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2 0 1 7 New River Estate New River Estate The Department of Statistics Ministry of Finance, Nevis Island Administration The Department of Statistics – NIA The Nevis Statistical Digest 2017 (2012– 2016) Copyright© The Department of Statistics Government Road, Charlestown, Nevis Email: statsnevis@niagov.com Telephone: 1 (869) 469 5521 Ext 2168/2169 Fax: 1 (869) 469 0336 _____________ Disclaimer: While all care has been taken to produce accurate figures based on available data, the Department of Statistics does not accept any liability for any omission from such forecasts nor any loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on the information contained within this publication.
DOS ii The Department of Statistics – NIA M Ission tatement S To prepare meaningful, timely, accurate and reliable data, for purpose of decision making and macro-economic policy formulation; in an effort to stimulate economic development efforts by attracting new industry and investment to Nevis.
V Ision tatement S That the statistics we publish are of the highest quality possible; That the general public will be confident that the information that they provide us with are secure; That the importance of the department will be recognized.
It is evidently equally foolish to accept probable reasoning from a mathematician and to demand from a rhetorician demonstrative proofs – Aristole (1984) DOS iii The Department of Statistics – NIA The Department of Statistics, Statistical Digest, was revised in 2014 in a continual effort to promote awareness and the means whereby its users could access useful information to make meaningful economic decision.
Designed for convenience, the publication provides an annual summary on Nevis’ economic and social trends.

The data collected are grouped by themes to form a total of 13 chapters, as every effort has been made to include detailed descriptions of most of the data presented.

Improvements and revisions are continually made to enhance its value to its users.

This 2017 edition, offers historic and current data on indicators, which identify key facts and figures.
The graphs serve as a quick method to determine trends in a visually appealing way.

The figures are mainly annual totals for calendar months, and the series have been provided for a five- year period 2012 – 2016, with figures for earlier years may be found in previous editions.

Users may download a soft copy of this publication via the Nevis Island Administration’s website (www.nia.gov.kn) for free.

For users with specific data requirements, the Department of Statistics may be able to offer assistance.
The period under review illustrates that the island of Nevis has experienced economic growth with an average of 8% by the end of 2016.

The actual current revenue stood at $139,455,980 or 19.7% increase over the actual current revenue of 2012 at $116,514,870.

By the end of 2013, the unemployment rate stood at 4.0% based on a working population of 8,624.

The estimated population for Nevis for that year was 12,311 which was the calculation used for the Labour Force Survey of 2013.
Except where other copyright is indicated, articles in this publication may be freely reproduced with acknowledgement for the Source.

The Department welcomes your questions and or comments which can be sent to: The Director: Department of Statistics GMC Building, Government Road Charlestown, Nevis.
DOS iv The Department of Statistics – NIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Preface …………………………………………………………………………..…………… iv Director’s Message …………………………………………………………………..……… vii Explanatory Notes ……………………..………………………………………….……….… viii Chapter 1 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT NEVIS ………….………....…….. 2 - 17 Notable Local & Historical Events Structure of Nevis Island Government Chapter 2 CLIMATE ……………………………………………………………….…….. 19 Chapter 3 POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS ………………..….…….… 21 - 34 Population /Population Growth, Ethnic Groups, Religion, Birth, Death & Infant Mortality Teenage Pregnancy, Marriages, Location of Marriages and Divorces Chapter 4 INFRASTRUCTURE …………………………………………..………… 36 - 41 Housing/Households, Building Permits Issued, Titles Issued and Deeds Registered Electricity Consumers and Production; Water Consumption Chapter 5 TRANSPORTATION ……………………….…………………………… 43 - 55 Registration and Licensing of Vehicles, Importation of Vehicles, Drivers Written & Road Test; Traffic Accidents Recorded Aircraft Movements; Cargo Movements; Passengers Movements via Air Port Inter-Island Ferry Passengers Movements; Cargo Movements via Sea Ports Chapter 6 TOURISM ……………………………..………………………………….. 57 - 70 Accommodation; Stayover Visitors, Arrivals from US States, Purpose of Visit Length of Stay; Arrivals from Traditional Territories; Arrivals to Nevis via RLB Yacht and Cruise Calls/Passengers Arrivals; Tourist visits during Tourism Season Chapter 7 HEALTH AND SOCIAL ………………...……………………………….. 72 - 81 Intentional and Unintentional Injuries;
 Psychiatric Patients Registered; Registered Diabetics & Hypertensive Patients at Health Centers Dental Unit Trend of Services Rendered; Infants/Toddlers Visit Social Services and Gender Affairs DOS v The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter 8 FINANCE ………………………………………………………………… 83 - 94 NIA Revenue and Expenditure Inland Revenue Department Customs Department SKB/NEV GDP by Economic Activity in Current & Constant Prices Chapter 9 EDUCATION …………………………………………………………… 96 - 101 General Information on Pre-Schools and
 Nurseries, Primary, Secondary Number of Public & Private Schools Number of Students and Teachers (public & private) Number of CXC Subjects Passes for Secondary Schools Students CAPE Grade Distribution at the Charlestown Secondary Sixth Form College Enrollment at the Charlestown Secondary Sixth Form College, Adult Education Chapter 10 EMPLOYMENT ……………………………………………………… 103 - 113 Unemployment Rate; Working Age Population Employees by Selected Industries and Services; Work Permit Application by Sector Work Permit Application by Nationality, 2013 – 2016 Chapter 11 AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AND TRADE ……………..………….. 115 - 127 Egg Production Throughput at the Marketing Division Production Analysis of Targeted Crops Animals Slaughtered Export of Sea Foods Estimated Landings of Species of Fishes Revenue collected on Imports Chapter 12 TRADE ……………………….……………………………..……………… 129 Chapter 13 CRIME AND PROTECTION ……………………….……..………… 131 - 140 Crimes Reported Fire and Rescue Services DOS vi The Department of Statistics – NIA Director’s Message Dorriel Tross-Phillip Director of Statistics DOS vii The Department of Statistics – NIA The Digest Reporting Period: EXPLANATORY NOTES The formation for this digest comprises of 13 sections, of which 11 sections can be considered as the statistics indicators, which can be used to analyze the social and economic trends of the island of Nevis.
Some of these indicators include but not limited to population, infrastructure, health, education, tourism, agriculture, finance and crime.

The period under review commences on January 1st 2012, and end on December 31st 2016.

Data Source The data used in this publication was obtained mainly from administrative records of public and private sector agencies.

Rounding In some instances, data is rounded up/down to one or two decimal places.
Symbols and Abbreviations % in Percentage / (between two consecutive years) indicates a Financial Year or School Year Inches GDP Gross Domestic Product brk Break - Nil or Negligible mm Millimeter TEU Twenty Equivalent Units (containers are 20ft or 40ft) con Container FOB Freight on Board km Kilometer LLC Limited Liability Company NBCO Nevis Business Company Ordinance kg Kilograms Mw\h Milliwatt per hour lbs Pounds GNI Gross National Income DOS viii The Samuel Hunkins Drive – (Photo courtesy of Artwar Designs) The photo above depicts the Samuel Hunkins Drive, a section of the island’s main road which runs from south to north, and borders the Charlestown waterfront.
Taken on an early Saturday morning, the photographer captured an atmosphere filled with beauty and tranquility.

Standing tall on the western side of the road, are three canons strategically placed as ornaments that add to the fantastic layout of the town.

The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter One General Information _______________________________________________ Nevis, a 36 square miles jewel lies near the top of the Lesser Antilles archipelago.
Given the alias, ‘Queen of the Caribees’ in 1671, the island is accepted for its small, sombrero shape like statue.

Its charm and tranquility will take you back in time when things were simpler, life more peaceful and stress was just a word.

This gem intertwines as part of the Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis and has natural vegetation that is unparalleled.

Area: Nevis is 36 square miles (93 square kilometers).

The island is 7 miles (11.2 km) long by 6 miles (9.6 km) wide.
Location: It is located about 200 miles south of Puerto Rico or approximately 17º North Latitude, and just west of Anguilla, approximately 62º West Longitude.

Geographical Division (Parishes) The island of Nevis is geographically divided into five parishes: St. Paul’s, St. Thomas’, St. James, St. Georges, and St. Johns.

Highest Point: Nevis is conical in shape with a volcanic peak known as Nevis Peak.
It is the highest point on the island and stands at a height of 3,232 ft. Capital: The island’s capital is Charlestown.

Airport: Nevis’ airport is named Vance W Amory International Airport (formerly Newcastle Airport).

It is situated in St. James Parish and a journey from it to Charlestown, takes approximately 10 - 15 minutes.
DOS 2 The Department of Statistics – NIA Religion: One of the most important elements of the people of Nevis, is their religious beliefs which are traditionally founded on Christianity.

As a people, who are linked to their past, Nevisians embrace Christian beliefs as taught by several denominations in the society.

Traditionally, there were Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist and Wesleyan Holiness.
In recent times, others have been added including: Church of God, Brethren, Evangelical, Pentecostal, Seventh Day Adventist and Jehovah’s Witness.

From about the mid 1990’s, with the influx of immigrants from other Caribbean countries, we have witnessed the practice of religious beliefs in Hindu, Bahai and Muslim.
Banks: The banking institutions on the island are: the RBTT Bank, the Bank of Nova Scotia, the Bank of Nevis, First Caribbean International Bank, The Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis and The St. Kitts Nevis & Anguilla National Bank.
There are two credit unions, the Nevis Cooperative Credit Union and FND Enterprise Cooperative Credit Union Ltd. Of these banking institutions, two are locally owned; the Bank of Nevis which has an international banking section and the St. Kitts Nevis & Anguilla National Bank.

Currency: The official currency is the Eastern Caribbean Dollar.

Foreign currency is convertible at commercial banks at the prevailing rate of exchange.
Air Services: The main aircraft carriers are: Seaborne, Winair, Cape Air and Tradewind Aviation.

Caribbean Helicopters Limited, FEDEX and DHL cargo airlines provide daily courier services.

Sea Services: Transportation by sea can be accessed via: motor vessels Caribe Queen, Caribe Breeze, Caribe Surf, Mark Twain, Sea Bridge, Sea Hustler and Lady B.

Hospital: There is one major hospital on the island, the Alexandra Hospital, located on Government Road, Charlestown.
However, there are Parish Health Centres, opened daily to serve the general public.

DOS 3 The Department of Statistics – NIA Police & Fire Services: There are four (4) Police Stations and two (2) Fire Stations on the island.

Of the two fire stations, the main one is adjacent to the Charlestown Police Station and the other is located at the Vance W. Amory International Airport in Newcastle.

The other police stations are Cotton Ground, New Castle and Gingerland.
DOS 4 The Department of Statistics – NIA Ms Claytica Daniel winner of the 2016 Ms Culturama Queen Pageant One of Nevis’ notable local event is the premier festival, Culturama.

It is celebrated annually over the last weekend of July, dovetailing Emancipation Day within its calendar of activities.

The above photo features the crowning moment of the 2016 Culturama Queen, Ms. Clayticia Daniel, by one of Nevis’ Calypso Kings, Mr. Carlisle “King Bingi” Pemberton.
DOS 5 The Department of Statistics – NIA Notable Local Events Tourism Week: Mid-February Nevis St. Kitts Swim: 1st Sunday in March (Participants swim across 2.5 miles of sea water known as the Narrows between Nevis and St. Kitts) Horse Racing: Most Public Holidays (The race track has no stopping gates and the track is not manicured, but there is no other race course in the world which has a backdrop of blue sea and a dormant volcano) Drag Racing: Most Public Holidays (Drag racers from across the Leeward Islands participate in most of the meets.
The drag race strip is located in St. James’ Parish.)

Inter-Primary Athletics Championship (Students of primary age compete on a yearly basis for track supremacy) Nevis Blues Festival April St. Kitts and Nevis Sailing Regatta Hanley’s Road Fishing Tournament May – June Culturama July – August (Nevis’ premier Cultural Festival.

It is celebrated annually over the last weekend of July – August.)
DOS 6 The Department of Statistics – NIA Nevis Marathon & Running Festival September (Held on a testing course that has an imaginative combination of challenging hills and flat terrains, providing an opportunity for speed.)

Oualie Beach Fishing Tournament: October (Approximately 30 boats with fishermen from across the Leeward Islands compete on an annual basis for the largest catch) Nevis International Triathlon: November (Flagship Sporting Event which attracts persons from across the globe.
DOS 7 The Department of Statistics – NIA Barnes Ghaut Village – (Photo courtesy of Artwar Designs) The photo above displays the entrance of the historical village of Barnes Ghaut, sited in the eastern part of the Parish of St. Thomas.

It is the birthplace of the late, Dr. the Right Honourable Sir Simeon Daniel, whose portray is highlighted on the water dam.

The dam is erected on the left side upon entrance to the village.
Sir Daniel is Nevis’ first National Hero, and the 6th for the Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis.

The honour (National Hero) was posthumous bestowed in September, 2016.

DOS 8 The Department of Statistics – NIA Historical Events  1493: Sighted and named by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage.

 1834: Emancipation.

(Abolition Act 1833 end slavery in the British Empire on 1st August.

 1861: First Nevis postage stamp issued.

 1899: The hospital was destroyed in a hurricane.


It was located on Old Hospital Road.

 1906: The Queen’s House, once residence of the Governor was transformed into the hospital and named Alexandra Hospital after Queen Alexandra.

 1950: The First Secondary School, (Charlestown Secondary) was opened.

 1956: The Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands was dissolved and St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla became a separate colony.

o Newcastle Airport opened.


 1958: The colony of St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla entered the West Indies Federation as a single unit.

 1959: M.V.

Christena began its ferry service between Nevis and St. Kitts.

It was 160 ft. in length and owned and operated by the Government.

 1961: Nevisians, led by Eugene Walwyn, sought secession from St. Kitts.

 1967: St. Kitts and Nevis attained Associated Statehood with Britain.
The new Constitution changed the status of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla from Colony to Associated Statehood; however, the rebellion of Anguilla kept her from being part of the new State.

o The new Constitution provided for the Nevis Local Council.

 1970: M. V. Christena sank off Nag’s Head, St. Kitts while on its journey to Nevis.

Approximately 240 passengers most of whom were Nevisians, perished.
o A group of Nevisians formed the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) with Simeon Daniel, a Lawyer by profession as the first President.

o The Nevis Island Administration Building was constructed.

 1974: The Nevis Dramatic and Cultural Society founded CULTURAMA, a festival dedicated to preserving the culture-music, dance, crafts and cuisine of Nevis.

 1979: Introduction to Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) proficiency examinations for secondary students.
 1980: The MV Caribe Queen went into service replacing the MV Liamuiga which was wrecked in St. Kitts by tropical storm David in August 1979. o February 19: Following the General Elections, the Nevis Reformation Party formed a coalition with the People’s Action Movement.

Simeon Daniel was given the portfolio as Minister of Finance.

 1983: St. Kitts and Nevis attained political independence from Great Britain on September 19.
DOS 9 The Department of Statistics – NIA o Princess Margaret unveiled the dedication plaque as part of the Independence Celebration.

o Alexander Hamilton House was renovated to house the Nevis Island Assembly.

o Mr. Simeon Daniel became the first Premier in Nevis.

o Mr. Spencer Byron was named the first President of the Nevis Island Assembly following the attainment of Independence.

o The Nevis Island Administration built the Sixth Form College next to Charlestown Secondary (CSS).
o Mr. Herman Liburd became Speaker of the National Assembly.

o Mr. Weston Parris was appointed the first Deputy Governor General for Nevis.

 1984: The Education Department changed the primary schools in Charlestown from segregated boys and girls schools to a co-educational platform.

 1985: Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a plaque at the Power Station in Prospect.

o SKANTEL replaced Cable and Wireless as the telecommunication provider.
 1987: First post-independence (Local Island Assembly) elections held in December.

 1988: The Nevis Water Department laid new lines in Nevis, the service was metered and from this time consumers began paying for water.

o The Voice of Nevis (Radio VON) went on the air, becoming the first privately owned radio station in the Federation.

 1989: In the Federal Elections voters returned the PAM/NRP coalition to office for a third straight term.
 1990: First vote in Parliament for the Secession bid for Nevis.

Needed 4/5 but other members of the NRP did not support Hon.

Simeon Daniel.

 1991: The first 5-Star Hotel – Four Seasons Resort was opened with John Stauss as General Manager and Isadore Sharpe as President of the Four Season brand.

 1992: Local elections held on June 1.

First change of Government in the Local Assembly.


The Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) led by Vance Amory won 3 of the 5 seats, replacing the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) led Nevis Island Administration.

Hon.

Simeon Daniel was leader of the party.

o June 5: Weston Parris, the Deputy Governor General died in office.

 1994: His Royal Highest, the Duke of Edinburgh visited the island.

o The first local born to be ordained Priest of the St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Ernest Flemming.
 1995: SKANTEL provided the first internet service on Nevis to Hanver Trust Company.

o Hurricane Luis and Marilyn came back to back and caused severe damages.

o His Honour, Eustace John was sworn in as the 2nd Deputy Governor General of Nevis.

DOS 10 The Department of Statistics – NIA  1996: The Nevis Island Administration dedicated Phase One of the Waterfront renovation project on September 19th.
 1997: In June the Nevis Island Assembly led by the Concerned Citizens Movement held the first reading of the Secession Ordinance, which called for a vote for separation from St. Kitts.

o Following the local election, CCM returned to office and saw the first woman – Honourable Jean Nisbett-Harris elected to office.

o September - Paul Lawrence opened Lyn Jeffers private secondary school.

o Following the death of Mr. Spencer Byron, first President of the Nevis Island Assembly, the Hon.
Marjorie Morton was appointed as President.

 1998: The Nevis Island Government finished the first phase of the airport expansion.

o Hurricane George caused several damages.

o There was a Referendum on Secession for Nevis that resulted in the "yes" vote failed by a narrow margin of 4%.

(62% as opposed to 66%) o The Nevis Island Administration dedicated the deep-water port at Long Point on September 20th.

o The first female Magistrate for District “C”, Her Worship, Yasmin Clarke was appointed.
 1999: Hurricane Lenny came from the west side and caused severe damages.

 2000: Honourable Patrice D H Nisbett replaced Joseph Parry as the elected representative in Constituency #11.

 2001: The Nevis Island Administration undertook the first phase of the road improvement project (Newcastle to Cotton Ground).

o The Nevis Island Administration opened the Charlestown Waterfront Phase Two Project and unveiled the Christiana Disaster Monument.
 2002: The Nevis Island Administration undertook the second phase of the road improvement project (Cotton Ground to Market Shop).

o On September 19th the Newcastle Airport was renamed Vance W. Amory International Airport.

 2003: The Nevis Island Administration renovated and upgraded the Alexandra Hospital.

 2004: The newly built Combermere Primary School was officially opened and renamed the Violet O Jeffers-Nicholls Primary School on September 2nd.
o Charlestown Post Office was officially reopened after months of renovation.

 2005: The Prospect Primary School was renamed the Ivor Walters Primary School on 22nd September.

o October, saw the appointment of the First Resident Judge for Nevis, Her Ladyship, Justice Ianthea Leigertwood-Octave.

 2006: Opening of the Flamboyant Nursing Home.

DOS 11 The Department of Statistics – NIA o The Nevis Reformation Party was elected to government after 14 years in opposition.

 2007: The Hon.
 2007: The Hon.

Malcolm Guishard, Leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament died.

o Honourable Mark Brantley was elected in a bi-election replacing Malcolm Guishard.

He became Leader of Her Majesty Loyal Opposition in the National Assembly.

o Charlestown Secondary School new wing was commissioned.

o Official launch of the Sea Bridge ferry services at Cades Bay.

o Official launch of the Golden Grove Housing Community in Brown Hill.
 2008 Drilling for Geothermal energy commenced on Nevis o St. John’s Primary School was commissioned o Official opening of Drag Race Strip in St. James Parish o Hurricane Omar caused severe damages and the closure of Four Season Hotel.

 2009: St. Thomas Preschool in Jessups Village, was renamed the Inez France Preschool.

o Nevis Netball Complex renamed after local netball pioneers Cicely Grell-Hull and Dora Stevens.

o Official launch of the Harbour View Housing Development, in Ramsbury Site.
o Preschoolers celebrate 25 years of Early Childhood Programme.

 2010: Hon.

Patrice Nisbett appointed as Attorney General in the Federal Government.

o St. John’s Primary School was renamed the Elizabeth Pemberton Primary School.

o Grove Park was renamed Elquemedo T. Willett Park.

o Maddens Wind Farm in St. James Parish officially opened.

o Implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.

 2011: Housing Project in Cherry Garden officially opened on 14th January.
o Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) was elected for a second term on 11th July.

o Placement of a Memorial Monument was unveiled at Bath Cemetery in remembrance of M V Christina Disaster on 5th August.

o On November 22nd Cape Air Airline offers service to Nevis.

o Runarko Shakur Morton, former Leeward Islands Cricketer died as a result of a motor vehicle accident in Trinidad on March 4th.

 2012: The Nevis Performance Arts Center (NEPAC) officially opened on April 28th.
o Honourable Simeon Daniel, Nevis’ First Premier died on May 27th.

o A landmark Election Petition Case was held at the Charlestown High Court, January 16 – 24th.

o The first elected seat, Nevis 2, to be legally declared “Null and Void”.

o Official opening of the Brown Hill Pharmacy in the Brown Hill Health Center.

o The Court of Appeal up held its decision regarding the petition case.
DOS 12 The Department of Statistics – NIA o In November, the NRP Administration dissolved parliament without setting an election date.

 2013: January 22, Nevis Local Election.

Concerned Citizens Movement won 3 of 5 seats.

o Tradewind Aviation started operation from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Nevis on November 2nd.

o November 27th, Belle Vue International School was renamed Nevis Academy under new management.

 2014: January 15th, Seaborne Airlines began its airlift service between Nevis and Puerto Rico.
o Samuel Hunkins Drive Waterfront was resurfaced on April 4th.

o Special Education Unit in Nevis was renamed Cecele Thompson-Browne Integrated School on 29th April.

 2015: February 3rd, Official opening and renaming of two major roads in Charlestown:- The Hamilton Road which leads from Pump Road into Hamilton to the Carl Tucket Boulevard; and Pump Road which leads from the roundabout adjacent to the Bath Cemetery into the by-pass road to the Stuart Williams Drive.
o February 20th, Caribbean Helicopters Limited started its operations from Nevis via Antigua.

o February 22nd, Hon.

Vance Amory, Premier of Nevis was sworn in as Senior Minister of Nevis Affairs, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Ecclesiastics Affairs in the National Assembly.

Mark A G Brantley Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation in the National Assembly.

o April 7th, the removal of Value Added Tax (VAT) from all food items, medical supplies and funeral expenses.
 2016: May-June, Rol-J Williams, a student of the Gingerland Secondary School receives the highest grades within the Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis with 17 C.S.E.C passes and 17 Grade 1s.

o July 20 – Opening ceremony of the newly constructed Social Security Building at Pinneys.

o September 16th, Dr. Simeon Daniel was posthumous awarded as a National Hero of St. Kitts and Nevis.
o October 28th, The Department of Information in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) launched the digital platform of Nevis Television (NTV).

o November 23rd, His Royal Highness Prince Harry made an official visit to Saint Kitts and Nevis.
DOS 13 The Department of Statistics – NIA Structure of the Nevis Island Administration Modeled off the West-Minister System with a Constitution as the Supreme Law, the Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis has a democratically elected government with a unicameral structure of parliament.

The uniqueness of the 1983 Constitution Order of St. Christopher and Nevis, gives credence for autonomy for the island of Nevis.
With five (5) single-member constituencies and a majority rule voting system for a period of five years term of assembly, the constitution allows for a composition of the Nevis Island Assembly.

As such, there are eight (8) parliamentary members who are elected and/or nominated to serve.

As a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations, the Federation recognizes Queen Elizabeth 11 (British Monarch) or her successor as the titular head of government.
The Monarch is represented on the island of Nevis by a Deputy Governor General appointed by the Governor General (titular head) of the Federation, who is constitutionally responsible for the government of both islands.

Since the realization of Independence in 1983, the island of Nevis is governed by an administrative division known as the Nevis Island Administration.
Premier Deputy Premier Senior Ministers Junior Minister Junior Minister Organization chart displaying the composition of the Nevis Island Administration DOS 14 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chart displaying the composition of the Nevis Island Assembly as at December 31, 2016 Legal Advisor President Proposition (CCM) Opposition (NRP) Elected Member Elected Member Nominated Member Premier (Elected) Deputy Premier (Elected) Senior Minister (Elected) Junior Minister (Nominated) Junior Minister (Nominated) The Nevis Island Assembly has the authority to pass and or amend certain ordinances.
When in session, the assembly is controlled by the President, who is presently, His Hon Mr. Farrell Smithen.

He once held the position of Clerk of the Assembly from 1997 to 2003.

The Deputy Governor General is responsible for delivering the throne speech at the first sitting of the assembly following an election process.

His Honour, Mr. Eustace John holds the position of Deputy Governor General, and has continued to do so by the end of 2016, since he was appointed in January 1995.
The tables below show the five constituencies that are represented by five elected members at the end of 2016.
DOS 15 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table I.1: Members of the Nevis Island Administration and their portfolios as at December 31, 2016 Name of Minister Vance W. Amory Area Representing Elected representative for St. George Constituency, (Nevis 5) Premier Portfolios Minister of Finance, Statistics & Economic Planning, Education & Library Services, Trade, Industry & Consumer Affairs, Labour and Human Resources Mark A G Brantley Elected representative Deputy Premier for St. John Constituency, (Nevis 2) Alexis Jeffers Elected representative for St. James Constituency, (Nevis 4) U.
Troy Liburd Nominated member of Government Hazel Brandy- Williams Nominated member of Government Minister of Tourism, Health, Social Development, Youth & Sports, Culture, Gender Affairs, Community Development, Telecommunications & Information and Basic Needs Trust Fund.

Senior Minister of Communications, Works, Public Utilities, Post, Physical Planning, Natural Resources & Environment, Agriculture, Land, Housing, Cooperatives and Fisheries.
Junior Minster in the Ministry of Communications, Works, Public Utilities, Natural Resources and Physical Planning with special responsibilities for Physical Planning, Public Utilities, Flood Water Control, Public Works, Environment and Post.
Junior Minister in the Ministry of Social Development, Sports, Youth, Community Development, and Gender Affairs with special responsibilities for Community Development, Gender Affairs, Youth & Sports, Social Development, the Licensing Unit and Import & Export Control and Basic Needs Trust Fund.
DOS 16 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table I.2: Members of the Opposition Party as at December 31, 2016 Name Area Representing Position Joseph W Parry Elected representative for St. Thomas Leader of the Opposition Constituency, (Nevis 3) E Robelto Hector Elected representative for St. Paul Member of Parliament Constituency, (Nevis 1) Carlisle Powell Nominated Member of Parliament Member of Parliament Since obtaining independence as a Federation, the island of Nevis has participated in 15 elections by the end of December 2016.
These elections comprised of 8 Federal Elections and 7 Local Elections.

The two political parties which contested the elections are the Concerned Citizen Movement (CCM) and the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP).

(See the chart following).
Federal Election Year Party 1984 - NRP 1989 CCM NRP 1993 CCM NRP 1995 CCM NRP 2000 CCM NRP 2004 CCM NRP 2010 CCM NRP 2015 CCM NRP Local Election Year Party 1987 CCM NRP 1992 CCM NRP 1997 CCM NRP 2001 CCM NRP 2006 CCM NRP 2011 CCM NRP 2013 CCM NRP Seats Won 1 2 3 2 3 2 4 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 Seats Won - 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 DOS 17 Island Main Road - Courtesy of Artwar Designs The picture above depicts part of the island’s main road within the vicinity of Government Road and Prince William Street one rainy afternoon.
The rain hang about the place like a friendly ghost.

It fell heavily, and slowly decreasing its beat, with no meaning and or no intention, but to fulfill its own nature - gently cleaning the streets in Charlestown.

DOS 18 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter Two Climate _______________________________________________ Rainfall is one of the key natural phenomenon that is crucial to the sustenance of life, as it provides humans and animals with water, one of the major sources of sustenance for living.
It is noteworthy that less than 2% of the earth’s water is ground, but provides roughly 30% of our fresh water.

According to the rainfall measurements taken by the Nevis Meteorological Office, rainfall in Nevis rose by 49.6% by the end of 2016 when compared to the end of 2015, and it measures a total of 1005.7 mm.

Table 2.1 discloses monthly figures of rainfall for the reporting period 2012 to 2016.

The figures also disclosed that the highest recorded figure was 350 mm in October 2012.
This follows the second highest recorded figure of 160 mm in October 2015, some 3 years later.

This represents 119% more on average than the second highest rainfall data.
Table 2:1: Monthly Rainfall Data (mm) 2012 - 2016 Month January February March April May June July August September October November December DOS 19 The Department of Statistics – NIA A frontal view of Charlestown from the Charlestown Pier – (Photo courtesy of Artwar Designs) Nevis, one of several beautiful islands in the eastern Caribbean with its colonial settings in the capital - Charlestown.
Still a quiet and sleepy mid-Victorian layout, the focus of the photo displays elegance and gracious living.

Taken on an early Saturday morning while the sun adorns the island’s frontal beauty.

DOS 20 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter Three Demography _______________________________________________ Demography is a growing interest in the public domain and particular at policy level meetings.

According to Wikipedia, “Demography is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings”.
It seeks to understand population dynamics by investigating three main demographic processes, birth, migration, age and death.

It is worthy to note that population statistics is the use of data when analyzing characteristics or changes to a population.

Table 3:1 represents the population growth for the last five censuses conducted between 1970 and 2011.

Between 1980 and 1991, the population decreased significantly, a period when citizens and or residents of Nevis migrated to other countries.
In 2001 there was an increase of 2,314 or 27% when compared to 1991.

12,277, the preliminary for the island of Nevis, indicates that the population has grown by some 1,169 when compared to the 2001 figures.
Table 3:1: Inter-Censal Population Growth, 1970 – 2011, Source: Stats Office, SK/Nevis Census Year Population Population Growth 1970 1980 1991 2001 2011P 11,140 9,428 8,794 11,108 12,277 -1630 -1712 -634 2314 1,169 Inter-Censal change (%) -12.76 -15.37 -6.72 26.31 10.52 Annual Average rate of change (%) -1.28 -1.54 -0.67 2.63 1.05 The parish of St. John has grown tremendously over the last two censuses.

This parish accounts for approximately 32% of the island’s population as recorded by the last census.
In the table below (3:2), the other four parishes also showed significant increases over the years.
Table 3:2: Nevis’ population by parish for the last five censuses, 1970 – 2011 Year 1970 1980 1991 2001 2011P St. Paul 1,469 1,243 1,411 1,790 1,847 St. John 2,622 2,224 2,191 2,901 3,827 St. George 2,778 2,295 2,086 2,564 2,496 St. Thomas 2,149 1,975 1,613 2,047 2,069 St. James 2,122 1,691 1,493 1,806 2,038 Total 11,140 9,428 8,794 11,108 12,277 DOS 21 The Department of Statistics – NIA The population of St. John increases from 2,901 individuals in 200l to 3,827 individuals in 2011, reflecting an increase of 926 individuals.
The parish of St. James also recorded an upsurge in population, expanding by some 12.9% or an additional 232 persons moving from a total of 1,806 persons in 2001 to 2,038 persons in 2011.

