Compare Grenada (2005) - American Samoa (2002)

Compare Grenada (2005) z American Samoa (2002)

	Grenada (2005)	American Samoa (2002)

Administrative divisions	6 parishes and 1 dependency; Carriacou and Petit Martinique, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick	none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three districts and two islands* at the second order; Eastern, Manu'a, Rose Island, Swains Island, Western
Age structure	0-14 years: 33.9% (male 15,329/female 14,997) 15-64 years: 62.7% (male 29,711/female 26,436) 65 years and over: 3.4% (male 1,431/female 1,598) (2005 est.)	0-14 years: 38.1% (male 13,445; female 12,688) 15-64 years: 56.7% (male 19,228; female 19,741) 65 years and over: 5.2% (male 1,931; female 1,655) (2002 est.)
Agriculture - products	bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables	bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock
Airports	3 (2004 est.)	4 (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 (2004 est.)	total: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways	-	total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002)
Area	total: 344 sq km land: 344 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 199 sq km land: 199 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island
Area - comparative	twice the size of Washington, DC	slightly larger than Washington, DC
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.	Settled as early as 1000 B. C., Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago. The US formally occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the following year.
Birth rate	22.3 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)	24.04 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Budget	revenues: $85.8 million expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997)	revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants) expenditures: $127 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY96/97)
Capital	Saint George's	Pago Pago
Climate	tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds	tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season from November to April, dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperature variation
Coastline	121 km	116 km
Constitution	19 December 1973	ratified 1966, in effect 1967
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Grenada	conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
Currency	-	US dollar (USD)
Death rate	7.17 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)	4.34 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Debt - external	$196 million (2000)	$NA
Dependency status	-	unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Diplomatic representation from the US	chief of mission: the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Grenada embassy: Lance-aux-Epines Stretch, 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 (territory of the US)
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 (territory of the US)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	$8.3 million (1995)	important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in 1994
Economy - overview	Grenada relies on tourism as its main source of foreign exchange, especially since the construction of an international airport in 1985. Strong performances in construction and manufacturing, together with the development of an offshore financial industry, have also contributed to growth in national output.	This is a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the US, with which American Samoa conducts most of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. Transfers from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well-being. Attempts by the government to develop a larger and broader economy are restrained by Samoa's remote location, its limited transportation, and its devastating hurricanes. Tourism, a developing sector, has been held back by the recurring financial difficulties in East Asia.
Electricity - consumption	138.6 million kWh (2002)	120.9 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2002)	0 kWh (2000)
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2002)	0 kWh (2000)
Electricity - production	149 million kWh (2002)	130 million kWh (2000)
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: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Lata 966 m
Environment - current issues	NA	limited natural fresh water resources; the water division of the government has spent substantial funds in the past few years to improve water catchments and pipelines
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	-
Ethnic groups	black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian	Samoan (Polynesian) 89%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 4%, other 5%
Exchange rates	East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000)	the US dollar is used
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 George W. BUSH of the US (since 20 January 2001) and Vice President Richard B. CHENEY (since 20 January 2001) head of government: Governor Tauese P. SUNIA (since 3 January 1997) and Lieutenant Governor Togiola TULAFONO (since 3 January 1997) cabinet: NA elections: US president and vice president elected on the same ticket for four-year terms; governor and lieutenant governor elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms; election last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2004) election results: Tauese P. SUNIA reelected governor; percent of vote - Tauese P. SUNIA (Democrat) 50.7%, Lealaifuaneva Peter REID (independent) 47.8%
Exports	NA	$345 million (1999)
Exports - commodities	bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace	canned tuna 93%
Exports - partners	Saint Lucia 12.7%, US 12.2%, Antigua and Barbuda 8.7%, Netherlands 7.9%, Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.8%, Dominica 7.8%, Germany 7.1%, France 4.6% (2004)	US 99.6%
Fiscal year	calendar year	1 October - 30 September
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	blue, with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the outer side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a staff and a war club
GDP	-	purchasing power parity - $500 million (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 7.7% industry: 23.9% services: 68.4% (2000)	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2002 est.)	purchasing power parity - $8,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	2.5% (2002 est.)	NA%
