Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 230V, 60Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Antigua and Barbuda
- +1.268
Mobile phones
- GSM Band
- 1900
What every visitor should know about Antigua and Barbuda:
- Money
- The currency is the East Caribbean dollar (ECD).
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)
- Capital
- Saint John's
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
Antigua and Barbuda facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 85,632
- Language
- English (official), local dialects
- Ethnicity
- Black 91%, mixed 4.4%, white 1.7%, other 2.9%
Economy
- GDP
- US$19,100 (per capita)