While the population declined in St. Georges by 2.7%, increases were observed in St. Paul by 3.2% and in St. Thomas by 1.1%.

Overall, a 10.5% growth was recorded for the population on Nevis.
Table 3:3: Population by Parish and Sex, 2001 and 2011 Parish 2001 Male Female Both Sexes Male 906 883 1,790 907 1,414 1,487 1,248 1,316 997 881 1,050 925 2,901 2,564 2,047 1,806 5,423 5,685 11,108 1,854 1,242 1,083 1,041 6,126 2011 Female Both Sexes 941 1,973 1,254 986 997 1,847 3,827 2,496 2,069 2,038 Difference 2011/2001 57 926 -68 22 232 6,151 12,277P 1,169 Source: Department of Statistics, Nevis and the Statistics Division, St. Kitts Table 3:3 shows a comparison between the population growth in 2001 and 2011.
The graph below compares the sex structure of the population of Nevis for censuses 2001 and 2011.

The information reveals that there was an increase in both sexes for all parishes with the exception of St. George, which showed an overall decrease of sixty-eight (68), six (6) males and sixty-two (62) females.

The male population showed an increase of 703 while females were 466 over the two census period.
Comparison between males and females per parish in 2001 and 2011 Male 2001 Male 2011 Female 2001 Female 2011 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 St. Pauls St. Johns St. Georges St. James St. Thomas DOS 22 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 3.4: Population by Age Group and Parish, Census 2001 PARISHES Age Group Total St Paul St John St George St Thomas St James Both Sexes 1,790 2,901 2,564 2,047 1,806 11,108 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85+ Source: Department of Statistics, Nevis and the Statistics Division, St. Kitts 964 1,024 1,015 858 785 878 969 929 878 643 416 341 311 297 288 210 171 131 DOS 23 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 3:4(a): Population by Age Group and Parish, Nevis Census 2011 Source: Department of Statistics, Nevis and the Statistics Division, St. Kitts Following the National Census conducted in 2011, the population by age group has shown a significant increase when compared to 2001.
The above table, 3:4(a) demonstrates the number of persons living within the various age groups in the five parishes of Nevis.

Analysis shows that the age groups 10-14, 15-19 and 50-54 recorded the highest number of the overall population with, 1,048, 1024 and 1023 respectively.

Of the three highest populated age groups, St. Johns Parish recorded outstanding figures.

For age group 10-14 St. Johns recorded the highest of 354 while St. James recorded the lowest of 138.
For the age group 15-19, St. Johns recorded 306 while St. Paul recorded the lowest with 150.

The age group 50-54 showed St. Johns at 299 and St. James at 150.

The table above thus depicts that between the ages of 0-49 the population is at its highest with 9,052 or 73.74 % persons alive; while the lowest figure recorded of persons alive was between the age groups of 50-85+ with 3,225 or 26.27%.
DOS 24 Age Group (Both Sexes) St Paul St John St George St Thomas St James Total 0-4104 245 110 83 88 630 5-9134 298 172 140 120 864 10-14170 354 210 176 138 1,048 15-19150 306 230 180 158 1,024 20-24136 288 198 131 172 925 25-29141 248 179 146 131 845 30-34150 270 181 129 150 880 35-39163 308 176 194 137 978 40-44125 272 194 174 159 924 45-49106 307 203 177 141 934 50-54155 299 194 225 150 1,023 55-5997 195 141 84 160 677 60-6452 84 56 67 43 302 65-6960 96 61 34 94 345 70-7427 69 51 35 64 246 75-7932 77 56 43 38 246 80-8417 43 37 15 30 142 85+28 68 47 36 65 244 Total 1,847 3,827 2,496 2,069 2,038 12,277 The Department of Statistics – NIA Of that figure, the age group 85+ top the number with some 244 persons alive.
This number reflects the longevity of the island’s residents.

The parish of St. Paul recorded 28; St. Johns 68; St. George 47; St. Thomas 36 and St. James 65; of such 69 falls within age 89.

The table below displays, within that time frame, there were 163 females as opposed to 81 males living over the age of 85+, a ratio of 50:1.

St. John parish recorded 48 females alive during the time the census was conducted.
Table 3:5: Population by Age Group 85+ and Parish, Nevis Census 2011 PARISH 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 103 104 Total ST. Paul ST. John ST. George ST. Thomas 0 8 5 8 6 15 7 3 3 3 4 0 0 3 1 3 10 16 14 14 ST. James 2 5 4 5 15 TOTAL Source: Department of Statistics, Nevis Table 3:6: Population by Age Group 85+, Parish and Gender, Nevis Census 2011 Age 85+ St. Pauls St. John St. George St. Thomas St. James Total Male 5 20 13 17 26 81 Female 23 48 34 19 39 163 Total 28 68 47 36 65 244 Ethnic Groups Ethnic groups or ethnicity is a category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural or national experience.
According to the data, there were 721 or 5.9% of East Indian residents living on the island, while at the same time 341 or 2.8% were White/Caucasian.

The data will also show that in comparison of locals (African/Negro/Black), to East Indians, the ratio is 68:1.
DOS 25 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 3:7: Population by Ethnicity and Gender, Nevis Census 2011 Ethnic Groups, (Census 2011) Male Female Frequency Percent Valid African/Negro/Black Chinese East Indian Hispanic Indigenous people Mixed Portuguese Syrian/Lebanese White/Caucasian Other Total .3 5.9 1.6 .0 3.0 .0 .1 2.8 .4 100.0 Religion Distribution of population by religion and sex is another important socio-cultural and demographic feature to be captured during any census process.
According to the last census, the Population by Religion and Sex 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Population by Sex and Religion Male Population by Sex and Religion Female DOS 26 The Department of Statistics – NIA data displayed in Table 3:8 demonstrates that the highest figure recorded as 2,088 persons are members of the Methodist religion, while one of the lesser figures 6, indicates that they are members of the Bahai religion.
1,830 persons worship as Anglicans, 1,395 as Pentecostal, 1,280 as Church of God and 1,088 as Wesleyan Holiness.

Notwithstanding, the record also indicates that of the 12,277 persons living in Nevis, 5,190 are male worshippers and 5,570 are female worshippers.

The additional figures of 936 for males and 581 for females, fall in the categories of none, other or not stated.
Table 3:8: Population by Sex and Religion, Nevis Census 2011 Population by Sex and Religion Male Female Total Anglican Baptist Bahai Brethren Church of God Evangelical Hindu Jehovah Witness Methodist Moravian Muslim Pentecostal Presbyterian Rastafarian Roman Catholic Salvation army Seventh Day Adventist Wesleyan Holiness None Other Not stated Total DOS 27 The Department of Statistics – NIA Vital Statistics Vital statistics can be defined as “the total process of collecting information by civil registration or enumeration on the frequency or occurrence of specified and defined vital events”.
These vital events include but not limited to live births, deaths, marriages and divorces.

This process is the only source that provides individual with a legal status and/or legal document(s) and fundamental rights such as identity, inheritance, education, health and other social services.

Hence, it provides an avenue for continuous recording of occurrences and characteristics of vital happenings.
Birth, Death and Infant Mortality Results from the Population and Housing Census conducted every ten years will indicate changes in the distribution of a country’s age groups.

As the size of the population determines the demand for goods and services, the result from the census will impact on the social and economic demand.

It is essential that the following data be record as part of the vital statistics for the health sector.
Accordingly, the information collected from the Health Unit expressed that the island of Nevis at the end of 2016, had a natural rate of 1.5 per 1,000 population.

Table 3.9 shows a comparison of total births, with an average of 110.8 live births recorded over the same period.

By the end of 2016, 117 total births were recorded, an increase of 11.4% or 12 when compared to 2015.

The data also shows that 49 were females and 68 were males, signifying population growth during the past three years.
Table 3.9: Nevis Births 2012 – 2016, Source: Nevis’ Health Unit Year Total Births Female Male Total 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 63 64 44 61 49 63 47 59 44 68 126 111 103 105 117 Total Live Births 125 110 102 102 115 150 100 50 0 Live Births 2012 - 2016 2012, 126 2013, 111 2014, 103 2015, 105 2016, 117 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Female Male Total Live Births DOS 28 The Department of Statistics – NIA Crude Birth Rate fluctuated between the periods 2012 to 2016.
According to recorded data, crude birth average rate of 9.62 at the end of 2016.

In the meantime, Crude Live Birth Rate not only decreased between 2016 and 2012, it also varied and still tallied an average rate of 9.52.
Table 3.10: Nevis Crude Births and Crude Live Births Rate, 2012 – 2016, Source: Nevis’ Health Unit Year Crude Birth Crude Birth Rate Crude Live Birth Rate CRUDE LIVE BIRTH RATE 2016 20% 2012 23% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 11.0 9.7 9.0 8.7 9.7 11.0 9.6 8.9 8.5 9.6 2015 18% 2014 19% 2013 20% Death: By the end of 2016, the death figures recorded at the Registry fell by 8.3% or 9 when compared to 2015.

For the reporting period, a total of 477 deaths were recorded, of which 227 were females and 250 males.
In the meantime, an average of 8.1 Crude Death Rate per 1,000 population was recorded.
Table 3.11: Nevis Deaths and Crude Death Rate, 2012 – 2016, Source: Nevis’ Health Unit Year Deaths Crude Death Rate Female Male Total 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 44 44 43 49 47 39 48 52 59 52 83 92 95 108 99 7.4 8.1 8.1 8.7 8.2 CRUDE LIVE BIRTH RATE 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016 23% 2012 18% 2013 19% 2015 21% 2014 19% DOS 29 The Department of Statistics – NIA Infant Mortality Consulting with the data provided by the Health Promotion Unit, a total of seven pairs of twins were recorded during the period 2012 to 2016.
In 2012 and 2013, a total of 3 pairs of twins were recorded.

However, in 2014, the figure decreased by 2 or 33.3%.

In 2015 and 2016, the figure remained at zero.

Infant mortality can be referred to deaths of young children, less than one year of age.

It is measured by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000 live births.

By the end of 2016, the recorded rate of infant mortality was 26.1 a decreased of 13.1 or 33.4% when compared to 2015.
The data also shows, a total of 3 infant mortality recorded by the end of 2016 when compared to 2015 with 4, 2014 and 2013 with 1 and 2012 with 2.

This signals an average rate of 2.2 for infant mortality per year.
Table 3.12: Infant Mortality/Mortality Rate and Still Birth/Still Birth Rate, 2012 – 2016 (Source: Nevis’ Health Unit) Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Infant Mortality 2 1 1 4 3 Total Infant Mortality Rate ( per 1,000 live births) 16.0 9.1 9.8 39.2 26.1 Total Still Birth Total Still Birth Rate (per 1,000 birth) 1 1 2 3 2 7.9 9.0 19.4 28.6 28.6 With an estimated population of 12,033, the Health Promotion Unit recorded a total of 28.6 Still Birth Rate per 1,000 birth.
In 2012, the data recorded showed that a total of 7.9 Still Birth Rate per 1,000 birth with an estimated population then of 11,415.
I N F A N T M O R T A L I T Y , 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 6 20 10 0 STILL BIRTH RATE, 2012 -2016 Still Birth Rate per 1,000 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 5 2 0 1 6 7.9 9 19.4 28.6 28.6 Infant Mortality 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 DOS 30 The Department of Statistics – NIA Teenage Pregnancy According to data collected from the Health Unit, a total of 14 teenage births were recorded by the end of 2016, same as the recorded figure for 2015.
This figure decreased by 33.3% when compared to 2012; increased by 16.6% when compared to 2013 and increased by 55.5% when compared to 2014.

According to Table 3.14, teenage births within the age of 18, increased by 66.6% by the end of 2016 when compared to 2015.

Meanwhile, the teenage live birth overall total is 72 by the end of the reporting period, where 2012 recorded the highest figure of 21.
Following a decline in 2014 of teenage live births, there was a gradual increase of live births for 2015 and 2016.
Table 3.13: Teenage Pregnancies by age, 2012 – 2016, Source: Nevis’ Health Unit 2012 2013 YEAR 2014 2015 2016 AGE 14 14 Total 21 12 Table 3.14: Teenage Birth and Teenage Birth Rate, 2012 – 2016, Source: Nevis’ Health Unit Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Teenage Births Total Teenage Live Births Total Teenage Birth Rate (100 birth) Total Teenage Birth Rate (100 live birth) 21 15 9 14 14 21 15 9 13 14 16.8 13.5 8.7 13.3 12.0 16.8 13.6 8.8 12.7 12.2 DOS 31 The Department of Statistics – NIA Marriages At the end of 2016, the records indicated that marriages, one of the indicators in the collection of vital statistical data, decreased by 20 or 17% when compared to 2015.
Of the overall total of 489 marriages, 2015 recorded the highest figure with 116, followed marginally by 106 in 2012.

The table below indicates the setting where various marriages took place.

Notwithstanding, 133 marriages were held at a hotel and 210 were held at a church, during the period under review.
Table 3.15: Location where Marriages took place in Nevis, 2012 – 2016 Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TOTAL Church Court House Hotel Others TOTAL 38 31 37 65 39 210 13 14 16 11 21 75 31 25 29 28 20 133 Source: Ministry of Health, Nevis 24 14 5 12 16 71 106 84 87 116 96 489 Comparison of places where marriages took place 2012 - 2016 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Year 2012 Year 2013 Year 2014 Year 2015 Year 2016 Church Court House Hotel Other DOS 32 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 3.16: Marriages per Parish, 2012– 2016, Source: Registry Office, Nevis Parish St. Paul St. John St. James St. George St. Thomas Total Overall Grand Total 116 88 71 62 137 474 Table 3.17: Places of Marriage, 2012– 2016, Source: Registry Office, Nevis Place of Marriage Anglican Churches Baptist Churches Bethel Apostolic Church Church of Christ Church of God Church of God of Prophesy Hotel (Pastor) Hotel (Magistrate) Jehovah Witness Magistrates Office Methodist Churches New Testament Church Other (Beach, Residence, etc) Other Denomination Pentecostal Roman Catholic Seventh Day Adventist Wesleyan Holiness Total 2012 4 2013 4 2014 5 2015 3 2016 1 Total 474
5 3 3 41 7 77 61 2 79 16 21 68 10 37 3 9 15 474 DOS 33 The Department of Statistics – NIA Divorces According to statistics recorded at the Registry office, High Court, Nevis, 22 divorces were granted by the presiding judge at the end of 2016, a slight decrease of 4.3% when compared to 2015.
A total of 102 Absolute Decree were granted for the period under review, and the period for the duration of marriage between the years of 10 to 14 recorded the highest with 32.

The second highest was between the period 5 to 9 with 25 and 15 to 19 with 17.

