Table 1: Average Indicators for Dependent versus Independent Caribbean Islands*

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Indicator Dependent Independent

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Area (km²) 1,232 9,936

Population (000) 451 1,764

Population Density (km²) 323 195

Per Capita GDP ($US) 11,214 5,898

Migration Rate 4.5 -9.0

Unemployment Rate 11.1 22.4

Visitor Spending Per Capita 4,727 1,390

External Debt Per Capita 2,055 1,030

Life Expectancy 75.7 69.4

Infant Mortality 12.3 27.0

Crude Birth Rate 16.0 22.1

Crude Death Rate 6.3 7.0

Rate of Natural Increase 9.7 15.1

Adult Literacy 94.6 86.3

Telephones/1,000 Pop. 364 126

Radios/1,000 Pop. 600 765

TVs/1,000 Pop. 361 208

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SOURCES: Calculated from raw data in Compendium of Tourism Statistics (1997)¹⁶ and CIA World Fact Book (1997).¹⁷

*DTs include Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Caymans, Curacao, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Turks/Caicos and U.S. Virgin Islands; Independents include Antigua/Barbuda, Bahamas, Dominica, Dominican R., Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Trinidad/Tobago.

Table 2: Average Indicators for Dependent versus Independent Pacific Islands*

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Indicator Dependent Independent

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Area (km²) 2,630 58,471

Population (000) 94 702

Population Density (km²) 443 110

Per Capita GDP ($US) 6,148 3,218

Migration Rate 0.9 -1.85

Visitor Spending Per Capita 3,125 146

External Debt Per Capita 5,882 1,607

Life Expectancy 69 63.9

Infant Mortality 23.8 41.0

Crude Birth Rate 27.1 29.6

Crude Death Rate 5.3 7.4

Rate of Natural Increase 21.8 22.2

Adult Literacy 89.6 85.3

Telephones/1,000 Pop. 156 25

Radios/1,000 Pop. 363 337

TVs/1,000 Pop. 180 10

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SOURCES: Calculated from raw data in Compendium of Tourism Statistics (1997)¹⁶ and CIA World Fact Book (1997).¹⁷

*DTs include American Samoa, Cook Islands, Micronesia, French Polynesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Northern Marianas, Palau and Wallis/Fortuna; Independents include Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa.