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Key data for Antigua and Barbuda

Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, UK, represented by Louisse Lake-Tack (Governor General)
Head of government: Winston Baldwin Spencer (Prime Minister)
Type of state: constitutional monarchy
Land area: 442 km2
Capital: Saint John’s
Population: 89,000 (2012 est.)
Language/s: English
Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Gross domestic product (GDP) 2011 est.: USD 1.3 billion
Change over previous year: +2%
Per capita GDP 2011 est.: USD 16'284
Swiss colony 2011: 54 persons
Swiss exports 2011: CHF 2.1 million
Change over previous year: -25,4%
Swiss imports 2011: CHF 0,1 mio 
Cange over previous year: -50%