<text id=94CT0051><title>Antigua and Barbuda—Economy</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Antigua and Barbuda<nl>Economy</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Overview:</hi> The economy is primarily service oriented, with tourism the most important determinant of economic performance. During the period 1986-91, real GDP expanded at an annual average rate of about 6%. Tourism makes a direct contribution to GDP of about 13% and also affects growth in other sectors—particularly in construction, communications, and public utilities. In 1992, reduced government capital spending and private sector investment, dampened by recession in the major world economies, slowed economic growth.
<item><hi format=bold>National product:</hi> GDP—exchange rate conversion—$368.5 million (1993 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>National product real growth rate:</hi> NA
<item><hi format=bold>National product per capita:</hi> $5,800 (1993 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Agriculture:</hi> accounts for 4% of GDP; expanding output of cotton, fruits, vegetables, and livestock; other crops—bananas, coconuts, cucumbers, mangoes, sugarcane; not self-sufficient in food
<item><hi format=bold>Economic aid:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>recipient:</hi> US commitments (1985-88), $10 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $50 million
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<item><hi format=bold>Currency:</hi> 1 EC dollar (EC$)=100 cents
<item><hi format=bold>Exchange rates:</hi> East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1—2.70 (fixed rate since 1976)
<item><hi format=bold>Fiscal year:</hi> 1 April–31 March