grenada relies on tourism as its main source of foreign exchange, although it also supports a small agriculture sector and a developing offshore financial industry. Short-term concerns include a rising fiscal deficit and the deterioration in the external account balance.	The economy is tied closely to the larger French economy through subsidies and imports. Besides the French space center at Kourou (which accounts for 25% of GDP), fishing and forestry are the most important economic activities. Forest and woodland cover 90% of the country. The large reserves of tropical hardwoods, not fully exploited, support an expanding sawmill industry that provides sawn logs for export. Cultivation of crops is limited to the coastal area, where the population is largely concentrated; rice and manioc are the major crops. French Guiana is heavily dependent on imports of food and energy. Unemployment is a serious problem, particularly among younger workers.
Electricity - consumption	102.3 million kWh (2000)	423.2 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2000)	0 kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2000)	0 kWh (2001)
Electricity - production	110 million kWh (2000)	455 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - production by source	fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2000)	-
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 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%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5% , and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian	black or mulatto 66%, white 12%, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian 12%, other 10%
Exchange rates	East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)	Euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999)
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; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general	chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Ange MANCINI (since 31 July 2002) head of government: President of the General Council Joseph HO-TEN-YOU (since 26 March 2001); President of the Regional Council Antoine KARAM (since 22 March 1992) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; presidents of the General and Regional Councils are appointed by the members of those councils
Exports	$78 million (2000 est.)	NA (2001)
Exports - commodities	bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace	shrimp, timber, gold, rum, rosewood essence, clothing
Exports - partners	Caricom 32.3%, UK 20%, US 13%, Netherlands 8.8% (1991)	France 62%, Switzerland 7%, US 2% (2001)
Fiscal year	calendar 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 France is used
GDP	purchasing power parity - $424 million (2001 est.)	purchasing power parity - $1.551 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 8% industry: 24% services: 68% (2000) (2000)	agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA (2001 est.)
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $4,750 (2001 est.)	purchasing power parity - $8,300 (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	6.5% (2001 est.)	NA
Geographic coordinates	12 07 N, 61 40 W	4 00 N, 53 00 W
Geography - note	the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada	mostly an unsettled wilderness; the only non-independent portion of the South American continent
Highways	total: 1,040 km paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1996)	total: 722 km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1996)
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%	lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA
Illicit drugs	small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point for marijuana and cocaine to US	small amount of marijuana grown for local consumption; minor transshipment point to Europe
Imports	$270 million (2000 est.)	NA (2001)
Imports - commodities	food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel (1989)	food (grains, processed meat), machinery and transport equipment, fuels and chemicals
Imports - partners	US 31.2%, Caricom 23.6%, UK 13.8%, Japan 7.1% (1991)	France 63%, US, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy (2002 est.)
Independence	7 February 1974 (from UK)	none (overseas department of France)
Industrial production growth rate	0.7% (1997 est.)	NA
Industries	food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction	construction, shrimp processing, forestry products, rum, gold mining
Infant mortality rate	14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)	total: 12.46 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	2.8% (2001 est.)	1.5% (2002 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 (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTrO	UPU, WCL, WFTU
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	14 (2000)	-
Irrigated land	NA sq km	20 sq km (1998 est.)
Judicial branch	West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada)	Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel (highest local court based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana)
Labor force	42,300 (1996) (1996)	58,800 (1997)
Labor force - by occupation	services 62%, agriculture 24%, industry 14% (1999 est.)	agriculture 18.2%, industry 21.2%, services, government, and commerce 60.6% (1980)
Land boundaries	0 km	total: 1,183 km border countries: Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km
Land use	arable land: 5.88% permanent crops: 26.47% other: 67.65% (1998 est.)	arable land: 0.14% permanent crops: 0.05% other: 99.81% (90% forest, 10% other) (2001)
Languages	English (official), French patois	French
Legal system	based on English common law	French legal system
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	unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (31 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) elections: General Council - last held NA March 2000 (next to be held NA 2006); Regional Council - last held 15 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2004) election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PSG 5, various left-wing parties 5, independents 7, other 2; Regional Council - percent of vote by party - PS 28.28%, various left parties 22.56%, RPR 15.91%, independents 8.6%, Walwari Committee 6%; seats by party - PS 11, various left parties 9, RPR 6, independents 3, Walwari Committee 2 note: one seat was elected to the French Senate on 27 September 1998 (next to be held NA September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; 2 seats were elected to the French National Assembly on 9 June-16 June 2002 (next to be held NA 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP/RPR 1, Walwari Committee 1
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 64.52 years male: 62.74 years female: 66.31 years (2002 est.)	total population: 76.89 years male: 73.57 years female: 80.38 years (2004 est.)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1970 est.)	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 83% male: 84% female: 82% (1982 est.)
Location	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago	Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname
Map references	Central America and the Caribbean	South America
Maritime claims	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Merchant marine	none (2002 est.)	-
Military - note	-	defense is the responsibility of France
Military branches	Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard	no regular military forces; Gendarmerie
Military expenditures - dollar figure	$NA	NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	NA%	NA
Military manpower - availability	-	males age 15-49: 52,294 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service	-	males age 15-49: 33,914 (2004 est.)
National holiday	Independence Day, 7 February (1974)	Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Nationality	noun: Grenadian(s) adjective: Grenadian	noun: French Guianese (singular and plural) adjective: French Guianese
Natural hazards	lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November	high frequency of heavy showers and severe thunderstorms; flooding
Natural resources	timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors	bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), petroleum, kaolin, fish, niobium, tantalum, clay
Net migration rate	-15.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)	6.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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]	Guyanese Democratic Action or ADG [Andre LECANTE]; Guyanese Socialist Party or PSG [Marie-Claude VERDAN]; Guyana Democratic Forces or FDG [Georges OTHILY]; Popular National Guyanese Party or PNPG [Jose DORCY]; Socialist Party or PS [Paul DEBRIETTE]; Union for a Popular Movement or UMP [Muriel ICARE]; Walwari Committee (aligned with the PRG in France) [Christine TAUBIRA-DELANON]
Political pressure groups and leaders	NA	NA
Population	89,211 (July 2002 est.)	191,309 (July 2004 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA%	NA
Population growth rate	0.02% (2002 est.)	2.25% (2004 est.)
Ports and harbors	Grenville, Saint George's	Cayenne, Degrad des Cannes, Saint-Laurent du Maroni
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 2, FM 14 (including 6 repeaters), shortwave 6 (including 5 repeaters) (1998)
Radios	57,000 (1997)	-
Railways	0 km	-
Religions	Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%	Roman Catholic
Sex ratio	at birth: 1 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2002 est.)	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.16 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.03 male(s)/female total population: 1.12 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	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: fair open-wire and microwave radio relay system international: country code - 594; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telephones - main lines in use	27,000 (1997)	51,000 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular	976 (1997)	138,200 (2002)
Television broadcast stations	2 (1997)	3 (plus eight low-power repeaters) (1997)
Terrain	volcanic in origin with central mountains	low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains
Total fertility rate	2.5 children born/woman (2002 est.)	3.05 children born/woman (2004 est.)
Unemployment rate	11.5% (1999) (1999)	22% (2001)
Waterways	none	3,760 km note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft (2004)

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