_#_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