Compare Western Sahara (2008) - Grenada (2002)

Compare Western Sahara (2008) z Grenada (2002)

	Western Sahara (2008)	Grenada (2002)

Administrative divisions	none (under de facto control of Morocco)	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: 45.4% (male 88,176/female 85,421) 15-64 years: 52.3% (male 98,345/female 101,895) 65 years and over: 2.3% (male 3,705/female 5,075) (2007 est.)	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.)
Agriculture - products	fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases); camels, sheep, goats (kept by nomads); fish	bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, citrus, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, vegetables
Airports	9 (2007)	3 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2007)	total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 2 (2007)	-
Area	total: 266,000 sq km land: 266,000 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 344 sq km land: 344 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about the size of Colorado	twice the size of Washington, DC
Background	Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal. A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty ended in a 1991 UN-brokered cease-fire; a UN-organized referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed. In April 2007, Morocco presented an autonomy plan for the territory to the UN, which the U.S. considers serious and credible. The Polisario also presented a plan to the UN in 2007. Since August 2007, representatives from the Government of Morocco and the Polisario Front have met three times to negotiate the status of Western Sahara, with a fourth round of negotiations planned for March 2008.	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.
Birth rate	NA 39.95 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)	23.05 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Budget	revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA	revenues: $85.8 million expenditures: $102.1 million, including capital expenditures of $28 million (1997)
Capital	none time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)	Saint George's
Climate	hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew	tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
Coastline	1,110 km	121 km
Constitution	-	19 December 1973
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Western Sahara former: Spanish Sahara	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Grenada
Currency	-	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Death rate	NA	7.63 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Debt - external	$NA	$196 million (2000) (2000)
Diplomatic representation from the US	none	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
Diplomatic representation in the US	none	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
Disputes - international	Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, whose sovereignty remains unresolved; UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, administered by the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals; several states have extended diplomatic relations to the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" represented by the Polisario Front in exile in Algeria, while others recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara; most of the approximately 102,000 Sahrawi refugees are sheltered in camps in Tindouf, Algeria	none
Economic aid - recipient	$NA	$8.3 million (1995) (1995)
Economy - overview	Western Sahara depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income for the population. The territory lacks sufficient rainfall for sustainable agricultural production, and most of the food for the urban population must be imported. Incomes in Western Sahara are substantially below the Moroccan level. The Moroccan Government controls all trade and other economic activities in Western Sahara. Morocco and the EU signed a four-year agreement in July 2006 allowing European vessels to fish off the coast of Morocco, including the disputed waters off the coast of Western Sahara. Moroccan energy interests in 2001 signed contracts to explore for oil off the coast of Western Sahara, which has angered the Polisario. However, in 2006 the Polisario awarded similar exploration licenses in the disputed territory, which would come into force if Morocco and the Polisario resolve their dispute over Western Sahara.	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.
Electricity - consumption	79.05 million kWh (2005)	102.3 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2005)	0 kWh (2000)
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2005)	0 kWh (2000)
Electricity - production	85 million kWh (2005)	110 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - production by source	-	fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2000)
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Sebjet Tah -55 m highest point: unnamed location 463 m	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
Environment - current issues	sparse water and lack of arable land	NA
Environment - international agreements	party to: none of the selected agreements signed, but not ratified: none of the selected 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	Arab, Berber	black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5% , and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Exchange rates	Moroccan dirhams per US dollar - 8.2827 (2007), 8.7722 (2006), 8.865 (2005), 8.868 (2004), 9.5744 (2003)	East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
Executive branch	none	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
Exports	0 bbl/day (2004)	$78 million (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities	phosphates 62%	bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace
Exports - partners	Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts (2006)	Caricom 32.3%, UK 20%, US 13%, Netherlands 8.8% (1991)
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
GDP	-	purchasing power parity - $424 million (2001 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: 40%	agriculture: 8% industry: 24% services: 68% (2000) (2000)
GDP - per capita	-	purchasing power parity - $4,750 (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	NA%	6.5% (2001 est.)
Geographic coordinates	24 30 N, 13 00 W	12 07 N, 61 40 W
Geography - note	the waters off the coast are particularly rich fishing areas	the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
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%	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Illicit drugs	-	small-scale cannabis cultivation; lesser transshipment point for marijuana and cocaine to US
Imports	1,698 bbl/day (2004)	$270 million (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities	fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs	food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel (1989)
Imports - partners	Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts (2006)	US 31.2%, Caricom 23.6%, UK 13.8%, Japan 7.1% (1991)
Independence	-	7 February 1974 (from UK)
Industrial production growth rate	NA%	0.7% (1997 est.)
Industries	phosphate mining, handicrafts	food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction
Infant mortality rate	total: NA male: NA female: NA	14.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	NA%	2.8% (2001 est.)
International organization participation	none	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
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	-	14 (2000)
Irrigated land	NA	NA sq km
Judicial branch	-	West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associate judge resides in Grenada)
Labor force	12,000	42,300 (1996) (1996)
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture: 50% industry and services: 50%	services 62%, agriculture 24%, industry 14% (1999 est.)
Land boundaries	total: 2,046 km border countries: Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0.02% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.98% (2005)	arable land: 5.88% permanent crops: 26.47% other: 67.65% (1998 est.)
Languages	Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic	English (official), French patois
Legal system	-	based on English common law
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: NA male: NA female: NA	total population: 64.52 years male: 62.74 years female: 66.31 years (2002 est.)
Literacy	NA	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1970 est.)
Location	Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Map references	Africa	Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims	contingent upon resolution of sovereignty issue	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Merchant marine	-	none (2002 est.)
Military branches	-	Royal Grenada Police Force, Coast Guard
Military expenditures - dollar figure	-	$NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	-	NA%
National holiday	-	Independence Day, 7 February (1974)
Nationality	noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s) adjective: Sahrawi, Sahrawian, Sahraouian	noun: Grenadian(s) adjective: Grenadian
Natural hazards	hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind can occur during winter and spring; widespread harmattan haze exists 60% of time, often severely restricting visibility	lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November
Natural resources	phosphates, iron ore	timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors
Net migration rate	-	-15.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 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	none	NA
Population	382,617 note: estimate is based on projections by age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration; fertility and mortality are based on data from neighboring countries (July 2007 est.)	89,211 (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA%	NA%
Population growth rate	NA	0.02% (2002 est.)
Ports and harbors	-	Grenville, Saint George's
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 2, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios	-	57,000 (1997)
Railways	-	0 km
Religions	Muslim	Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2%
Sex ratio	NA	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.)
Suffrage	none; a UN-sponsored voter identification campaign not yet completed	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	general assessment: sparse and limited system domestic: NA international: country code - 212; tied into Morocco's system by microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) linked to Rabat, Morocco	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
Telephones - main lines in use	about 2,000 (1999 est.)	27,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular	0 (1999)	976 (1997)
Television broadcast stations	NA	2 (1997)
Terrain	mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast	volcanic in origin with central mountains
Total fertility rate	NA	2.5 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate	NA%	11.5% (1999) (1999)
Waterways	-	none

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