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2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
0.2% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 2.0% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
-1.7% | -0.2% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 1.4% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
79.4% | 82.4% | 73.5% | 74.5% | 72.0% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
-2.1% | 1.1% | -0.5% | -2.0% | -1.7% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: B3
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
-12.2 % (2018 estimate)
35.2% (2017)
0.0003% (2018)
0.005% (2018)
Bananas, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch; tennis racquets
Foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels
Jordan 40.7%, France 12.5%, Barbados 7%, St. Lucia 6.8%, Antigua and Barbuda 5.7%, US 5.5%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.7% (2017)
US 36.8%, Trinidad and Tobago 19.1%, UK 7%, China 5.8% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 153 million | USD 98 million | USD 100 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD -9.3 million | USD -4.6 million | USD -4.8 million |
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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: 130 out of 190 countries (2019)
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 93 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 51 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 105 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 168 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 165 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 79 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 100 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 81 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 61 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 168 out of 190 countries
Ranking: 55 / Score: 65.8 (Moderately free) (2019)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Parliamentary democracy (House of Assembly) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Protestant 75% (Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%), Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
0.106 million | 0.106 million | 0.109 million | 0.11 million | 0.111 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
26% | 36% | 45% | 51% |
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 22.73% Mobile 103.65% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)