_#_Literacy: 67% (male 65%, female 69%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1980)

_#_Labor force: 43,800; agriculture 43.4%, services 38.9%, industry and commerce 17.7% (1983 est.)

_#_Organized labor: 20% of labor force

_*Government #_Long-form name: none

_#_Type: parliamentary democracy

_#_Capital: Castries

_#_Administrative divisions: 11 quarters; Anse-la-Raye, Castries, Choiseul, Dauphin, Dennery, Gros-Islet, Laborie, Micoud, Praslin, Soufriere, Vieux-Fort

_#_Independence: 22 February 1979 (from UK)

_#_Constitution: 22 February 1979

_#_Legal system: based on English common law