The table below (3.18) also shows that there was a 100% increase for the period 10 to 14 years of marriage by the end of 2016 when compared to the end of 2015 for the same period of marriage, and the period 20 to 24 years of marriage.
Table 3.18: Number of Absolute Decree granted, 2012– 2016 (Source: Registry Office, Nevis) Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Duration of Marriages per year 0-4 2 2 1 3 0 8 5-9 2 4 5 10 4 25 10-14 5 8 7 4 8 32 15-19 5 2 3 3 4 17 20-24 2 1 3 2 4 12 25+ 1 0 4 1 2 8 Total 17 17 23 23 22 102 Duration of Marriage per year between 2012 and 2016 10 8 6 4 2 0 25 + yrs 20 -24 yrs 15 - 19 yrs 10 - 14 yrs 5 - 9 yrs 0 - 4 yrs 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 0 - 4 yrs 5 - 9 yrs 10 - 14 yrs 15 - 19 yrs 20 -24 yrs 25 + yrs DOS 34 The Department of Statistics – NIA An aerial view of road under construction at Sugar Mill Housing Project – Source (Google.com) The above picture illustrates an aerial shot of the main road in the Sugar Mill Housing Project located at Hamilton.
At the time, the asphalt was being laid as part of the road construction in that area.

This housing project was recently developed in an effort to continue to improve the living conditions for the residents.

DOS 35 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter 4 Infrastructure _______________________________________________ One of the thrust that the Nevis Island Administration continues to embark upon, is to develop and or to improve the island’s infrastructure.
During the recording period, extensive infrastructural work has been completed in various locations to include but not limited to the Hanleys Road Project and a road in Farms, which runs from Long Point Road, connecting into a section of the Bath Village.

Housing Housing is one of the leading indicators policymakers use to pinpoint the island’s economic status.
Household can be observed as the living arrangements of people, individually or in groups and who provide for themselves, the basic necessities of everyday living.

Table 4:1 displays a total of 4,627 households tallied during the 2011 Census.

This indicates an increase of 21% or 795 when compared to 3,832 households tallied during the 2001 Census.
Significantly, the parish of St. John recorded the largest increase in household with 395, followed closely by St. James with 213, when the 2011 Census data was accounted for.

The data also revealed that in 2011, an increase of 1,998 or 76% households were recorded when compared to 1970.
Table 4:1: Number of Households, 1970 – 2011, Source: Statistics Department, SK/Nevis Area St. Paul St. John St. George St. Thomas St. James Total 1970 387 591 658 509 484 2,629 Household per decade from 1970 - 2011 1980 368 593 600 527 455 2,543 1991 460 663 601 485 477 2,686 2001 592 974 856 742 668 3,832 2011P 650 1,369 893 834 881 4,627 DOS 36 The Department of Statistics – NIA Building Permits According to the statistics gathered from the Physical Planning Unit, 123 building permits were issued by the end of 2016, which represent a slight decreased of 2.4% or 3, in comparison to 2015.
Meanwhile, Additions and Renovations of properties increased by 18% at the end of 2016 when compared to 2015.

Between 2012 and 2016, a total of 667 building permits were issued for New Erections, with 2012 revealing the highest recorded figure of 158.

By the end of 2016, the number of building permits issued for the construction of pools rose to 7, showing an increase of 5.

Additionally, the number of building permits issued for the construction of residential villas and commercial buildings increased.
Thus contributing 17 of the 213 permits recorded for 2016.
Table 4:2: Number of Building Permits Issued, 2012- 2016, Source: Physical Planning, Nevis Removals *Change of Use Fencing Pool Other Year New Erections 158 120 140 126 123 667 Additions and Renovations 54 30 43 39 46 212 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TOTAL 14 18 16 20 21 89 * Change of use – usage of structure was changed from one purpose to another 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 3 5 7 10 34 1 5 3 2 7 18 5 7 4 2 5 23 Table 4.3: Number of Building Permits Issued by development type, 2012- 2016 SECTORS Residential Residential Villa Residential/ Apartment Commercial Commercial/Residential Industrial Institutional Hotel/Tourism Other TOTAL DOS 37 The Department of Statistics – NIA Deeds & Titles Statistics revealed a total of 302 diverse deeds were recorded at the Registry of Titles by the end of 2016.
This indicates a decrease of 4% when compared to the recorded figure of 2015.

Table 4.4 shows the year 2013 recorded the highest figure for the period under review, although the figures fluctuated during the recorded period.

Following a decrease in the registered number in mortgages in 2014 and 2015, the recorded figure rose to a 50% increase in registered mortgages by the end of 2016 when compared to 2015.
Table 4.4: Type of Deeds registered at the Registry of Titles, Supreme Court, Charlestown Type of Deed Conveyance Gifts Vesting Assent Reconveyance Mortgage Debentures Others TOTAL Type of Deeds registered at the Registry of Titles, 2012 - 2016 250 200 150 100 50 0 2016 2014 2012 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 DOS 38 The Department of Statistics – NIA Titles The data for titles recorded for the period under review indicates that the figures swayed between the five years period.
In 2012, 355 titles were registered, 2013, 370 titles, 2014, 333 titles, 2015, 346 titles and in 2016, 411 titles.

When comparing 2016 to 2015, the data shows there was an increase by 18.7% or 65 additional titles registered in 2016; and when comparing 2016 to 2012, an increase of 56 or 16%.
Table 4.5: Number of Titles registered at the Registry of Titles, Supreme Court, Charlestown Year 2012 355 2013 370 2014 333 2015 346 2016 411 Certificates of Title issued at the Supreme Court Registry, 2012-2016 Certificates of Title issued 2012-2016 411 346 333 370 355 2015 2012 No of Titles 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 600 400 200 0 DOS 39 The Department of Statistics – NIA Electricity Consumers & Electricity Production Electricity is widely used for providing power to buildings and electric devices, and of such, the volume of usage would impact on the consumption of electricity on a regular basis.
The reporting period indicates a constant increase from year to year and accordingly, the data collected from the Nevis Electricity Company, apart from a decrease in commercial consumption in 2016, showed a 0.6% growth in the overall total of electricity consumption in 2016.

The data also indicates an increase in government consumption by 11.2% or 20mw additional when comparing 2016 to 2015.
Table 4.5: Electricity consumers and Electricity Production, 2012 – 2016 (Source: Nevis Electricity Company) CONSUMER Government Domestic Commercial TOTAL Total Electricity Generated/Gross Generation (mw/h) Maximum Demand Load Factor The data also shows that the total electricity generate increased constantly over the last three years.
In 2016, the gross generation of electricity increased by 3,651,760 or 6.6% when compared to the previous year.

For the period 2012 to 2016, the maximum demand on average is 8.9, while the load factor average is 68.8.

DOS 40 The Department of Statistics – NIA Water Consumption The demand for water continues to increase as the population grows.

This is evident according to the data collected from the Water Department on the island.
The table below indicates that the demand for water increased at the end of 2016 for Domestic, Farming and Irrigation purposes as compared to 2015; despite an overall decline in the consumption of water by 1.3%.

The data collected also depicts that the consumption of water fluctuated over the period under review for all consumers.

The highest recorded figure over that period, 2012 to 2016, was 258,151,260 gallons for domestic consumption in 2016.
CONSUMER DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL FARMERS IRRIGATION 2012 223,485,503 2013 221,366,630 2014 243,561,420 2015 242,293,498 2016 258,151,260 65,057,025 68,502,480 81,684,089 85,934,300 71,455,660 5,424,890 5,025,990 5,480,570 5,018,680 5,121,280 44,189,895 32,711,100 28,966,300 25,423,900 27,320,400 GOVERNMENT 13,000,000 14,400,000 9,030,496 46,039,880 37,522,801 TOTAL 351,157,313 342,006,200 368,722,875 404,710,258 399,571,401 Table 4.6: Water Consumption (per gallon) by Consumers, 2012 – 2016 (Source: Water Department, NIA) DOS 41 The Department of Statistics – NIA A sample of vehicular traffic flow in Charlestown – (Photo courtesy of Artwar Designs) The island of Nevis has seen an influx of vehicular traffic over the last five years, but in particular, the last two years.
The total number of vehicles accounted for by the Licensing Authority at the end of 2016, was 1,182 registered vehicles.

This process included new, old and change of ownership.

DOS 42 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter 5 Transportation _______________________________________________ Table 5.1 below depicts the amount of vehicles registered in various categories in Nevis during the period 2012 – 2016.
Table 5.1: Number of vehicles Registered, 2012 – 2016, Source: Traffic Department, RSCNPF Category Private Cars and Motorcycles Public Service Vehicles types) (all Commercial Vehicles types) (all Omnibuses Type of Vehicle Private Cars Private Jeeps Motorcycles Motor Scooters Gulf Car TOTAL Motor (passenger bus) Taxi Cars Taxi Jeeps Taxi Buses Rental Cars Rental Pickups Rental Jeeps Rental Buses Rental Motorcycles TOTAL Lorries Vans Other/Jeeps Pickups Tractors Loaders Forklifts Backhoes Cranes TOTAL Overall Total Total DOS 43 The Department of Statistics – NIA In review, we look at Table 5.1 on the previous page.
With a noticeable effect in the increase of vehicular traffic, the statistics recorded showed that the number of registered vehicles rose by 153% by the end of 2016 when compared to 2012.

This is a clear indication that the number of vehicles imported in to the island increased between the period 2012 and 2016.

The Private cars and Motorcycles category, private cars and private jeep dominated the registration process as the trend shows when compared to the other type of vehicles listed.
There has been a stable increase overall for the 5 year period with a total of 538 vehicles or 153% between 2012 and 2016.

Private cars and private jeeps in particular, increased drastically by 150% and 165% respectively, while motorcycles significantly increased between 2012 and 2016 by 26 or 173%.

In the Public Service Vehicles category, overall total between 2012 and 2016 increased significantly by 59% or 147.5% with omnibuses, taxi buses and rental jeeps increasing by 82%, 167% and 181% respectively.
Commercial vehicles total rose progressively over the five year period with an overall increase of 158% or 119 vehicles.

Lorries and pickups increase by the same amount of 32 but with a percentage increase of 266% and 84% respectively.

Vans increase considerably by 49 or 213%.

Vehicle Importation While the standard of living for residents and citizens alike continue to improve, the demand for vehicles as a mean of transportation perceptively increases.
According to the Customs Department, a recorded figure of 380 vehicles were imported into the island by the end of 2016, a slight decreased by 5 when compared to the imported figure recorded for 2015.

Considerably, in 2015, the vehicles imported into the island showed a significant increase of 102% when compared to 2014, and 152% when compared to 2013.

Hence importation overall increased on an average of 67 vehicles per year.
Table 5.2: Number of vehicles Imported, 2012 – 2016 (Source: Customs Department) Year 2012 123 2013 153 2014 191 2015 385 2016 380 Overall Total 1,232 DOS 44 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 5.3: Number of vehicles licensed during the period 2012 – 2016(Source Traffic Dept) Category Type of Vehicle 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Private Cars and Motorcycles Private Cars Private Jeeps Motorcycles Motor Scooters Gulf Car 1,317 1,336 1,331 1,509 1,623 1,845 1,896 1,857 1,979 2,242 21 16 18 22 14 8 28 13 13 28 32 1 47 36 8 TOTAL Motor Omnibuses 3,217 69 3,276 71 3,242 63 3,549 187 3,956 90 Public Service Vehicles (all types) Taxi Cars Taxi Jeeps Taxi Buses Rental Cars Rental Pickups Rental Jeeps Rental Buses Commercial Vehicles (all types) Rental Motorcycles TOTAL Lorries Vans Other/Jeeps Pickups Tractors Loaders Forklifts Backhoes Cranes TOTAL OVERALL TOTAL 1,022 4,605 995 4,672 1,026 4,661 998 5,080 1,029 5,414 DOS 45 The Department of Statistics – NIA Analyzing the table on the previous page, it represents the number of vehicles licensed in Nevis for the period under review.
It demonstrates, in the Private cars and Motorcycles category, overall total increased by 739 or 22.9% with private cars and private jeeps as per trend contributing significantly to the increases.

Private cars and private jeeps increased 306 and 397 or 23% and 21.5% respectively.

Motor scooters increased by 20 or 125% while gulf cars decreased drastically from 18 in 2012 to 8 in 2016 or 55%.

Public Service vehicles overall total increased by a marginal 17% or 63 vehicles.
Omnibuses increased overall by 30% between 2012 and 2016 however, there was a marginal decrease between 2013 and 2014 then a drastic increase of 171% or 118 in 2015.

Rental motorcycles rapidly increase from 3 in 2012 to 18 in 2016, some 500%.

Taxi cars had a major reduction from 16 in 2012 to 1 in 2016, a change of 94%.

Rental jeeps fluctuated slightly between 2012 and 2016.
Registered Vehicles and Licensed Vehicles, 2012 - 2016 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 Licensed Vehicles Registered Vehicles 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Registered Vehicles Licensed Vehicles DOS 46 The Department of Statistics – NIA Driver’s Written & Road Test During the period 2012-2016, total of 3,163 written tests were taken by potential drivers.

1,034 persons passed and 2,129 persons failed.


The recorded data from the Traffic Department, also indicates that no persons were disqualified for the stated period.

While contrasting the failures to passes, it is noteworthy that the average ratio is approximately 2:1.

In 2016, there were 456 more failures than passes, an average ratio of 3.8:1.

However, by the end of 2016, failures increased by 228 or 58.6% when compared to 2015.
Table 5.4: Results of written test taken at the Traffic Department, 2012 - 2016 Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Number of Passes 482 617 630 656 778 165 208 233 267 161 TOTAL 3,163 1,034 Number Disqualified 0 Number of Failures 317 0 0 0 0 0 409 397 389 617 2,129 Results of Written Test Taken, 2012 - 2016 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 Failures Disqualified Passes DOS 47 The Department of Statistics – NIA Road Test While the data collected indicated that there was no disqualification for persons who took the road test, during the period 2012 to 2016, it shows an overall total of 2,885 persons took the test over that same period.
The above illustrated graph, expresses a total of 1,196 persons passed the driver’s test over the reporting period, while 1,689 Driver Road Test taken between 2012 - 2016 589 590 610 563 535 266 276 237 222 195 367 353 344 340 285 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Number of Passes Number of Failures Total Road Test Taken 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 persons failed.

This graph also reflects a constant increase of passing grades, and at the end of 2016, it increased by 4%.
At the end of 2016, the figure recorded for failures showed a decrease of 59 or 17.2% in comparison to 2015.

Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TOTAL Table 5.5: Results of Road Test taken at the Traffic Department, 2012 - 2016 Number of Passes Number of Failures 195 222 237 266 276 1,196 340 367 353 344 285 1,689 DOS 48 The Department of Statistics – NIA Traffic Accidents Recorded Table 5.6 shows a total of 1,267 vehicular road accidents recorded at the Traffic Department for the five-year period.
The overall total for each year progressively increased from 217 in 2012 to 296 in 2016 which represents 36% growth.

The data also revealed that the number of accidents recorded for the five-year period as it relates to fatalities, serious injuries and slight injuries remained constant; while non-injury on the other hand increased steadily over the same time period from 180 to 250 or 38%.
Table 5.6: Results of Accident Recorded at the Traffic Department, 2012 – 2016 Results of Accident 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Fatalities Serious Injury Slight Injury Non-Injury Total Road Accidents 0 6 31 180 217 2 5 37 193 237 2 7 35 201 245 2 3 30 237 272 0 4 42 250 296 Total 6 25 175 1,061 1,267 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Road Accidents Non-Injury Slight Injury Serious Injury Fatalities 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 Accident Results for the period 2012 to 2016 Source: Traffic Department of the Royal St. Christopher & Nevis Police Force, Division “C” DOS 49 The Department of Statistics – NIA Air Transportation is an Air transport integral part of the transport infrastructure and a significant sector of the local economy on the island of Nevis.
For the assessment period, a total of 16,793 Arrivals and 16,779 Departures, totaling 33,572 aircraft movement through the Vance W. Amory International Airport was recorded.
Table 5.7: Aircraft movements via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2012– 2016 Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Per ½ Year Arrival Departure June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total Total 3,325 2,807 6,132 3,255 2,855 6,110 3,640 3,016 6,656 4,180 3,113 7,293 3,945 3,436 7,381 OVERALL TOTAL 16,793 16,779 33,572 Source: Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority DOS 50 The Department of Statistics – NIA In Nevis, there are two Courier services which have been operating regularly in and out of the Vance W Amory International Airport.
These are FedEx and DHL who operate daily schedules.

