St Vincent and the Grenadines
 Key facts
POPULATION (Census 2001): 109,022
AREA: 389 sq km
CAPITAL: Kingstown
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION TO GDP: 0.6%
CURRENCY: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
HEAD OF STATE: HM Queen Elizabeth II
GOVERNOR-GENERAL: Sir Frederick Ballantyne
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM: unicameral
STATE STRUCTURE: unitary
LANGUAGES: English (official) Bhojpuri, Vincentian Patois, Portuguese (recognised)
NATIONAL ELECTIONS: last: 2010; turnout: 62.3%; next: 2015
LOCAL ELECTIONS: There is no elected local government
Summary
St Vincent and the Grenadines is a democratic constitutional monarchy with no local government. There is no constitutional provision for local government and local administration is governed by the Local Government Act 1981.
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