CARICOM CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CCDP)

National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the GrenadinesOver the ten-year period, the Anglican denomination decreased by 36.11 per cent from 29 525 in1991 to 18 864 in 2001 representing the religious denomination with the highest percentagedecrease while the Pentecostal increased by 68.57 per cent, from 11 101 in 1991 to 18 713 in2001, the highest growth recorded in both absolute terms and percentage. The other traditionalreligious denominations all experienced decreases or decline, while the smaller non-traditionalreligious denominations experienced growth.The decreases in the Roman Catholic and the Methodist males were higher compared to thefemales, while, for the Anglican denomination the decrease was higher among the females ascompared to the males. The Pentecostal denomination seemed to have equally attracted malesand females since there was no difference in the increase by sex. However, the Baptist andSeventh Day Adventist denominations both experienced higher increase for the males comparedto the females.Figure 2.1: Major Religious Denominations by IntercensalChange and Sex, 1991/2001% Change70.0060.0050.0040.0030.0020.0010.000.00-10.00-20.00-30.00-40.00-50.00Anglican Baptist Methodist PentecostalRomanCatholicSeventh DayAdventistMale -35.18 4.98 -29.79 68.82 -23.14 25.57Female -37.12 1.74 -27.73 68.36 -19.13 20.08Total -36.11 3.11 -28.79 68.57 -21.20 22.60The percentage of those reported having no affiliation to a religious denomination increasedfrom 4.55 per cent in 1991 to 8.83 per cent in 2001. The number of males with no religiousaffiliation doubled during the intercensal period, while the females increased by 79.77 per cent.21