Grenada relies on tourism and revenue generated by St. George’s University - a private university offering degrees in medicine, veterinary medicine, public health, the health sciences, nursing, arts and sciences, and business - as its main source of foreign exchange. In the past two years the country expanded its sources of revenue, including from selling passports under its citizenship by investment program. These projects produced a resurgence in the construction and manufacturing sectors of the economy.
In 2017, Grenada experienced its fifth consecutive year of growth and the government successfully marked the completion of its five-year structural adjustment program that included among other things austerity measures, increased tax revenue and debt restructuring. Public debt-to-GDP was reduced from 100% of GDP in 2013 to 71.8% in 2017.
5.1% (2017 est.)
3.7% (2016 est.)
6.4% (2015 est.)
0.9% (2017 est.)
1.7% (2016 est.)
Standard & Poors rating: SD (2013)
$1.908 billion (2019 est.)
$1.872 billion (2018 est.)
$1.798 billion (2017 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
$1.119 billion (2017 est.)
$17,039 (2019 est.)
$16,801 (2018 est.)
$16,218 (2017 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
11.7% of GDP (2017 est.)
17% of GDP (2016 est.)
13.9% of GDP (2015 est.)
agriculture: 6.8% (2017 est.)
industry: 15.5% (2017 est.)
services: 77.7% (2017 est.)
household consumption: 63% (2017 est.)
government consumption: 12% (2017 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 20% (2017 est.)
investment in inventories: -0.1% (2017 est.)
exports of goods and services: 60% (2017 est.)
imports of goods and services: -55% (2017 est.)
Overall score: 53.4 (2020)
Starting a Business score: 88 (2020)
Trading score: 61.5 (2020)
Enforcement score: 59.3 (2020)
bananas, watermelons, sweet potatoes, sugar cane, tomatoes, plantains, coconuts, melons, cucumbers, cabbages
food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction, education, call-center operations
10% (2017 est.)
55,270 (2017 est.)
agriculture: 11%
industry: 20%
services: 69% (2008 est.)
24% (2017 est.)
28.2% (2016 est.)
38% (2008 est.)
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
revenues: 288.4 million (2017 est.)
expenditures: 252.3 million (2017 est.)
25.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
3.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
70.4% of GDP (2017 est.)
82% of GDP (2016 est.)
calendar year
-$77 million (2017 est.)
-$34 million (2016 est.)
$39.9 million (2017 est.)
$44.2 million (2016 est.)
United States 40%, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7%, Saint Lucia 7%, France 6%, Netherlands 5%, Germany 5%, Ireland 5%, Antigua and Barbuda 5% (2019)
fish, nutmeg, cocoa beans, fruits, wheat, toilet paper (2019)
$316 million (2017 est.)
$314.7 million (2016 est.)
United States 35%, Canada 24%, China 5% (2019)
aircraft, poultry meat, cars, refined petroleum, food preparation materials (2019)
$199.1 million (31 December 2017 est.)
$198 million (31 December 2015 est.)
$793.5 million (2017 est.)
$682.3 million (2016 est.)
East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar -
2.7 (2017 est.)
2.7 (2016 est.)
2.7 (2015 est.)
2.7 (2014 est.)
2.7 (2013 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Grenada on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Grenada 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Grenada 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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