Gross National Product (GNP): US$230m

Exchange rates against the US$ over the last year: 2.67 Eastern Caribbean dollars (2.7)

SCORE CARD

World GNP ranking: 181st GNP per capita: US$3200 Balance of payments: –US$49m Inflation: 0.2% Unemployment: 20%

Strengths

Bananas, though this sector has declined since the loss of EU preferential access. Growing services sector and "eco-tourism." IMF standby credit approved in 2002.

Weaknesses

Dependence on US and EU markets for its banana crop; access threatened by WTO ruling. Low productivity in public sector. Poor infrastructure.

EXPORTS

IMPORTS

From "The Financial Times World Desk Reference" © Dorling Kindersley 2004