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Saint Kitts and Nevis Economy 2013
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SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
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Page last updated on February 5, 2013

Economy - overview:
The economy of Saint Kitts and Nevis depends on tourism; since the 1970s tourism has replaced sugar as the traditional mainstay of the economy. Following the 2005 harvest, the government closed the sugar industry, after several decades of losses. To compensate for lost jobs, the government has embarked on a program to diversify the agricultural sector and to stimulate other sectors of the economy, such as export-oriented manufacturing and offshore banking. Roughly 200,000 tourists visited the islands in 2009, but reduced tourism arrivals and foreign investment led to an economic contraction in 2009-2012, and the economy has not yet returned to growth. Like other tourist destinations in the Caribbean, St. Kitts and Nevis is vulnerable to damage from natural disasters and shifts in tourism demand. Furthermore, the government is constrained by one of the world's highest public debt burdens - equivalent to roughly 140% of GDP in 2012 - largely attributable to public enterprise losses.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$890 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 207

$889.2 million (2011 est.)
$908.2 million (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
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GDP (official exchange rate):
$738 million (2012 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
0% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 187

-2% (2011 est.)
-2.7% (2010 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
$15,500 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81

$15,800 (2011 est.)
$16,500 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
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GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 1.5%
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industry: 16.4%
services: 82.1% (2012 est.)

Labor force:
18,170 (June 1995)
country comparison to the world: 210
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Unemployment rate:
4.5% (1997)
country comparison to the world: 46
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Population below poverty line:
NA%
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
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highest 10%: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $185.2 million
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expenditures: $222.2 million (2012 est.)

Taxes and other revenues:
25.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
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Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
-5% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 155
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Public debt:
144% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 4

154% of GDP (2011 est.)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.7% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7

9.8% (2011 est.)
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Central bank discount rate:
6.5% (31 December 2009)
country comparison to the world: 56

6.5% (31 December 2008)
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Commercial bank prime lending rate:
9% (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98

9.2% (31 December 2011 est.)
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Stock of narrow money:
$317.5 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 172

$275.6 million (31 December 2010 est.)
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Stock of broad money:
$964.1 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 170

$879.1 million (31 December 2010 est.)
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Stock of domestic credit:
$963 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158

$860 million (31 December 2011 est.)
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Market value of publicly traded shares:
$598.4 million (31 December 2011)
country comparison to the world: 110

$623.9 million (31 December 2010)
$648 million (31 December 2009)
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Agriculture - products:
sugarcane, rice, yams, vegetables, bananas; fish

Industries:
tourism, cotton, salt, copra, clothing, footwear, beverages

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
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Current account balance:
-$133.8 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71

-$133.8 million (2011 est.)
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Exports:
$58.6 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 197

$58.6 million (2011 est.)
[see also: Exports country ranks ]

Exports - commodities:
machinery, food, electronics, beverages, tobacco

Exports - partners:
US 57.7%, Canada 9.8%, Russia 5.2%, Germany 4.2% (2011)

Imports:
$315.7 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 197

$315.7 million (2011 est.)
[see also: Imports country ranks ]

Imports - commodities:
machinery, manufactures, food, fuels

Imports - partners:
Algeria 60.4%, US 14.3%, Trinidad and Tobago 7.8% (2011)

Debt - external:
$189.1 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 185

$199.1 million (31 December 2011 est.)
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]

Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar -

2.7 (2012 est.)
2.7 (2011 est.)
2.7 (2010 est.)
2.7 (2009)

Fiscal year:
calendar year


NOTE: The information regarding Saint Kitts and Nevis on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Saint Kitts and Nevis Economy 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saint Kitts and Nevis Economy 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.


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