Source
Central bank

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

International Reserves

USD 0.22 billion (2020)
World Bank, last updated 12/16/2021

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

USD 1.41 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

USD 1.87 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Real GDP growth
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021*
3.1% 7% 4.7% –20% 1%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

USD 14,117.84 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP per capita - PPP

USD 18,801.39 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

0.001% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

 
 
Source
GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 2.1% 
  • industry: 21.7% 
  • services: 65.2%

(2020 estimate)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)

N/A

 

Inflation
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021*
2.4% 1.2% 1.4% 1.1% 1.6%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate
N/A
Household saving rates

N/A

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021*
92.2% 87.7% 81.3% 101.3% 105.2%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021*
–0.1% 0% –1.2% –3.8% –1.1%

*Estimate

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's: N/A

Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)

Market value of publicly traded shares

N/A

Largest companies

N/A

 
 
Source
Current account balance

USD -0.15 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-10.3% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)

43.7% (2020)
World Bank - World Development Indicators (updated Feb 2022)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0.0001% (2020)

 

Shares in world total commercial services export

0.01% (2020)
Compiled by GFMag - Based on World Bank - World Development Indicators

Total exports

USD 600.1 million (2020 estimate)

Export commodities

Ships, refined petroleum, precious/semi-precious metal scraps, rice, corn (2019)

Total imports

USD 756.4 million (2020 estimate)

 
 
Source
Import commodities

Refined petroleum, ships, cars, precious/semi-precious metals, recreational boats (2019)

Exports - major partners

Poland 37%, Suriname 33%, United Arab Emirates 8% (2019)

Imports - major partners

United States 39%, Poland 16%, China 7% (2019)

FDI inflows
2018 2019 2020
USD 116 million USD 139 million USD 22 million
FDI outflows
2018 2019 2020
USD 8.6 million USD 11.3 million USD 9.8 million
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014

N/A

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Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015

N/A

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Best countries for doing business

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking:

Starting a Business: 130 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 117 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 50 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 124 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 165 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 79 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 145 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 112 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 36 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 132 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2020

Global competitiveness ranking

N/A

 

 

 

Index of Economic Freedom

N/A

 
 
Source
Time zone

UTC-4

Total area

443 sq km

Capital

Saint John's

Currency

East Caribbean dollars (XCD)

Government type

Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm

Languages

English (official), Antiguan creole

Religions

Protestant 68.3% (Anglican 17.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.4%, Pentecostal 12.2%, Moravian 8.3%, Methodist 5.6%, Wesleyan Holiness 4.5%, Church of God 4.1%, Baptist 3.6%), Roman Catholic 8.2%, other 12.2%, unspecified 5.5%, none 5.9% (2011 est.)

Total population
1990 2000 2010 2015 2020
0.06 million 0.08 million 0.09 million 0.09 million 0.1 million
 
 
Source
Urban population as % of total population
1960 1980 2000 2020
39.7% 34.6% 32.1% 24.4%
Population median age

32.7 years 

Population growth rate

1.15% (2022 est.)

Life expectancy

76.9 years (2018 estimate)

Literacy

Total population: 99%

Male: 98.4%

Female: 99.4% (2015)

Definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling 

% of population living on less than $3.10 a day

N/A

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

N/A

Freedom House rating

Total score: 85/100

Status: Free

Political Rights: 33/40

Civil Liberties: 52/60 (2022)

Source
Total telephone subscribers as % of population

Fixed: 27.6%

Mobile: 187.9% (2020) (fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

73.0% (2016)

Mercer Cost of living index

N/A

CO2 emissions

5.5 metric tons per capita (2018)

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