Geographic coordinates	12 07 N, 61 40 W	14 20 S, 170 00 W
Geography - note	the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada	Pago Pago has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the South Pacific Ocean, sheltered by shape from rough seas and protected by peripheral mountains from high winds; strategic location in the South Pacific Ocean
Highways	total: 1,040 km paved: 638 km unpaved: 402 km (1999 est.)	total: 350 km paved: 150 km unpaved: 200 km
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	-
Imports	NA	$452 million (1999)
Imports - commodities	food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel	materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6%
Imports - partners	Trinidad and Tobago 29.6%, US 27.8%, UK 4.8% (2004)	US 62%, Australia 11%, Japan 9%, NZ 7%, Fiji 4%, other 7%
Independence	7 February 1974 (from UK)	none (territory of the US)
Industrial production growth rate	0.7% (1997 est.)	NA%
Industries	food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction	tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts
Infant mortality rate	total: 14.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)	10.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	2.8% (2001 est.)	NA%
International organization participation	ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO	ESCAP (associate), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, SPC
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	-	1 (2000)
Irrigated land	NA sq km	NA sq km
Judicial branch	West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada)	High Court (chief justice and associate justices are appointed by the US Secretary of the Interior)
Labor force	42,300 (1996)	14,000 (1996)
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture 24%, industry 14%, services 62% (1999 est.)	government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990) (1990)
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 5.88% permanent crops: 29.41% other: 64.71% (2001)	arable land: 5% permanent crops: 10% other: 85% (1998 est.)
Languages	English (official), French patois	Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English note: most people are bilingual
Legal system	based on English common law	NA
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 27 November 2003 (next to be held by November 2008) election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NNP 8, NDC 7	bicameral Fono or Legislative Assembly consists of the House of Representatives (21 seats - 20 of which are elected by popular vote and 1 is an appointed, nonvoting delegate from Swains Island; members serve two-year terms) and the Senate (18 seats; members are elected from local chiefs and serve four-year terms) elections: House of Representatives - last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2002); Senate - last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2004) election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - independents 18 note: American Samoa elects one nonvoting representative to the US House of Representatives; election last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2002); results - Eni F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA (Democrat) reelected as delegate for a sixth term
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 64.53 years male: 62.74 years female: 66.31 years (2005 est.)	total population: 75.53 years male: 71.12 years female: 80.21 years (2002 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: 97% male: 98% female: 97% (1980 est.)
Location	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand
Map references	Central America and the Caribbean	Oceania
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Merchant marine	-	none (2002 est.)
Military - note	-	defense is the responsibility of the US
Military branches	no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force	-
Military expenditures - dollar figure	NA	-
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	NA	-
National holiday	Independence Day, 7 February (1974)	Flag Day, 17 April (1900)
Nationality	noun: Grenadian(s) adjective: Grenadian	noun: American Samoan(s) adjective: American Samoan
Natural hazards	lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November	typhoons common from December to March
Natural resources	timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors	pumice, pumicite
Net migration rate	-13.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)	3.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Political parties and leaders	Grenada United Labor Party or GULP [Gloria Payne BANFIELD]; National Democratic Congress or NDC [Tillman THOMAS]; New National Party or NNP [Keith MITCHELL]; People Labor Movement or PLM [Dr. Francis ALEXIS]	Democratic Party [leader NA]; Republican Party [leader NA]
Political pressure groups and leaders	NA	NA
Population	89,502 (July 2005 est.)	68,688 (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line	32% (2000)	NA%
Population growth rate	0.19% (2005 est.)	2.31% (2002 est.)
Ports and harbors	Saint George's	Aunu'u (new construction), Auasi, Faleosao, Ofu, Pago Pago, Ta'u
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios	-	57,000 (1997)
Railways	-	0 km
Religions	Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%	Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant and other 30%
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: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2005 est.)	at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.17 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2002 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: country code - 1-473; new SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad	general assessment: NA domestic: good telex, telegraph, facsimile and cellular telephone services; domestic satellite system with 1 Comsat earth station international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Telephones - main lines in use	33,500 (2002)	13,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular	7,600 (2002)	2,550 (1997)
Television broadcast stations	2 (1997)	1 (1997)
Terrain	volcanic in origin with central mountains	five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island)
Total fertility rate	2.37 children born/woman (2005 est.)	3.4 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate	12.5% (2000)	6% (2000)
Waterways	-	none

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