_#_Flag: divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a broad black
band bearing two white five-pointed stars; the black band is edged in
yellow; the upper triangle is green, the lower triangle is red
_*_Economy
_#_Overview: The economy has historically depended on the growing and
processing of sugarcane and on remittances from overseas workers. In
recent years, tourism and export-oriented manufacturing have assumed
larger roles.
_#_GDP: $97.5 million, per capita $2,400; real growth rate 4.6%
(1988)
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% (1989)
_#_Unemployment rate: 15% (1989)
_#_Budget: revenues $38.1 million; expenditures $68.1 million,
including capital expenditures of $31.5 million (1991)
_#_Exports: $32.8 million (f.o.b., 1989);
commodities--sugar, clothing, electronics, postage stamps;
partners--US 53%, UK 22%, Trinidad and Tobago 5%, OECS 5% (1988)
_#_Imports: $89.6 million (f.o.b., 1989);
commodities--foodstuffs, intermediate manufactures, machinery,
fuels;
partners--US 36%, UK 17%, Trinidad and Tobago 6%, Canada 3%,
Japan 3%, OECS 4% (1988)
_#_External debt: $26.4 million (1988)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate 11.8% (1988 est.); accounts
for 17% of GDP
_#_Electricity: 15,800 kW capacity; 45 million kWh produced,
1,120 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: sugar processing, tourism, cotton, salt, copra,
clothing, footwear, beverages
_#_Agriculture: accounts for 10% of GDP; cash crop--sugarcane;
subsistence crops--rice, yams, vegetables, bananas; fishing potential not
fully exploited; most food imported
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY85-88), $10.7
million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-88), $57 million
_#_Currency: East Caribbean dollar (plural--dollars);
1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents
_#_Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1--2.70 (fixed
rate since 1976)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*_Communications
_#_Railroads: 58 km 0.760-meter narrow gauge on Saint Kitts for
sugarcane
_#_Highways: 300 km total; 125 km paved, 125 km otherwise improved,
50 km unimproved earth
_#_Ports: Basseterre (Saint Kitts), Charlestown (Nevis)
_#_Civil air: no major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 2 total, 2 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways;
none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
none with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: good interisland VHF/UHF/SHF radio connections
and international link via Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Martin;
2,400 telephones; stations--2 AM, no FM, 4 TV
_*_Defense Forces
_#_Branches: Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force, Coast Guard
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 38,090; NA fit for military
service
_#_Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP
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_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 620 km2; land area: 610 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of
Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 158 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 24 nm;
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;