The table (5.8) below, highlights that Cargo In is consistently higher over the assessment period.

It also clearly depicts, that the year 2015 shows a high ratio of 9:1 in favour of Cargo In as opposed to Cargo Out; followed closely by 2013 with 8.7:1, 2014 with 8.2:1.

The ratios for 2016 and 2012 are 7.7:1 and 7 respectively.
Table 5.8: Cargo movements via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2012- 2016 2016 2013 194,320 170,505 2015 198,583 2014 186,124 2012 158,680 Year Cargo IN Cargo OUT 22,059 19,493 22,719 21,111 25,007 Total Cargo (Lbs) 180,739 189,998 208,843 219,694 219,327 Source: Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority Movements of Cargo (lbs) via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2012-2016 AIR CARGO IN AND OUT 2012 - 2016 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 S B L N I 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Cargo In Cargo Out Source: Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority DOS 51 The Department of Statistics – NIA Passenger Movements With the introduction of the Seaborne Airlines in 2015 for additional airlift between Nevis and Puerto Rico on a daily basis, and by the end of 2016, this airline continues to provide valuable services.
This can be attributed to the recorded increase in passengers’ movement at the Vance W Amory International Airport at the end of 2016.

The data presented in the table below depicts half year results for the period of assessment.

Both Arrivals and Departures show marginal increases of 7% between 2012 and 2014, and between 2013 and 2014.

Between 2014 and 2015, passenger movements decreased by 4.8% and by the end of 2016, it increased by 10.2% when compared to 2015.
Table 5.9: Passengers movements via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2012 – 2016 Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 OVERALL TOTAL Per ½ Year Arrival Departure June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total Total 10,739 9,173 19,912 10,813 9,095 19,908 11,109 10,181 21,290 10,859 9,413 20,272 11,433 10,900 22,333 103,715 DOS 52 The Department of Statistics – NIA Sea Transportation Notwithstanding the presence of air travel, ferry movement continues to be the only means of direct transportation between Nevis and St. Kitts.
This service is offered by five ferries locally owned, and operates on a daily basis, to which Arrivals have been steadily increasing overall, except a decrease of 4,683 or 3.7% between 2014 and 2015.

Meanwhile, Departures have been increasing on an average of 8% except for a meagre 0.9% between 2014 and 2015.
Table 5.10: Inter-Island Ferry Passengers movements, 2012 – 2016 Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 OVERALL TOTAL Per ¼ Year March June September December Total March June September December Total March June September December Total March June September December Total March June September December Total Arrivals 29,684 28,452 32,332 27,604 118,072 31,989 30,052 29,850 33,112 125,003 27,579 29,378 33,176 30,187 120,320 36,607 30,606 34,837 33,441 135,491 34,942 31,876 38,100 40,136 145,054 643,940 Departures 26,416 27,039 30,565 26,121 110,141 30,025 29,077 29,003 30,912 119,017 26,499 29,907 33,491 30,151 120,048 35,145 29,951 34,579 32,206 131,881 34,207 31,309 36,530 39,186 141,232 622,319 Total 56,100 55,491 62,897 53,725 228,213 62,014 59,129 58,853 64,024 244,020 54,078 59,285 66,667 60,338 240,368 71,752 60,557 69,416 65,647 267,372 69,149 63,185 74,630 79,322 286,286 1,266,259 DOS 53 The Department of Statistics – NIA Movements of Passengers via Seaports, 2012-2016 Inter-island Ferry Passengers movement between 2012 to 2016 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Arrivals Departures Totals (Source: Nevis Air and Sea Ports Authority) Cargo movement Cargo movement continues to add economically to the island of Nevis.
As such, Container tonnage continues to dominate sea ports cargo and consistently so, between 2012 and 2015 with a marginal decrease, and between 2015 and 2016 of 2,954 or (7.6%).

This is followed by Sand and Stone et al, Oil, Vegetable and Brk Bulk.

Additionally, while the movement of oil tonnage fluctuated during the reporting period, it rose to 29.5% or 5,820 at the end of 2016 when compared to at the end of 2015.
Nevis Seaport (Photo: Courtesy Artwar Designs) DOS 54 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 5.11: Cargo Movement (per tonnage) via the Sea Ports, 2012– 2016 YEAR MONTH 2012 March OIL Tonnage 2,564 Sand, stone, etc Tonnage 7,738 Vehicle Tonnage 203 Vegetable Tonnage 314 Con.
Tonnage 7,132 Brk Bulk Tonnage 1,447 June 3,286 September 6,237 December 2,512 7,957 2,263 8,548 TOTAL 14,599 26,506 2013 March June 475 3,918 September 3,007 December TOTAL 14,135 16,775 1,028 2,544 35,507 1,259 2014 March June 3,391 5,331 September 3,613 December 5,931 6,087 4,179 7,966 7,739 193 728 460 456 1,042 9,156 1,197 9,605 595 8,402 1,281 10,296 243 258 354 384 TOTAL 18,266 25,971 1,837 4,115 37,459 1,239 2015 March June 4,235 3,484 8,826 9,260 766 422 974 855 9,041 8,443 September 5,389 8,794 1,313 1,297 9,611 December 6,707 3,193 1,135 1,198 10,996 243 193 302 425 TOTAL 19,815 30,073 3,636 4,324 38,091 1,163 2016 March June 5,793 8,258 September 5,522 December 6,062 5,743 7,121 7,828 3,895 356 921 892 605 957 7,666 1,003 8,598 814 8,984 1,212 9,889 316 792 353 392 TOTAL 25,635 24,587 2,774 3,986 35,137 1,853 Source: Nevis Air and Sea Ports Authority DOS 55 The Department of Statistics – NIA Prince Harry inspecting the turtles on Lovers Beach – Source (Google.com) During the period under review, one of the British Crown heads, Prince Henry of Wales, KCVO, affectionately called Prince Harry visited the island of Nevis.
He was on one of his royal duties within the Caribbean.

During his visit, the Prince was taken to Lovers Beach and inspected the turtle nesting along that beach.

His tour guide, Mr. Lemuel Pemberton is the organizer of the turtle club on Nevis.

DOS 56 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter Six Tourism _______________________________________________ Nevis remains a safe and fun fill destination for all tourists.
Transportation, a complement for tourist attraction, remains available and continues to be operational for adventurous activities.

Additionally, the island touristic offerings, whether one is looking for historical landmarks, culture and tradition, arts and crafts and natural wonders among many others are also available.

The tourism sector continues to monitor its marketing strategies and thus analyzes several data sources to get comparable data on the inbound trend of tourists.
The data provided for this chapter is solely based on the information gathered for inbound tourist via the Vance W Amory International Airport, and the Charlestown Seaport as the sector continues to improve its air and sea accommodations.

Where to Stay (accommodations) Accommodation is one of the is the claim that all There tranquil privacy.

facts credence to the number of number of beds recorded for The basic needs for any tourism activity.
accommodations offer peaceful and provided within this digest give hotels, the number of rooms and the statistical purposes.

Table 6.1 gives a five-year period for the official records for the availability of accommodations.

By the end of 2016, while the number of rooms increased by some 3%, the number of beds also increased by 2.3%, when compared to 2015.

Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 No.

of Hotels No.

of Rooms No.


of Beds 8 8 8 8 8 386 386 386 386 398 530 533 530 530 542 Table 6.1: Number of Hotels, Rooms and Beds for the period, 2012- 2016 DOS 57 The Department of Statistics – NIA Visitors Arrivals The quantity of tourist arrivals via the Vance Amory Airport has differed within the past five years, a period captured in this publication.

In 2012, a calculated total of 6,777 vacationers visited the island when compared with 7,579 in 2016.
The difference in total amounts to 802, or 11.8% increased.

The data provided also shows that guest entries in the period of 2012 and 2015 varied.

Table 6.2: Total Monthly Visitors Arrivals, 2012– 2016 (Source: Stats.
Department, Nevis) Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Total Grand Total 3,968 3,746 3,750 3,415 2,720 2,227 3,289 2,630 1,854 1,708 2,405 4,386 36,098 Arrivals during Tourism Season: For this publication, the tourism season runs from September of one year to April of the following year.
Alluding to Table 6.3 that follows, the information demonstrates that visitors inbound during the tourism season fluctuated over the reporting period.

An overall total of 24,787 tourist graced the shores of Nevis during the tourism season for the past five years.

The period of 2011/2012 demonstrates the smallest figure - 4,676 recorded for inbound tourists while, 2014/2015 recorded the highest figure - 5,138.
By the end of the season in 2016, the figures revealed a marginal decrease of 184 or 3.6% when compared to the end of the season in 2015; and a 6% increase when compared to the end of the season in 2012.
DOS 58 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 6.3: Total Visitors Arrivals to Nevis during the Tourism Season, 11/12– 15/16 Tourism Season – Visitors Arrivals Year 2011/2012 to 2015/2016 Months 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Total September October November December January February March April Total Stayover Visitors via RLB Airport Address to Nevis While attributing to the improvement on the collection of data, this section has been added to this year’s publication.
Evidently, the below table displays the quantity of tourist arrivals via the RLB International Airport in St. Kitts, with addresses to Nevis for the period January 2012 – April 2016.

The data sourced from the Statistics Office in St. Kitts revealed a fluctuation in the annual total, but it has an average of 26,085 in bound tourist for the period 2012 – 2015.

Table 6.4: Total Monthly Visitors Arrivals, 2012– 2016 (Source: Stats.
Department, St. Kitts) Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Total ** Not available ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 10,839 Grand Total 13,763 13,788 15,805 11,922 8,445 8,678 10,000 6,066 3,339 4,471 8,207 10,735 115,219 DOS 59 The Department of Statistics – NIA Accommodations for Stayover Visitors With a slight drop in visitors staying in hotel accommodation in 2015, an increased in 2016 rose to a 19% in comparison.
The data shows that there are eight recorded hotels on the island and in 2014, 3,307 stayover visitors spent their nights in a hotel.

With an overall total of 910 stayover visitors spending their nights at guest houses, 2012 recorded the highest For figure apartment/villa, the figures increased at the end of 2016 to 194 or 71.6% when compared to 2015. guests.

266 of Table 6.4: Accommodations for Stayover Visitors, 2012- 2016 (Source: Depart.
of Statistics, Nevis) Accommodation Hotel Guest Houses Apt/Villas Other Accommodations Total Stay Over Year 2012 2,920 266 339 4,680 2013 3,219 165 422 4,842 2014 3,307 189 403 3,587 2015 2,635 164 271 3,461 2016 3,135 126 465 4,291 Total 15,216 910 1,900 20,861 8,205 8,648 7,486 6,531 8,017 38,887 Comparison of Stay Over Visitors Accommodation to Nevis 2012 - 2016 s r o t i s i V r e v O y a t S f o r e b m u N 6000 4000 2000 0 *2016 *2015 *2014 *2013 *2012 Hotels Guest Houses Apt/Villas Others Type of Accommodation *2012 *2013 *2014 *2015 *2016 DOS 60 The Department of Statistics – NIA Length of Stay (stay over visitors) The diagram below exhibits the length of days visitors who travelled via the VWI Airport stayed on the island.
The period ranges from 1-15+ days per visit.
Length of Stay, 2012 - 2016 " 0 0 0 ' s l a v i r r A 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% *2016 *2015 *2014 *2013 *2012 1 -3 days 4 -7 days 8-14 days 1389 1108 1438 1186 1215 3110 2537 3000 2784 2684 1319 1227 1415 1166 1316 15+ 1671 957 880 688 956 Not stated 706 706 876 164 225 Arrivals from traditional territories The island of Nevis continues to attract visitors from the traditional territories to include but not limited to the United States of America, Canada and Europe.
These markets continue to respond to the marketing strategies being implemented by the Nevis Tourism Authority and the Ministry of Tourism.

The graph following depicts a comparison of visitors from the traditional territories between the year 2016 and 2015.

It showed a 3.5% growth or 260 of inbound visitors by the end of 2016.

Outstandingly, the growth in arrivals of visitors from countries across the Caribbean is 9.6% or 238 visitors.
DOS 61 The Department of Statistics – NIA Visitors from traditional territories between 2015 and 2016 CENTRAL AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA NOT STATED OTHER COUNTRIES CARIBBEAN EUROPE CANADA USA 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 USA 3,133 3,284 2015 2016 CANADA EUROPE CARIBBEAN 345 337 872 979 2,465 2,703 OTHER COUNTRIES 145 152 NOT STATED 261 12 SOUTH AMERICA 50 CENTRAL AMERICA 13 60 17 The chart following demonstrates monthly vacationer from the fifty states within the United States of America to Nevis via the Vance W Amory International Airport.
The figures demonstrate a fluctuation in arrivals during the period 2012 to 2016.
DOS 62 The Department of Statistics – NIA MONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS BY US STATES TO NEVIS 2012 - 2016 *2012 *2013 *2014 *2015 *2016 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan 351 516 469 422 435 *2012 *2013 *2014 *2015 *2016 Feb 334 417 421 485 374 Mar 342 594 474 389 355 Apr 236 416 443 301 330 May 165 278 335 229 209 Jun 149 190 231 134 226 Jul 155 188 384 188 215 Aug 142 134 331 181 197 Sept 90 116 132 155 184 Oct 77 156 165 160 138 Nov 159 281 308 220 187 Dec 305 476 605 450 443 DOS 63 The Department of Statistics – NIA Yacht and Cruise Passengers Yacht tourism refers to the use of water vessels or boats for leisure purposes, including cruising, fishing or racing.
It is one of the developing niche for the tourism sector on the island, and contributes to the revenue generated.

The yachts are classified according to the type of vessels, resulting in changes in the collection of the data.

The table below describes yacht passengers’ arrival per half year for the period under review.

It demonstrates a changeability from year to year, and shows a constant decrease in arrivals, following an increase in 2013.
Table 6.5: Percentage change per ½ year for Yacht and Cruise Passengers, 2012 – 2016 Per ½ Year Yacht Passengers Cruise Total Yacht and Passengers Cruise Passenger Year 2012 June December Total Percentage change 2011/2012 2013 June December Total Percentage change 2012/2013 2014 June December Total Percentage change 2013/2014 2015 June December Total Percentage change 2014/2015 2016 June December Total Percentage change 2015/2016 Source: Department of Statistics, Nevis 6,277 2,103 8,380 (14.0) 5,875 3,938 9,813 7,522 1,112 8,634 17.1 (12.0) 7,580 2,404 9,984 6,607 4,540 11,147 16.0 11.6 DOS 64 The Department of Statistics – NIA % Change between Yacht and Cruise Passengers, 2012 - 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 % Change While the time frame in focus - 2012 to 2016 demonstrates a combined figure of 8,852 yacht tourism inward bound, the table below will also show a combined figure of 28,789 for cruise inward bound tourism.
For the period under review, the figures also illustrates a constant increase in cruise arrivals.

The growth of cruise passengers between 2016 and 2012 is significant with 4,963 or 123% increased.

In comparison to 2015, the growth is 34.2% or 2,287 more passengers in 2016.
Table 6.7: Number of Cruise and Yacht Passengers to Nevis, 2012- 2016 Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Yacht 572 1,813 1,015 3,288 2,164 8,852 Cruise 4,020 4,064 5,026 6,696 8,983 28,789 DOS 65 The Department of Statistics – NIA Cruise Calls The below chart reflects a graphical picture which portrays excursionist to Nevis via sea for the reporting period, 2012 to 2016.

