President: Dr Nicholas Liverpool Prime minister: Roosevelt Skerrit
President: Karolos Papoulias
Population
73,126
10,767,827
Life Expectancy
76.180 years
80.050 years
Capital City
Athens
Largest city
Roseau (population: 16,571)
Athens (population: 729,137)
Human Development Index
0.797
0.947
GDP per capita
$26,600 US
Literacy Rate
94%
96%
Corruption Perception Index
6
4.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.4%
14.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
Unemployment Rate
17.300%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary democracy
parliamentary republic
Independence date
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
Religions
Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Languages
English (official), French patois
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
Exports
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
External Debt
$583,300,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
4.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
4
Location
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
Area
751 km sq
131,957 km sq
Coastline
148 km
13,676 km
Climate
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
