cooperation among developing nations; to act as the most widely spoken Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1970) total population: 75.75 years male: 74.48 years female: 78.81 years (1993 est.) Death rate: NA deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.62 years male: 66.63 years female: 75 years (1993 est.) Birth rate: 28.63 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP (1990 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 18% (1990); accounts for 18% of GDP Electricity: 10,000,000 kW capacity; 12 million kWh produced, 420 kWh per capita (1991) Industries: mining of cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), tin, cement, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold mining and quarrying 14.8%, agriculture 10.9%, other 56.2% (1985 est.) by occupation: industry and transport equipment 17% partners: OECS 26%, Barbados 15%, Guyana 4%, Trinidad and
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