The graph shows a decrease from that of 2015, with (35.94%) or (23) when contrasted with 2016.
2 cruise ships docked in the Charlestown harbour.

Photo courtesy Artwar Designs The table also demonstrated that during the time frame of 2012 and 2014, there was a declined in cruise calls but significantly increased in 2015.

All figures reflected a growth of 10 cruise calls when comparing 2016 with 2012.
CRUISE CALLS TO NEVIS 2012 - 2016 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 DOS 66 The Department of Statistics – NIA Yacht Calls Yacht calls to Nevis declined by 30.82% or 229 less by the end of 2016 when compared to the end of 2015.

Table 6.6 shows that the quantity of yachts call had consistently declined during the years 2013 to 2014 with a slight increase in 2015.

Overall, the table shows, that the yacht calls to the island reduced by 449, when comparing 2016 to 2012.
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 514 743 714 844 963 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Yacht Calls Table 6.6: Number of Cruise and Yacht Calls to Nevis, 2012 – 2016 Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Cruise Calls Yacht Calls 31 28 38 64 41 202 963 844 714 743 514 3,778 DOS 67 The Department of Statistics – NIA The tables that follow illustrate the tourism season as it relates to this publication for Cruise Calls, Cruise Passengers, Yacht Calls and Yacht Passengers for the period 2011/2012 to 2015/2016 Months September October November December January February March April Total 2011/2012 1 0 2 7 2 7 8 4 31 Tourism Season - Cruise Calls Year 2011 to 2016 2013/2014 0 0 1 4 6 6 4 1 22 2012/2013 0 0 5 5 12 2 4 4 32 2014/2015 0 0 6 15 12 15 15 3 66 2015/2016 0 0 5 12 6 10 10 0 43 Total 1 0 19 43 38 40 41 12 194 Tourism Season - Cruise Passengers Year 2011/2012 to 2015/2016 Months September October November December January February March April Total 2011/2012 31 0 137 826 193 919 1,504 377 3,987 2012/2013 0 0 488 539 1,312 228 954 522 4,043 2013/2014 0 0 145 903 801 1,009 755 102 3,715 2014/2015 0 0 360 1999 2255 1228 1230 346 7,418 2015/2016 0 0 176 1453 1417 2326 1049 0 6,421 Total 31 0 1,306 5,720 5,978 5,710 5,492 1,347 25,584 DOS 68 The Department of Statistics – NIA Tourism Season - Yacht Calls Year 2011/2012 to 2015/2016 Months September October November December January February March April Total 2011/2012 14 25 49 102 141 139 182 144 796 2012/2013 9 26 58 72 111 123 145 139 683 2013/2014 3 22 53 68 84 125
 152 87 594 2014/2015 2015/2016 13 23 37 65 103 126 173 101 641 4 6 23 48 104 136 63 80 464 2014/2015 2015/2016 Months September October November December January February March April Total 2011/2012 1 0 8 161 133 96 116 65 580 Tourism Season - Yacht Passengers Year 2011/2012 to 2015/2016 2012/2013 0 15 0 99 160 73 161 46 554 2013/2014 0 65 167 967 29 95 106 116 1,545 92 118 29 152 53 84 147 52 727 17 0 15 67 103 161 46 13 422 Total 43 102 220 355 543 649 715 551 3,178 Total 110 198 219 1,446 478 509 576 292 3,828 Tourist Purpose of Visit In keeping with the thrust to constantly update this publication, the purpose of visit has been added as one of the indicators for the tourism sector.
Travelers visit various places and or countries for various reasons, and this is demonstrated within the chart on the next page.

The chart indicates the variations in the purpose of visit for the recording period in sub-categories to include Vacation, Business, Visiting Friends and Relatives (V.F.R), Study, and Other.
DOS 69 The Department of Statistics – NIA Comparison of Purpose of Visit (Nevis) for 2012-2016 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Vacation 4823 Business 634 4229 4650 3828 3898 587 924 770 722 V. F. R 365 322 414 355 323 Study 618 618 666 504 646 Other 965 778 953 687 806 DOS 70 The Department of Statistics – NIA Mr. Chaderton, Phlebotomist at the Alexandra Hospital During the previous two years, the health sector on the island has provided employment for a number of youths within its sector.
These youths are given the opportunity to work within various units as the example displayed in the picture above.

Mr. Tristan Chaderton, Phlebotomist at the Alexandra hospital, performs one of the health services - taking a blood sample from one of Nevis’ resident, offer at the Laboratory at the hospital.
DOS 71 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter Seven Health and Social _______________________________________________ Health Statistics Health indicators are measures reported on a regular basis and provide relevant information about population health and/or health system performance and characteristics.

Some of the indicators for health statistics include but not limited to, dispensaries, health centers and hospitals.
The table below displays a list of indicators, which provide comparable information as well as track progress and/or performance over the reporting period.
Table 7.1: Selected Health Indicators, 2012- 2016 (Source: Nevis Health Promotion Unit) Health Indicators Dispensaries Health Centers Hospitals Hospital Beds Hospital Beds in Use Infirmary Beds Infirmary Beds in Use Major Operations Hospital Admissions Hospital Discharges In light of the data given from the Health Promotion Unit, the table/chart below shows information for intentional and unintentional injuries recorded at the Alexandra Hospital for the period 2012 through 2016.
Table 7.2: Intentional and Unintentional Injuries, 2012- 2016 (Source: Nevis Health Promotion Unit) Sexual Assault Physical Assault Domestic Violence Motor Vehicle Accidents Stabbing/Slashing 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total DOS 72 The Department of Statistics – NIA 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 INTENTIONAL AND UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES 2012-2016 133 125 105 89 83 186 120 99 61 59 10 9 5 12 8 23 22 7 2 8 6 6 5 12 11 Sexual Assault Physical Assault Domestic Violence Motor Vehicle Accidents Stabbing/Slashing 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 The highest number of motor vehicle accidents recorded over the five year period was in 2016 with 186, a 205% and 55% increases when compared to 2012 and 2015 respectively.
This also represent a steady increase since 2014.

The data in the above graph demonstrates that the number of violence committed on a person is on the increase.

We look at the figures for 2016, and the data indicates that Sexual Assault increased by 4, Physical Assault increased by 28 and Domestic Violence by 6.

In the meantime, Stabbing/Slashing Offence decrease measly by 1.
Physical Assault, 2012 - 2016 Sexual Assault, 2012 - 2016 25% 17% 20% 15% 23% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 27% 18% 11% 23% 21% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 DOS 73 The Department of Statistics – NIA Monthly Intentional and Unintentional Injuries for 2016 6 1 0 2 r o f a t a D y l h t n o M Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan 0 Other Suicidal Attempt Sexual Assault Physical Assault Domestic Violence Motor Vehicle Accidents Stabbing/Slashing Gunshot Injuries DOS 74 The Department of Statistics – NIA Infant/Toddlers Visits The wealth of a nation is said to be dependent on the health of its citizens.
Additionally, growth of families reflects the growth of the population and is a significant indicator of a country’s wealth.

This publication, since it was revamped in 2014, introduces for the first time, data collected from Health Promotion Unit, on the number of visits per infant/toddlers at the different health centers in Nevis.
Table 7.3: Infant Visit at Health Centers, 2012- 2016 (Source: Nevis Health Promotion Unit) Health Center Charlestown Gingerland Brown Hill Butlers Combermere Cotton Ground Table 7.4: Toddlers Visit at Health Centers, 2012- 2016 (Source: Nevis Health Promotion Unit) Health Center Charlestown Gingerland Brown Hill Butlers Combermere Cotton Ground Table 7.5: Infants New Visit at Health Centers, 2012- 2016 (Source: Nevis Health Promotion Unit) Health Center Charlestown Gingerland Brown Hill Butlers Combermere Cotton Ground DOS 75 The Department of Statistics – NIA Psychiatric Nevis has seen an increase in the number of registered psychiatric patients, be it male or female.
At the end of 2016, the figures recorded rose to 533, an increase of 62 in comparison to 2015.

The table below demonstrates the number of patients per age range for the period 2013 to 2016.

Although the total for the past three years remained constant, it must be made aware that the total registered patients included old and new cases.

Albeit, by the end of 2016, the Health Promotion Unit recorded 503 old cases, 30 new cases and a combination of 264 males as opposed to 269 females.
Table 7.6: Registered Psychiatric Patients by age range, 2012- 2016 (Source: Nevis Health Promotion Unit) Age Range 10 – 19 20 – 29 30 – 39 40 – 49 50 – 59 60 – 69 70+ Not Stated Total There was a significant increase in the Not Stated age range category by some 42 patients and by 12 patients in the 70+ age range.
Diabetic & Hypertensive Cases According to the collected data, inquiries revealed that 479 diabetic patients were registered at the end of 2016, of which 29 are new cases.

This figure also shows a constant decline in the number of registered cases between 2013 and 2016; and when comparing 2012 to 2016, the decline was 3.23%.

Tables 7.7 and 7.8 demonstrate these facts.

At the same time, the number of registered hypertensive cases remained at the same value at the end of 2016 as compared to 2015.
This also shows a constant decrease of registered cases between 2012 and 2016.
DOS 76 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 7.7: Registered Diabetic Patients at different Health Centre in Nevis, 2012-2016 Health Centre 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Charlestown Brown Hill Gingerland Butlers Combermere Cotton Ground Yearly Total M 48 23 51 9 14 15 160 F 104 34 100 31 38 28 335 M 47 19 53 6 12 19 156 F 108 36 94 36 39 28 341 M 47 21 57 12 13 20 170 F 88 34 97 36 37 25 317 M 50 18 49 15 13 18 163 F 106 36 86 32 32 27 319 M 41 20 49 12 14 17 153 495 497 487 482 479 Health Centre 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Table 7.8: Registered Hypertensive Patients at different Health Centre in Nevis, 2012-2016 Charlestown Brown Hill Gingerland Butlers Combermere Cotton Ground Yearly Total M 42 22 42 7 21 19 153 F 85 40 101 16 47 39 328 M 48 20 61 17 16 19 181 F 76 38 114 26 46 41 341 M 80 20 107 27 17 21 272 F 40 36 54 46 42 47 265 M 39 18 51 31 19 21 179 F 81 38 108 44 34 42 347 M 33 18 53 29 15 21 169 481 522 537 526 526 Source: Health Promotion Unit, Nevis F 108 34 92 30 31 31 326 F 81 43 108 44 35 46 357 DOS 77 The Department of Statistics – NIA Dental Statistics The Dental Unit falls under the umbrella of the improved health care services provided on the island of Nevis.
The Health Promotion Unit also continues to improve on the collection of its health statistics.

One such improvement is the collection of data for Prescription for the past three years which falls within the reviewing period for this publication The five years period under review demonstrates in the table 7.9 below, the trend by services rendered and by patients who visited.
With an increase in 31 prophylaxis/cleaning services by the end of 2016 or a 2.2%, it implies that persons are taking better care of their teeth.

Additionally, there has been a decrease in service rendered for children by some 52 services or 0.03% when compared 2016 to 2015.

Table 7.9 also suggests, while 1,941 adults received various dental services for the year 2016, a similar number of children, 1,940 also received various dental services for the said year.

Table 7.
9: Dental Unit trend by Services Rendered and by Patients 2012-2016 Services Rendered Patients Extraction Fillings Prophylaxis/Cleaning Sealants Examinations Prescription Other Totals Adults Children Total Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 356 423 541 625 572 1,098 778 1,241 1,346 1,275 Root Canal 42 17 24 13 8 40 7 27 125 49 1,096 1,154 705 923 995 977 1,523 1,054 1,414 1,445 6,413 Total 2,517 5,738 248 104 4,873 (N/A Not Available) Source: Health Promotion Unit, Nevis N/A N/A DOS 78 The Department of Statistics – NIA The two tables below show an aggregate of 509 HIV/AIDS tests taken for 2016; 132 were males, 467 females and 10 unknown gender.
The aftereffects of these tests demonstrated that there were one positive case and 508 negative cases.

Consistently, the fourth quarter demonstrated the most noteworthy number of tests finished with 135, trailed by the first quarter 125, the third quarter 124 and the second quarter 120.

Table 7.4: HIV/AIDS Laboratory Cases at the Alexandra Hospital, 2016 Alexandra Hospital Laboratory Female Month 1st Qtr 89 2nd Qtr 224 3rd Qtr 81 4th Qtr 153 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEO OCT NOV DEC TOTAL Month No.
of Tests Done 34 27 28 34 40 27 32 28 32 24 33 45 384 Male 9 4 5 6 11 3 11 7 4 6 8 9 83 1st Qtr 36 2nd Qtr 40 3rd Qtr 48 4th Qtr 41 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEO OCT NOV DEC TOTAL No.
of Tests Done 12 10 14 5 4 10 11 12 9 12 8 13 120 Male Unknown Gender 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 Unknown Gender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Table 7.5: HIV/AIDS Laboratory Cases at the Avalon Medical Centre, 2016 Avalon Medical Laboratory (Pte) Female No.

of Positives 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 No.

of Positives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 No.

of Negatives 34 27 28 33 40 27 32 28 32 24 33 45 383 No.
of Negatives 12 10 14 5 4 10 11 12 9 12 8 18 125 DOS 79 The Department of Statistics – NIA Social Statistics Social services can be deemed as an array of public services offer by government and non- government institutions.

These services are intended to make more effective organizations, construct more grounded groups, and advance values and opportunities.
The Social Services Department on Nevis continues to help strengthen the protection of children at risk, the elderly and persons in need by ensuring fairness among all.

The Family Services Division is the unit that accommodates the requirements of families that are less fortunate than others.

Hence, the information collected from the Family Services Division, accumulated a total of 327 cases for the period 2013 – 2016.
These cases are classified as child abuse, maintenance, domestic issues, mediation counselling, attempted suicide, and juvenile matters.
FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION REPORTED CASES 2013-2016 e l t i T s i x A 50 40 30 20 10 0 Child Abuse Mainten ance Domestic Issues 2013 2014 2015 2016 43 32 32 40 14 12 6 7 4 6 7 2 Mediatio n Counselli ng 6 4 10 20 Attempt ed Suicide Juvenile Matters 0 0 0 0 8 20 27 27 2016 2015 2014 2013 DOS 80 The Department of Statistics – NIA Gender Affairs Hot Meals program by Parish and Gender, Nevis The Nevis Island Administration as Year 2012 Total 2013 Total 2014 The Total 2015 Total 2016 Total Male Parish St Pauls 5 St Thomas 3 8 St Johns 6 St James 3 St George 25 St Pauls 9 St Thomas 5 6 St Johns 6 St James 2 St George 28 St Pauls 9 St Thomas 6 6 St Johns 7 St James 2 St George 30 St Pauls 8 St Thomas 7 7 St Johns 8 St James 2 St George 32 St Pauls 9 St Thomas 8 4 St Johns 7 St James 7 St George 35 Female Total Source: Social Services Department, Nevis the governing body for the island of Nevis has been administering several programs that caters to the social needs of others.
One such program is the hot meal program that has been ongoing for a number of years.

The table on the left displays recorded data from the Gender Affairs Division.

The data demonstrates that by the end of 2016, the hot meal program caters to the need of 71 persons.

This figure represents a decrease in the number of persons, which could be attributed to persons dying and or removed from the program as a result of improved living standard by family members.
Of that 71, 36 persons are males and 35 females.

