_#_Literacy: 98% (male 98%, female 98%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1970)

_#_Labor force: 36,000; services 31%, agriculture 24%, construction 8%, manufacturing 5%, other 32% (1985)

_#_Organized labor: 20% of labor force

_*Government #_Long-form name: none

_#_Type: parliamentary democracy

_#_Capital: Saint George's

_#_Administrative divisions: 6 parishes and 1 dependency*; Carriacou and Little Martinique*, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick

_#_Independence: 7 February 1974 (from UK)

_#_Constitution: 19 December 1973

_#_Legal system: based on English common law