According to businesscarriers, the economy of Grenada is based on the service sector and agriculture, which are also the main sources of foreign exchange earnings. The share of agriculture in GDP is 7.5%, industry – 8.5%, construction – 8.5%, energy and water supply – 5.8%, transport and communications – 23.8%, other services – 46% (2002 […]
Category: Caribbean
Economy of Dominican Republic
According to businesscarriers, the Dominican Republic is an agro-industrial country with a rapidly growing economy. In terms of economic growth, it occupies one of the first places in Latin America. The volume of GDP is 21.4 billion US dollars (2002). The growth rate in 2002 was 4.1%. GDP per capita $2,386. The share of the […]
Economy of Dominica
The volume of GDP in 2002 amounted to 254.4 million US dollars, per capita – 3543 dollars. Annual GDP growth in the 1990s. 2.5%, in 2001 there was a drop of 4.2%, in 2002 – by 4.7%. The annual inflation rate in 1990-2000 was 1.8%. Unemployment, according to official data for 1999, is 16%; according […]
Economy of Cuba
The disorganization and then the collapse of the decades-old system of foreign economic relations with the USSR and the countries of Eastern Europe led to the fact that at the beginning. 1990s Cuba’s economy was in a protracted crisis. Between 1989 and 1993, Cuba’s GDP shrank by 34.8%. The decline in the country’s purchasing power […]
Economy of Costa Rica
According to businesscarriers, the country’s economy compares favorably with the economic structures of other Central American countries with a relatively high share of the industrial sector, including the production of electronic components of computers, light industry enterprises, processing of crop products, animal husbandry, tropical agriculture, and fishing. Tourism plays an important role in the economy. […]
Economy of Belize
According to businesscarriers, GDP in current prices in 2001 was 883.3 million, per capita – 3330 US dollars. The average annual growth rate of the economy in 1999-2002 reached 6.6%. Inflation in 1997-2002 decreased from 6.4% to 2.3% per year. The number of employed exceeded 90 thousand people, the unemployment rate for 1998-2002 decreased from […]
Economy of Barbados
According to businesscarriers, the GDP of Barbados in 2002 was 2.5 billion, per capita – 9.3 thousand US dollars. The average annual growth of the economy for 1993-2000 was 3%, in 2001 the GDP fell by 2.6%, in 2002 by 0.4%. Inflation 0.2% (2002). The number of people employed in the national economy for 1992-2002 […]
Economy of Bahamas
According to businesscarriers, GDP in current prices in 2002 amounted to 5.1 billion, per capita – 16.1 thousand US dollars. GDP in the 1990s increased by 40%, in 2001 there was a fall of 2.0%, and in 2002 an increase of 0.7%. The annual inflation rate was 1.2% in 1996/2000, increased to 2.0% in 2002. […]
Economy of Antigua and Barbuda
According to businesscarriers, GDP at current prices in 2002 amounted to 710 million, per capita – St. 10 thousand US dollars. GDP growth in 1990-2000 was 2.8% per year, in 2002 – 2.7%. Inflation dropped from 4% in 1985-94 to 1% in 2002. St. 30 thousand people, of which 12 thousand are in the public […]
Antigua and Barbuda Brief Information
Antigua and Barbuda is an island nation located on the three islands of Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda (uninhabited) in the heart of the Lesser Antilles. Known for its rainforests, serene bays, white sand beaches, crystal clear waters, amazing underwater world. Christopher Columbus landed on the islands in 1493 and named “Sant Maria de la Antigua” […]