Grenada

Location

Saint George's
Guinea-Bissau
12° 0' 0" N, 61° 46' 59.88" W
Capital City: 
Saint George's
Languages: 
English
Category: Social
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education 87.90000000000001 91 99 86.8 86.5 78.7 MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 13.3 13.3 UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) World Bank
Category: Land
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha) 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 FAO
Forest area (sq km) 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 World Bank
Forest area (% of land area) 12.06 12.06 12.06 12.06 12.06 12.06 12.06 12.06 World Bank
Category: Tourism
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
International tourism receipts (% of total exports) 93 83 91 104 83 71 93 Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.
Category: Demographics
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Country population 101,208 101,402 101,634 101,903 102,194 102,500 102,823 103,169 103,538 103,930 World Bank
Population annual growth 0.121606 0.191501 0.228531 0.264326 0.285159 0.298983 0.314626 0.335936 0.357027 0.37789 World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) World Bank
Category: Indices
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
HDI - Human Development Index UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).
Category: Economy
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) 5,920 5,680 5,820 6,450 5,960 7,580 7,650 8,070 8,320 7,710 World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI 4.4 3.11 2.81 2.71 4.12 11.61 5.96 4.0099999999999998 5.49 UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Workers remittances (current US$) 22,000,000 22,000,000 23,000,000 23,000,000 72,192,000 51,567,000 53,941,000 55,416,000 64,000,000 UN Data
Category: Energy
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Electric power consumption (kWh) World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent) World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) World Bank
Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC) 205 220 216 220 216 235 242 242 MDG Database (CDIAC Data)
Category: Freshwater
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Improved water source (% of population with access) 94 95 95 World Bank
Category: Biodiversity
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies: 
Title Programme Name Programme Description Year
PRSP - Grenada Grenada: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—Preparation Status Report Strategy Description 2008
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Grenada First national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Strategy Description 2000
NBSAP - Grenada Fourth National Report of Grenada to the CBD Strategy Description 2009
NSDS - Grenada
20 Apr 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
17 April 2012: The Caribbean Marine Protected Areas Management Network and Forum (CaMPAM) has announced the launch of a project aimed at supporting learning exchanges among marine protected areas (MPA) staff and fishers from the Dominican Republic, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Cuba, and Antigua and Barbuda, as well as other Caribbean countries. According to CaMPAM, the learning exchanges, set to take place throughout April and May, aim to use manager exchanges as a tool for...
17 Apr 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released the eighth issue of its Climate Change Adaptation Bulletin, a quarterly publication that provides an overview of UNDP-the Global Environment Facility (GEF) support to countries to affect policy and institutional change for climate change adaptation at the national, sub-national and community-levels. This issue focuses on adaptation projects in Africa, as well as an announcement of Germany’s support to adaptation initiatives in Grenada...
11 Apr 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2012: The 14th issue of the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency, Information and Training Center for the Wider Caribbean’s (RAC/REMPEITC) quarterly newsletter, titled ”Caribe,” highlights three workshops held in the region to help countries meet their obligations under the 1990 International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response, and Cooperation (OPRC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The first workshop, funded by IMO and the International...
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