DOS 81 The Department of Statistics – NIA One of two piers located at the Charlestown Waterfront – (Photo courtesy of Artwar Designs) Nevis is popular with private investors as it offers a full range of financial services and products.

These investors have an opportunity to maximize on their corporate and personal wealth management portfolio.
The picture above depicts the recently renovated pier at the Charlestown waterfront, with the inset depicting a front end shot of the island with one of its citizens holding the Olympic Torch, when it passed through Nevis during its Caribbean journey.

DOS 82 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter Eight Finance _______________________________________________ The Ministry of Finance is responsible for ensuring a robust framework for the management of government expenditure and debt.
Accordingly, “the management of government expenditure and debt will be mutually reinforced in an environment of timely revenue collection.” To this end, the Nevis Island Administration’s Current Revenue has seen a constant growth during the period under review.

NIA Revenue & Expenditure The table below displays the actual Current and Capital Revenue and Expenditure, for the period 2012 – 2016 of the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) financial position.
Table: 8.1: Actual Capital & Current Revenue & Expenditure , NIA, 2012 - 2016 Actual 2012 Actual 2013 Actual 2014 Actual 2015 Actual 2016 Current Revenue Current 116,514,870 121,055,560 128,468,450 133,857,250 139,455,980 Expenditure 126,131,653 125,250,230 133,995,785 130,488,336 148,942,750 Capital Revenue Capital 19,141,026 8,272,370 13,163,251 26,640,030 18,433,050 Expenditure 17,681,686 9,634,700 23,548,636 25,927,065 44,083,800 Source: Ministry of Finance, Nevis Over the past five years under review (2012-2016) the current revenue has shown steady growth.
The growth between 2012 and 2013 was 3.90%, between 2013 and 2014 was 6.12%, between 2014 and 2015, 4.19% and between 2015 and 2016, 4.18%.

This clearly shows that the NIA has increased its strategies at the various assigned tax centers in the collection of taxes.

Current Expenditure on the other hand has had increases and decreases over the five year period.
Expenditure in 2013 was $881,423 less than 2012 amounting to 0.70%, in 2014 the expenditure increased by 8,745,555 over 2013 or 6.98%, in 2015 the expenditure decreased by 3,507,449 or DOS 83 The Department of Statistics – NIA 2.62% over 2014, and in 2016, it increases by 18,454,414 or 14.14% in 2015.

The current expenditure continues to be of major concern for the NIA as expenditure spreads across thirteen ministries and their departments.
Table 8.2: Revenue and Expenditure Analysis, 2012 – 2016 Items Sources of Revenue Reg.
of Offshore Cos.& Trust Annual Fees Consumption Tax Import Duties Hotel Room & Restaurant Tax Other Total Recurrent Revenue Personal Emoluments Wages Retiring Benefits Loan Repayment Interest Payment Total non-discretionary Expenses Other Total Recurrent Expenditure Recurrent Surplus/(deficit) Total Capital Expenditure Total Expenditure Capital Revenue Total Revenue Total Surplus/(Deficit) Debt Service/Recurrent Revenue (%) Debt Service/Recurrent Expenditure (%) Recurrent Revenue Growth (%) Recurrent Expenditure Growth (%) Capital Expenditure Growth (%) Increment in Personal Emoluments (%) Increment In Wages (%) Increment Retiring Benefits (%) Non-Discretionary/Recurrent Exp.
(%) Non-Discretionary/Total Exp.
(%) 2012 Actual 2013 Actual 2014 Actual 2015 R Actual 2016 Actual 11,657 7,773 217 8,716 13 99,655 128,031 37,412 18,702 7,631 9,349 21,803 94,897 21,886 116,783 11,248 51,801 168,584 34,566 162,597 -5,987 24.3 26.7 -7.0 -5.8 -35.3 -1.6 -1.37 -24.5 81.3 56.3 12,518 8,324 297 9,625 0 98,564 129,328 40,362 20,082 7,943 10,685 18,058 97,130 17,435 114,565 14,763 9,635 124,200 8,272 137,600 13,400 22.2 25.1 -1.0 1.9 81.4 -7.9 -7.4 -4.1 84.8 78.2 12,764 8,476 39,614 10,620 0 58,885 130,059 43,662 21,231 7,934 9,204 16,689 98,720 26,072 124,792 5,267 23,549 148,341 13,163 143,222 -5119 19.9 20.7 -0.6 -8.9 -144.4 -8.2 -5.72 0.1 79.1 66.5 13,843 12,699 207 11,580 0 95,528 133,857 43,094 22,191 7,944 6,982 15,463 95,674 27,832 123,506 10,350 25,927 149,433 26,640 160,496 11,063 16.8 18.2 -2.9 1.0 -10.1 1.3 -4.52 -0.1 77.5 64.0 14,315 8,700 210 12,250 0 103,981 139,456 50,305 24,860 7,650 12,560 16,015 111,390 24,993 136,383 3,073 44,084 180,467 18,433 157,889 -22,578 20.5 21.0 -4.2 -10.4 -70.0 -16.7 -12.03 3.7 81.7 61.7 DOS 84 The Department of Statistics – NIA Non-Discretionary/ Recurrent Rev (%) PE & Wages/Recurrent Expenditure PE & Wages/Recurrent Revenue 74.1 48.0 44 Source: The Ministry of Finance, Nevis (Figures are revised) Capital Revenue is revenue received by the NIA through loans, grants and development aid.
Over the last five years, the recorded data indicates a fluctuation, with 2015 recording the highest capital revenue of 26,640,030.

71.5 52.9 49 79.9 55.1 54 75.9 52.0 50 75.1 52.8 47 Capital expenditure is monies spent on capital projects of the NIA.

In 2016 the highest capital expenditure tallied a total of 44,083,800, an increase of 18,156,735 or 70% over 2015, while 2013 shows the least expenditure totalling 9,634,700 or 45.51% less than 2012.
The number of capital projects undertaken in any given financial year decides on the amount budgeted as capital expenditure for that given year.

The Inland Revenue Department The Inland Revenue Department is the main hub for the collection of Government revenue, and has the responsibility of collecting taxes due and payable.

Table 8.3 displays statistics which were solely collected by the Inland Revenue Department.
The different types of taxes were chosen to meet official statistics system criteria and to reflect a strong analysis of the different financial periods.

Over the five year period (2012-2016) the revenue increases and decreases was buoyant, but throughout the years.

There was a marginal decrease at the end of 2016 over 2015 by 2.71% or 1,591,919.
The total revenue collected as at December 31, 2016 was $57,234,234 with the four major contributors being Value Added Tax of $16,528,333, Stamp Duty (transfer) of $9,171,392 and Social Security Levy of $9,894,682 and Unincorporated Business of $1,386,548.

it Table 8.3: Inland Revenue - Taxes collected by tax type in Nevis, 2012 – 2016 Type of Taxes Bank License Boat License Bus.
& Occup License Coastal Levy Consumption Tax DOS 85 The Department of Statistics – NIA Corporate Income Tax Dog License Driver License Driver Test Electricians License Hotel & Restaurant Tax Income Tax Insurance Prem.
Tax IRD fines Learner Permit License - Unclassified Liquor License Property Tax Property Tax - Cards Radio License Social Serv.

Levy- Nv Stamp Duty (Bank Cheque) Stamp Duty Probate Stamp Duty Unclassified Stamp Duty (Transfer) Temp Driver License Temp Liquor License Tourism Dev.

Levy Trader Tax Travel Tax Travel Tax (Unclassified) Unclassified Fees Unincorp.
Business Value Added Tax Vehicle Rental Levy Wheel Tax Withholding Tax TOTAL Source: Nevis Inland Revenue Department DOS 86 The Department of Statistics – NIA The Customs Department The Customs Department, is another integral part of the Nevis Island Administration that provides another source of revenue from the collection of taxes, duties and fees.
The illustrated table below represents a breakdown of taxes collected between 2012 and 2016.

Value Added tax (VAT) and Custom Duty are the two taxes that generated the highest revenue yields in 2016 with $14,812,924 and $11,352,726 respectively.

Environmental Levy which is a tax imposed on the importation of vehicles has seen a steady increase over the five year period with the strongest growth in 2015 of $1,858,935 and $2,531,385 in 2016.
There has been a tremendous increase in the number of vehicles into Nevis over the last two years and this is expected to continue.
Table 8.4: Revenue collected by the Customs & Excise Department, Nevis 2012- 2016 Custom Service Charge 6,424,845 6,391,417 Revenue Collected Customs Duty Excise Tax & Duty Value Added Tax Consumption Tax Alcohol Duty Environmental Levy Unclassified Custom Fees Yacht Fees Fees & Fines Bottle Levy Gains on Exchange TOTAL DOS 87 The Department of Statistics – NIA Trend of certain taxes collected in Nevis, 2012 – 2016 Displaying the trend of various taxes collected between 2012 and 2016 (per '000) 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 0 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Revenue collected between 2012 and 2016 45,000,000 40,000,000 35,000,000 30,000,000 25,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 0 01/01/2012 01/01/2013 01/01/2014 01/01/2015 01/01/2016 Revenue Collected 12/31/2012 34,988,745 12/31/2013 40,134,758 12/31/2014 40,803,415 12/31/2015 40,718,361 12/31/2016 42,109,936 DOS 88 The Department of Statistics – NIA The
 Financial Services The Financial Services sector is one of the most crucial sectors of the Nevis Economy.
Over the past five years, tremendous growth occurred in this sector.

The number of new Nevis Business Corporation Ordinance fluctuated during the years 2014 to 2016 and has a slight increase of 212 in 2016 over 2015.

The LLC’s and Trusts are also showing marginal decreases and increases over the years under review.

Overall the registration of new businesses reached its highest peak in 2013 of 7,619 and have steadily declined for the next two years (2014-2015) with a slight upward movement of 327 in 2016.
Table 8.5: Number of New Companies (NBCOs, LLCs, Trusts, Foundations) Registered in Nevis, 2012 - 2016 YEARS 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TOTAL No.

of NBCO's 1,573 5,181 1,669 1,365 1,577 11,365 No.

of LLC'S 1,110 1,930 868 661 764 5,333 No.

of TRUSTS 113 474 131 90 117 925 NO.


OF FOUNDATIONS 23 34 25 27 12 121 TOTAL 2,819 7,619 2,693 2,143 2,470 17,744 Source: Nevis Financial Services There has been gradual increases in the number of active entities in Nevis between 2012 and 2014 with a slight decrease being recorded in 2015 and 2016.

This slight decrease indicates that some of the active entities has ceased to operate or have been struck off the register.

Table: 8.6 Number of Active Entities in Nevis between 2012 and 2016 No.
of NBCO's 11,590 No.

of LLC'S 4,938 No.

of TRUSTS 1,022 NO.

Of FOUNDATIONS 92 Offshore Bank 1 11,628 11,928 11,843 11,142 5,086 5,159 4,970 4,420 877 1,093 780 1,031 97 103 114 97 1 1 1 1 Years 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total 17,643 17,689 18,284 17,708 16,691 DOS 89 The Department of Statistics – NIA Over the five year period, the revenue collected by the Nevis Financial Services Department saw steady growth with the revenue moving from $11,772,605 in 2012 to $14,394,990 in 2016.
Table 8.7: Revenue collected Quarterly by the Nevis Financial Services Sector, 2012 - 2016 Month per 1/4 2012 2013 2014 2015 March June September December Total 3,313,692 2,718,013 2,692,861 3,048,039 11,772,605 3,170,458 3,477,351 2,637,870 3,392,872 12,678,551 3,860,479 2,806,234 2,834,382 3,351,319 12,852,414 3,976,162 3,252,282 3,139,539 3,558,060 13,926,043 2016 4,191,375 3,384,745 2,922,314 3,896,556 14,394,990 Revenue collected quarterly, Financial Services, 2012 to 2016 4,500,000 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 March June September December DOS 90 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest St. Kitts and Nevis Gross Domestic Product (Basic Current/Constant) Table.8.8: St. Kitts and Nevis Gross Domestic Product by Economic Activity at Basic Current Prices 2012-2016 (EC$ mill) INDUSTRIES 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Est Agriculture Crops Sugar Other crops Livestock Forestry Fishing Mining & Quarrying Manufacturing Sugar Other Electricity & Water Electricity Water Construction Wholesale & Retail Trade Hotels & restaurants Hotels Restaurants Transport, Storage and Communications Transport and Storage Road Sea Air Supporting and auxiliary transportation activities Communications 134.60
94.07
85.98 0.79 0.99 69.50 87.60 88.31 91.78 94.07 97.95 Financial Intermediation 134.91 173.89 153.68 150.20 160.52 Banks & Other Financial Institutions 93.56 129.31 107.36 103.55 111.18 Insurance and pension funding Activities Auxiliary to Financial Intermediation 24.20 17.15 27.14 17.43 27.93 18.39 28.16 18.49 29.58 19.77 Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities 279.37 288.49 299.37 308.71 321.80 DOS 91 The Department of Statistics – NIA INDUSTRIES 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Est Owner Occupied Dwellings 125.25 127.42 129.54 131.47 136.78 Real estate activities 115.24 121.51 129.10 132.20 137.54 Renting of machinery and equipment Computer and related activities 2.64 4.92 2.64 5.58 2.81 4.66 3.14 4.71 3.24 4.97 Business Services 31.32 31.35 33.28 37.20 39.26 Public Administration, Defence & 166.52 180.65 198.43 211.46 225.80 Compulsory Social Security Education Public Private Health and Social Work Public Private Other community, social & personal services Activities of Private Households as 6.15 6.12 5.53 5.52 5.82 Employers Less FISIM 19.87 28.14 23.75 16.01 16.74 Gross Value Added at Basic Prices 1,683.88 1,812.76 1,934.28 2,021.39 2,099.76 GROWTH RATE Taxes on products Less Subsidies (2.66) 7.65 6.70 4.50 3.88 299.17 315.29 354.72 345.10 375.86 - - - GDP at Market Prices 1,983.05 2,128.04 2,289.00
 2,366.49 2,475.62 GROWTH RATE (2.49) 7.31 7.56 3.39 4.61 DOS 92 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table.8.9: St. Kitts and Nevis Gross Domestic Product by Economic Activity at Basic Constant Prices 2012-2016 (EC$ mill) INDUSTRIES Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry Crops Sugar Other Crops Livestock Forestry Fishing Mining & Quarrying Manufacturing Sugar Other Electricity & Water Electricity Water Construction Wholesale & Retail Trade Hotels & Restaurants Hotels Restaurants Transport, Storage and
 Communications Transport and Storage Road Sea Air Supporting and auxiliary transport activities Communications Financial Intermediation Banks & Other Financial Institutions Insurance and pension funding Activities Auxiliary to Financial Intermediation Real Estates, Renting and Business Activities Owner Occupied Dwellings Real estate activities Renting of machinery and equipment Computer and related activities Business Services Public Administration, Defence & Compulsory Social Security Est 1.79
109.04 1.85 5.13 26.28 148.21 120.52 114.91 1.79 6.28 26.42 160.79 122.37 121.93 1.93 4.66 25.10 169.83 124.11 124.78 2.80 4.73 26.33 175.71 127.22 127.90 2.85 4.91 27.39 184.85 DOS 93 The Department of Statistics – NIA Education Public Private Health and Social Work Public Private Other community, social & personal services Private Households with Employed Persons 36.34
83.23 60.61 22.61 50.83 38.23 12.59 37.18 36.34 40.29 43.64 44.70 5.61 5.61 4.71 4.58 4.76 Less FISIM 34.74 36.22 36.77 39.34 40.54 GDP at Basic Prices, Constant GROWTH RATE 1,493.35 (0.78) 1,591.29 6.56 1,672.70 5.12 1,754.41 4.88 1,804.28 2.84 Plus: Product Taxes less Subsidies GDP in Market Prices Growth Rate 265.32 1,758.67 (0.60) 276.77 1,868.06 6.22 306.75 1,979.45 5.96 299.52 2,053.93 3.76 322.97 2,127.24 3.57 Source: St. Kitts Nevis Statistics Department/ECCB DOS 94 The Department of Statistics – NIA Starting a career in Woodworks and Furniture Making is pretty simple.
However, high school years are a good training ground and the Charlestown Secondary School is one such school, which provides this avenue for students.

