What every visitor should know about Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
- Money
- The currency is the East Caribbean dollar (ECD).
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Kingstown
- Tap water
- Not recommended. Water is usually drinkable in large cities, but quality is uneven.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 104,574
- Language
- English, French patois
- Ethnicity
- Black 66%, mixed 19%, East Indian 6%, European 4%, Carib Amerindian 2%, other 3%
Economy
- GDP
- US$9,200 (per capita)