Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 208
Oil - consumption:
5,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 165
Oil - exports:
219 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 130
Oil - imports:
4,690 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 159
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 204
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 207
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 209
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 203
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 205
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 205
Current account balance:
-$211 million (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 90
Exports:
$84.3 million (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 197
Exports - commodities:
petroleum products, bedding, handicrafts, electronic components, transport equipment, food and live animals
Imports:
$522.8 million (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 188
Imports - commodities:
food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil
Debt - external:
$359.8 million (June 2006) country comparison to the world: 166
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar - 2.7 (2007), 2.7 (2006), 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003)
note: fixed rate since 1976
Communications ::Antigua and Barbuda
Telephones - main lines in use:
37,400 (2009) country comparison to the world: 172
Telephones - mobile cellular:
134,900 (2009) country comparison to the world: 178
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: good automatic telephone system
international: country code - 1–268; landing points for the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) and the Global Caribbean Network (GCN) submarine cable systems with links to other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad; satellite earth stations - 2; tropospheric scatter to Saba (Netherlands) and Guadeloupe (France) (2007)
Broadcast media:
state-controlled Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service (ABS) operates 1 TV station; multi-channel cable TV subscription services are available; 1 radio station operated by ABS; roughly 15 radio stations, some broadcasting on multiple frequencies (2007)
Internet country code:
.ag
Internet hosts:
9,795 (2010) country comparison to the world: 122
Internet users:
65,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 171
Transportation ::Antigua and Barbuda
Airports:
3 (2010) country comparison to the world: 194
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2010)
Roadways:
total: 1,165 km country comparison to the world: 181 paved: 384 km
unpaved: 781 km (2002)
Merchant marine:
total: 1,219 country comparison to the world: 9 by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 53, cargo 703, carrier 6, chemical tanker 4, container 412, liquefied gas 12, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 16, vehicle carrier 2
foreign-owned: 1,186 (Albania 1, Colombia 1, Denmark 20, Estonia 20,
Germany 1050, Greece 5, Iceland 9, Isle of Man 2, Latvia 16,
Lithuania 4, Mexico 2, Netherlands 18, Norway 9, NZ 2, Poland 2,
Russia 3, Slovenia 1, Sweden 1, Switzerland 7, Turkey 7, US 6) (2010)
Ports and terminals:
Saint John's
Military ::Antigua and Barbuda
Military branches:
Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (including Antigua and
Barbuda Coast Guard) (2010)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2010)
Manpower available for military service:
