There are some narrow strips of fertile soils, yet the biggest chunk of the lands are reserved for grazing and salt-mining.
Population Density: 696 inhabitants per square kilometerBirth rate: 16%. (1999) Mortality rate: 9%. (1999)Shared income: $6,370 (1999)Illiteracy rate: 98%Daily calories intake per person: 3,217
In 1992, the legislative assembly entrusted Governor Bryan Canty with granting licenses to foreign companies in an effort to get a tighter handle on them. In the March 1994 legislative elections, Hubert Hughes, of Anguila’s United Party, came out a winner. In November, the recently elected assembly passed a new piece of legislation aimed at regulating foreign companies and trusts doing business on the island nation, including some provisions on fraud and racketeering. In 1995, the automation of the private firms register was completed in a effort to ease operations all around the globe, 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.
Revenues reaped from stock breeding, salt, lobsters, arch-building and remittances sent by immigrants, especially those living in the U.S., were sent to the back burner by the income money generated by building, tourism and international financial services. Salt mines still play a dominant role in the nation’s economy.
Fishing is one major economic activity for this small island nation. The country’s lobster catch is exported to the neighboring islands and to the U.S. An ever-growing tourist sector is also worth mentioning.
Back in the 1980s, tourism construction industry pushed unemployment from 26% down to a meager 1%. However, this boost came to a halt in the 90s and the U.S. recession made a dent in the flow of tourists.
The country is outfitted with 279 kilometers of roads, and 253 kilometers of paved ways out of that grand total. There are three airports, one air field in Wallblake and two ports: Blowing Point and Road Bay
