Grenada

Location
Saint George's
Guinea-Bissau
12° 0' 0" N, 61° 46' 59.88" W
Capital City:
Saint George's
Languages:
English
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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). |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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:
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 January 2011: The 27th Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council was held on 17 January 2011, at CARICOM headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana.
At the opening, Amb. Lolita Applewhaite, CARICOM Acting Secretary-General, urged the Council of Ministers to seek to “find solutions as an integrated whole” to the challenges faced by the region, pointing to the volatility of tourism and the “troubling inability” of the international community to fulfil their financial pledges to...

10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 February 2011: The 22nd Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in St. George’s, Grenada, on 25-26 February 2011. The Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the meeting includes a section on climate change priorities for the region.
In the Communiqué, CARICOM leaders agree that CARICOM member States would make efforts to ensure adequate and balanced representation by competent CARICOM experts, through the Latin...

10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 February 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)-World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC), together with the World Resources Institute (WRI), the Nature Conservancy, the World Fish Center, the International Coral Reef Action Network and the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, have released a report titled “Reefs at Risk Revisited,” which highlights that 75% of the world’s coral reefs are currently threatened by local and global pressures.
The report, a detailed assessment of threats...

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