Montserrat (2002) | Montserrat (2003) | |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 23.6% (male 1,001; female 986)
15-64 years: 65% (male 2,624; female 2,864) 65 years and over: 11.4% (male 508; female 454) (2002 est.) |
0-14 years: 23.4% (male 1,062; female 1,041)
15-64 years: 65.3% (male 2,805; female 3,066) 65 years and over: 11.4% (male 537; female 484) (2003 est.) |
Airports | none; only airport was destroyed by volcanic activity; a helicopter service to Antigua is used | none; only airport was destroyed by volcanic activity; a helicopter service to Antigua is used (2002) |
Background | Much of this island has been devastated and two-thirds of the population has fled abroad due to the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano that began on 18 July 1995. | Much of this island has been devastated and two-thirds of the population has fled abroad due to the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano that began on 18 July 1995. |
Birth rate | 17.54 births/1,000 population (2002 est.) | 17.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
Budget | revenues: $31.4 million
expenditures: $31.6 million, including capital expenditures of $8.4 million |
revenues: $31.4 million
expenditures: $31.6 million, including capital expenditures of $8.4 million (1997 est.) |
Death rate | 7.47 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.) | 7.34 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
Debt - external | $8.9 million (1997) (1997) | $8.9 million (1997) |
Electricity - consumption | 4.65 million kWh (2000) | 2.325 million kWh (2001) |
Electricity - exports | 0 kWh (2000) | 0 kWh (2001) |
Electricity - imports | 0 kWh (2000) | 0 kWh (2001) |
Electricity - production | 5 million kWh (2000) | 2.5 million kWh (2001) |
Electricity - production by source | fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2000) |
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001) |
Exports | $1.5 million (1998) | NA (2001) |
Exports - partners | US, Antigua and Barbuda (1993) | US, Antigua and Barbuda |
GDP | purchasing power parity - $31 million (1999 est.) | purchasing power parity - $29 million (2002 est.) |
GDP - composition by sector | agriculture: 5%
industry: 14% services: 81% (1996 est.) |
agriculture: 5.4%
industry: 13.6% services: 81% (1996 est.) |
GDP - per capita | purchasing power parity - $2,400 (1999 est.) | purchasing power parity - $3,400 (2002 est.) |
GDP - real growth rate | -1.5% (1999 est.) | -1% (2002 est.) |
Highways | total: 269 km
paved: 203 km unpaved: 66 km (1995) |
total: 227 km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km note: volcanic eruptions beginning in 1995 destroyed most of the road system (2003) |
Imports | $26 million (1998) | NA (2001) |
Imports - partners | US, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Canada (1993) | US, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Canada |
Infant mortality rate | 7.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) | total: 7.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.) |
Inflation rate (consumer prices) | 5% (1998) (1998) | 2.6% (2002 est.) |
International organization participation | Caricom, CDB, ECLAC (associate), ICFTU, Interpol (subbureau), OECS, WCL | Caricom, CDB, ECLAC (associate), ICFTU, Interpol (subbureau), OECS |
Labor force | 4,521 (1992); note - lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity | 4,521 ; note - lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 78.2 years
male: 76.1 years female: 80.4 years (2002 est.) |
total population: 78.36 years
male: 76.24 years female: 80.59 years (2003 est.) |
Net migration rate | 74.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.) | 34.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
Population | 8,437
note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2002 est.) |
8,995
note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2003 est.) |
Population growth rate | 8.43% (2002 est.) | 4.5% (2003 est.) |
Radios | 7,000 (1997) | - |
Railways | 0 km (2003) | 0 km |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.12 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2002 est.) |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.11 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2003 est.) |
Terrain | volcanic islands, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland | volcanic island, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland |
Total fertility rate | 1.81 children born/woman (2002 est.) | 1.8 children born/woman (2003 est.) |