<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Grenada<nl>Economy</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Overview:</hi> The economy is essentially agricultural and centers on the traditional production of spices and tropical plants. Agriculture accounts for about 15% of GDP and 80% of exports and employs 24% of the labor force. Tourism is the leading foreign exchange earner, followed by agricultural exports. Manufacturing remains relatively undeveloped, but is expected to grow, given a more favorable private investment climate since 1983. The economy achieved an impressive average annual growth rate of 5.5% in 1986-91 but stalled in 1992. Unemployment remains high at about 25%.
<item><hi format=bold>National product:</hi> GDP—purchasing power equivalent—$250 million (1992 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>National product real growth rate:</hi> -0.4% (1992 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>National product per capita:</hi> $3,000 (1992 est.)
<item>• <hi format=ital>partners:</hi> US 29%, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Canada (1989)
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<item><hi format=bold>External debt:</hi> $109 million (1992)
<item><hi format=bold>Industrial production:</hi> growth rate 1.8% (1992 est.); accounts for 9% of GDP
<item><hi format=bold>Electricity:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>capacity:</hi> 12,500 kW
<item>• <hi format=ital>production:</hi> 26 million kWh
<item>• <hi format=ital>consumption per capita:</hi> 310 kWh (1992)
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<item><hi format=bold>Industries:</hi> food and beverage, textile, light assembly operations, tourism, construction
<item><hi format=bold>Agriculture:</hi> accounts for 15% of GDP and 80% of exports; bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, and mace account for two-thirds of total crop production; world's second-largest producer and fourth-largest exporter of nutmeg and mace; small-size farms predominate, growing a variety of citrus fruits, avocados, root crops, sugarcane, corn, and vegetables
<item><hi format=bold>Economic aid:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>recipient:</hi> US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY84-89), $60 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $70 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $32 million
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<item><hi format=bold>Currency:</hi> 1 EC dollar (EC$)=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> calendar year