Cotton, potatoes, sweet potatoes, banana, and mostly sugar, blessed by the island’s fertile lands.
Birth rate: 23,0Mortality: 10,8 Mortality rate (for every 1,000 live births): 22,2. Life expectancy: 72 years
On this small Caribbean island, an industry based upon agricultural and foodstuff production, as well as the linked to the making and mounting of electronic parts, is now developing, let alone the textile, brewing, transportation and electric industries.
In 1999, the gross national product peaked 156 million dollars, leading to an average income growth of 3,960 dollars per person.
Agriculture is the island nation’s main economic activity, though tourism is clearly on the rise. Sugar and molasses are the main produce. Coconuts, fruits and vegetables are also grown.
