|
Geographics
| Location |
Carribean |
| Capital |
St.
John's |
| Type
of Government |
Parliamentary
democracy |
| Total
Area |
440
sq. km |
| Coastline |
153
km |
Economy
| GDP |
$400
million |
| GDP
Growth |
n/a |
| GDP
per Capita |
$6,000
(1993 est.) |
| Economy
by Sectors: |
| -
Agriculture (cotton, fruits,
vegetables, livestock, bananas, coconuts, cucumbers, mangoes,
sugarcane ) |
5% |
| -
Industry (construction,
light manufacturing: clothing, alcohol, household appliances ) |
n/a% |
| -
Services (tourism ) |
n/a%
|
Contact
Information
| AOSIS
(Alliance of Small Island States): |
Permanent
Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations
610 Fifth Avenue, Suite 31
New York, N.Y. 10020
Telephone: 541-4117, Telefax: 757-1607 |
| Contact
in Antigua and Barbuda : |
Brian
Challenger
Project Coordinator
Climate Change Enabling Activity
C/o Office of the Prime Minister
St. Johns
Antigua & Barbuda |
|
Demographics
| Population |
67,500 |
| Population
Growth |
0.68% |
| Labor
Force |
30,000 |
| Life
Expectancy at Birth |
73.4
years |
| Literacy |
89% |
Foreign
Trade
| Exports
(f.o.b.) |
$54.7
million (1992) |
| Commodities: |
| petroleum
products (48%), manufactures (23%), food and live animals (4%),
machinery and transport equipment (17%) |
| Partners: |
| OECS
(26%), Barbados (15%), Guyana (4%), Trinidad and Tobago (2%),
US (0.3%) |
| Imports
(f.o.b.) |
$260.9
(1992) |
| Commodities: |
| food
and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures,
chemicals, oil |
| Partners: |
| US
(27%), UK (16%), Canada (4%), OECS (3%), other (50%) |
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