Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Prime minister: Denzil Douglas
Population
2,889,187
50,726
Life Expectancy
73.430 years
74.840 years
Capital City
Kingston
Largest city
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Basseterre (population: 12,920)
Human Development Index
0.771
0.83
GDP per capita
$9,100 US
Literacy Rate
87.9%
97.8%
Corruption Perception Index
3.1
NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%
6.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
Death Penalty
Legal
Legal
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
6 August 1962 (from UK)
Religions
Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)
