STATISTICS

Saint Kitts and NevisRegion CaribbeanCurrency E.C. Dollar (XCD)Surface area (square kilometres) 261Population in 2012 (estimated, 000) 54Population density in 2012 (per square kilometre) 205.3Capital city and population in 2011 (000) Basseterre (13)United Nations membership date 23 September 1983Economic indicators 2005 2010 2012GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$) 546 717 765GDP: Growth rate at constant 2005 prices (annual %) 9.9 –2.4 0.0GDP per capita (current US$) 11 108.7 13 695.5 14 267.5GNI: Gross national income per capita (current US$) 10 393.6 13 138.0 13 776.7Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) 42.0 33.0 26.5Exchange rates (national currency per US$) a 2.70 2.70 2.70Balance of payments, current account (million US$) –65 –139 –71CPI: Consumer price index (2000=100) b 111 136 145 cdAgricultural production index (2004-2006=100) 91 34 38Food production index (2004-2006=100) 91 34 38Tourist arrivals at national borders (000) e 141 98 104Mobile-cellular subscriptions (per 100 inhabitants) 103.7 f 152.7 156.4 gIndividuals using the Internet (%) g 34.0 76.0 79.4Total trade Major trading partners 2012(million US$) c (% of exports) c (% of imports) cExports 44.9 United States 81.7 United States 67.3Imports 246.7 Antigua and Barbuda 3.1 Trinidad and Tobago 6.3Balance –201.8 Trinidad and Tobago 2.7 United Kingdom 4.1Social indicatorsPopulation growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 1.1Urban population growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 1.4Rural population growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 1.1Urban population (%) 2013 32.1Life expectancy at birth (females and males, years) h 2010-2015 70.7/68.2 iContraceptive prevalence (ages 15-49, %) j 2006-2012 40.6 kInternational migrant stock (000 and % of total population) mid-2013 5.7/10.5Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR mid-2013 1Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP) 2006-2012 4.2Education: Primary-secondary gross enrolment ratio (f/m per 100) 2006-2012 85.3/83.0Education: Female third-level students (% of total) 2006-2012 67.3Seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 2014 6.7Environmental indicatorsThreatened species 2013 42Forested area (% of land area) 2011 42.3CO 2 emission estimates (000 metric tons and metric tons per capita) 2010 249/4.7Energy consumption per capita (kilograms oil equivalent) 2010 1 573.0 la Official rate. b Index base 2001=100. c 2011. d Series linked to former series. e Air arrivals of nonresidenttourists. f December. g ITU estimate. h Data compiled by the United Nations DemographicYearbook system. i 1998. j Age group 15 to 44 years. k 1984. l UNSD estimate.166 World Statistics Pocketbook