The picture above displays pieces of furniture made by students of the Charlestown Secondary School.

DOS 95 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter Nine Education _______________________________________________ Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the attainment of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.
The period under review for the Education sector, especially during the last year, establishes that the Education Department has continued to prioritize the overall development of its people through a myriad of in school and after school programs.

Table 9.1 provides general information of preschools and nurseries on the island.

It reveals an increase in the number of students in the Preschools for school year 2015/2016 when compared to the school year 2014/2015.
This trend also continues for the number of students in Nurseries with an increase of 174 from 150 reported for 2015/2016 and 2014/2015.
Table 9.1: General Information on Pre-schools and Nurseries in Nevis, 2011/12 – 2015/2016 Year Private Preschool Centers Government Preschool Centers Total Supervisors for Public & Private Preschools Total Auxiliary Staff for Public & Private Preschools Supervisors/Auxiliary Staff for Nurseries Centre Based Home Based Total Children in Preschools Total Children in Nurseries Total Enrollment in Preschools and Nurseries 2011/ 2012 7 3 10 29 14 12 374 150 524 2012/ 2013 7 3 10 30 15 13 352 136 488 2013/ 2014 6 4 10 29 15 13 357 150 507 2014/ 2015 6 4 10 28 15 13 322 150 472 2015/ 2016 5 4 9 30 22 16 357 174 531 The data also shows that the auxiliary staff for public and private preschools has increased by 2 by the end of the school term in 2016 when compared to the school term in 2015.
Significantly, the total enrollment in preschools and nurseries increased by the end of 2016 by 59 or 12.5% when compared to 2015 and by 7 or 1.3% when compared to 2012.

DOS 96 The Department of Statistics – NIA Primary Schools Table 9.2 displays the number of public and private primary schools in Nevis for the period under review.

The data shows a constant figure for the past five years.
The public schools are the Charlestown Primary, St. Thomas’ Primary, VOJN Primary, St. James Primary, Joycelyn Liburd Primary, Elizabeth Pemberton Primary and the Ivor Walters Primary.

The private primary schools are Maude Cross Preparatory School, Nevis Academy and Montessori Academy.
Table 9.2: Number of Public and Private Primary Schools in Nevis, 2011/12– 2015/16 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015-2016 Public Private Total PRIMARY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL 7 7 3 3 10 10 7 3 10 7 3 10 7 3 10 Table 9.3: Number of Students and Teachers in Public Primary School, in Nevis 2011/12 – 2015/16 Year 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Students 606 612 564 585 562 571 Teachers 21 110 13 93 8 103 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Data not available Table 9.4: Number of Students and Teachers in Private Primary School, in Nevis 2011/12 – 2015/16 Year 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Students 81 Teachers 0 80 18 63 0 58 18 53 0 53 20 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Data not available DOS 97 The Department of Statistics – NIA Secondary Schools There are two public secondary schools, Charlestown Secondary and Gingerland Secondary, and one privately owned – Nevis International Secondary School.
The table below, Table 9.5 shows a constant figure for the reporting period.
Table 9.5: Number of Public and Private Secondary Schools in Nevis, 2011/12– 2015/16 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Public Private Total SECONDARY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 Source: Department of Education 2 1 3 Table 9.6: Number of Students and Teachers in Public Secondary School, in Nevis 2011/12 – 2015/16 2011-2012 2012-2013 Year Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 517 Students 484 42 37 Teachers 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 511 90 557 63 469 40 567 87 456 42 457 41 534 92 499 98 Number of Teachers and Students at the Public Secondary Schools in Nevis, 2011-2012 to 2015-2016 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 Students Teachers DOS 98 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 9.7: Number of Students and Teachers in Private Secondary School in Nevis, 2011/12 – 2015/16 2011-2012 2012-2013 Year Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 15 6 Students 2 2 Teachers Source: Department of Education 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 13 7 13 7 15 2 16 2 16 9 16 2 17 9 6 7 For the year 2016, a student from the Gingerland High School received the top honour for the best student award for writing the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC).
This student sat 17 subjects and obtained 17 passes with 17 Grade 1’s therefore solidifying his place in history as being one of the first student to accomplish such a remarkable fete on the island of Nevis.

The table under review shows the number of CSEC subject passes for the students of the Charlestown and Gingerland Secondary Schools over the period 2012-2016.

At the end of 2016, there was a total of 171 subject passes with 41 between 0-2, 45 between 3-5, 50 between 6-8 and 35 for 9+.
These totals for 2016 also represent an increase of 17% for the number of subject passes from -21% reported for 2015.
Table 9.7: CSEC Subject passes for Charlestown and Gingerland Secondary Schools, 2012- 2016 Subject Passes 0 – 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9+ TOTAL 2012 57 41 35 29 162 2013 40 54 48 21 163 2014 40 63 53 29 185 2015 24 52 41 29 146 Source: Department of Education 2016 41 45 50 35 171 The data revealed that at the end of 2016, 612 students sat the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) an increase from 588 in 2015 and 438 in 2014.
A close look at the table for 2016, shows that there were 156 students who obtained grade IV subject passes, the highest recorded when compared to previous years.
Table 9.8: CAPE Grade Distribution at the Charlestown Sixth Form College in Nevis, 2012 - 2016 Grade I II III 2012 24 65 92 Number of Students 2013 38 56 79 2014 25 46 83 2015 30 84 109 2016 32 63 122 DOS 99 The Department of Statistics – NIA IV V VI VII 118 139 88 11 537 101 116 75 13 478 95 102 72 15 438 125 131 90 19 588 156 141 74 24 612 NB: Grades 1-V Passing Grades Grades V1-V11 Failing Grades Table 9.9: Enrollment of Students at the Nevis Sixth Form College in Nevis, 2012- 2016 Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 80 60 40 20 0 Sixth B Sixth A Total Girls 40 49 59 50 44 Boys 15 28 34 26 21 Girls 36 26 30 37 38 Boys 28 10 22 29 26 Girls 76 75 89 87 82 Boys 43 38 56 55 47 Comparison of enrollment of students at the Nevis Sixth Form College in Nevis, 2012-2016 Girls Boys Girls Boys Sixth B Sixth A 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Adult and Continuing Education The following table shows the adult education classes that were offered by the Education Department for the period 2012-2016.
For the year 2016, there were 7 adult educational classes being offered of which 6 males and 23 females attended.

When analyzing the 2015 and 2016 data, there was a decrease in the number of adults who attended these classes with a total of 34 and 29 reported respectively.
DOS 100 The Department of Statistics – NIA Adult Education classes at the Education Department, Nevis 2012-2016 Source: Department of Education Year 2012 Total 2013 Total 2014 Total 2015 Total 2016 Total Subject Mathematics Clothing & Textiles Mathematics Clothing & Textiles Agriculture Science EDPM Mathematics Clothing & Textiles Social Studies Agriculture Science Motor Mechanics Economics (CAPE) EDPM Mathematics Sewing for beginners Social Studies EDPM Information Technology Economics Mathematics Agriculture Science Social Studies Economics Human Social Biology Sewing for beginners Motor Mechanics Males 2 0 2 Females 8 15 23 Total DOS 101 The Department of Statistics – NIA The above picture depicts construction work ongoing on the new units at the Nevisian Artisan Village.
This project was recently completed in an effort to provide opportunities for artisans and craft vendors to showcase and sell their products.

The Village is located next to the Craft House at Pinneys.

To date, fifty units have been erected at the Village.
DOS 102 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter Ten Employment _______________________________________________ Through the concerted effort of the Labour Department, job security and employment stability have become the driving force in the quest of ensuring harmony in the workplace.

Statistics shows that the working age population by sex and parish stood at 8,624 by the end of 2013, with an estimated population of 12,311 based on the calculation used for the Labour Force Survey of 2013.
Amongst the working age population 4,293 were males and 4,331 females.

St. John Parish is recorded as the parish with the highest working age population, with an estimated figure of 2,616; followed by St. George with 1,956 and St. James with 1,533.

Table 10.
Table 10.

1: Working-age population by Sex and Parish Parish St. Paul St. John St. George St. Thomas St. James Male 518 1,269 978 766 762 4,293 Female 586 1,347 978 649 771 4,331 Both Sexes 1,104 2,616 1,956 1,415 1,533 8,624 The table following shows the unemployment and unemployment rate by sex and parish.

The rate of unemployment stands at 4.0%.

St. James have the highest unemployment rate whereas St. Thomas have the lowest unemployment rate.

Table 10.
2: Unemployment and Unemployment Rate by Sex and Parish Parish Male Female Both Sexes No of unemployment population 27 29 24 21 48 149 St. Paul St. John St. George St. Thomas St. James Nevis Unemployment rate(%) 6.5 3.0 2.9 3.5 8.3 4.4 No of unemployment population 27 20 47 0 29 123 Unemployment rate(%) 6.3 1.8 6 0 4.9 3.6 No of unemployment population 67 54 80 25 90 276 Unemployment rate(%) 6.3 2.4 4.4 1.9 6.6 4.0 DOS 103 The Department of Statistics – NIA Based on the information that is provided in table 10.3, when comparing the years 2016 to 2015 for average employment, an increase of 12% is recorded for all of selected industries and services.
By the end of 2016, a total of 5,570 persons are employed as compared to 4,991 in 2015.

Meanwhile, the period under review has recorded that employment within the various sectors fluctuates on an annual basis.

Table 10.
3: Average Employees by Selected Industries and Services 2012 – 2016 (**) Industries and Services 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Agriculture Baking Civil Service Commercial Construction Domestic Financial Hotel & Guest Houses Manufacturing NE Workers Restaurants Services Statutory Corporations Telecommunications Transportation TOTAL (** figures round up) Source: Labour Department, Nevis Of the total round up average figure for employees by selected industries and services, 25,666, Hotel and Guest Houses employees with 5,403 employees or 21.1% contributed significantly to the total, followed closely with the Public Service sector with 8,120 employees or 32%.
The Public Service sector is made up of the Civil Service (Established) Workers and the Non-Established (NE) Workers.

Significant increases are also recorded for the Agriculture and Construction services, with 157% and 34.4% respectively, when comparing 2016 to 2015 DOS 104 The Department of Statistics – NIA During the years 2013 to 2016 there was fluctuation in the total number of work permit applications that were submitted by sector.
Of the total work permit applications that were issued; 638 were in 2013, 518 in 2014, 550 in 2015 and 490 in 2016.

For 2015 and 2016, a slight increase recorded in regards to the number of work permits for the following sectors; Commercial, Manufacturing, Restaurants, Services and Telecommunication.
Table 10.4: Work Permit application by Sectors, 2011 - 2015 Sector Agriculture Baking Nevis Island Administration Domestic Construction Commercial Financial Hotel and Guest Houses Manufacturing Restaurants Services Statutory Corporation Telecommunication Transportation TOTAL Total 254 23 321 83 489 142 43 372 64 251 793 30 3 34 706 518 Source: Department of Labour 638 550 490 2,902 Tables 10.5 through 10.9 displays work permit application by Nationality, as the period under review for this publication.
When analyzing 2016 to 2015, it revealed that the majority of work permit applications were issued to Citizens of the Republic of Guyana with 90 applications in 2016 and 130 in 2015.

This shows a decreased of 31%.

The trend also continues with the people of Chinese descent, with 48 permits issued in 2016 as compared to 114 in 2015 or a decrease of 58%.
DOS 105 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 10.5: Work Permit application by Nationality, 2013 Region Caricom/OECS Country Antillian Anguilla Barbados Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Montserrat St. Lucia St. Vincent Trinidad Other Caribbean Cuba Dominican Republic Canada America United States Europe/CIS Haiti Surinam Belize Bahamas Canada Ecuador Columbia Mexico/Caucasian Venezuela Honduras United States Austria Chile/Peru Denmark France Germany Greece Male Female 1 Total DOS 106 The Department of Statistics – NIA Ireland Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United Kingdom Africa Egypt Gambian Kenya Nigeria South Africa Asia Croatia/Singapore China India Indonesia Italy Filipinos New Zealand Turkey Malaysia/Thailand Pacific Total DOS 107 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 10.6: Work Permit application by Nationality, 2014 Region Caricom/OECS Country Anguilla Barbados Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Montserrat St. Lucia St. Vincent Trinidad Male Female Total 1 1 2 81 26 73 26 154 52 5 1 6 Other Caribbean Cuba Dominican Republic 26 21 Canada America United States Europe/CIS Haiti Surinam Belize Bahamas Canada Ecuador Columbia Mexico/Caucasian Venezuela Honduras United States Austria Chile/Peru Denmark France Germany Greece Ireland 1 2 1 5 1 1 41 1 2 11 1 3 27
Greece Ireland DOS 108 The Department of Statistics – NIA United Kingdom Africa Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Egypt Gambian Kenya Nigeria Saudi Arabia South Africa Syria Asia Croatia/Singapore China Jordon India Indonesia Nepal Argentina Filipinos Philippines Madrid Malaysia/Thailand Pacific Total DOS 109 The Department of
4 1 9 3 5 1 312 206 518 DOS 109 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 10.7: Work Permit application by Nationality, 2015 Region Caricom/OECS Country Anguilla Barbados Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Montserrat St. Lucia St. Vincent Trinidad Other Caribbean Cuba Dominican Republic Canada America United States Europe/CIS Haiti Surinam Belize Bahamas Canada Ecuador Columbia Mexico/Caucasian Venezuela Honduras United States Austria Chile/Peru Denmark France Germany Greece Ireland Male Female Total DOS 110 The Department of Statistics – NIA Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United Kingdom Africa Egypt Gambian Kenya Nigeria Saudi Arabia South Africa Syria Asia Croatia/Singapore China Jordon India Indonesia Nepal Argentina Filipinos Philippines Madrid Malaysia/Thailand Pacific Total DOS 111 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 10.8: Work Permit application by Nationality, 2016 Region Caricom/OECS Country Anguilla Barbados Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Montserrat St. Lucia St. Vincent Trinidad Other Caribbean Cuba Dominican Republic Canada America United States Europe/CIS Haiti Surinam Belize Hispaniola Canada Ecuador Columbia Mexico/Caucasian Venezuela Honduras United States Australia Chile/Peru Denmark France Germany Greece Ireland Male Female Total 42 30 48 20 1 3 34 5 1 5 1 17 1 2 52 9 8 3 1 1 2 30 1 1
DOS 112 The Department of Statistics – NIA Italy Nederland Portugal Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United Kingdom Africa Egypt Gambian Kenya Nigeria Saudi Arabia South Africa Syria Asia Croatia/Singapore China India Indonesia Jordon Nepal Argentina Filipinos Philippines Madrid Pacific Total Malaysia/Thailand 4 2 323 167 6 490 DOS 113 The Department of Statistics – NIA Ms.
 Tyzena Brookes of Brown Pasture, was recognized for her outstanding contribution to the Department of Agriculture at the Department’s 23rd Annual Agriculture Open Day.
Ms Brookes was presented with a plaque, a bouquet of flowers and a fruit basket by Premier of Nevis Hon.

Vance Amory, at the opening ceremony of the two-day event on March 30, 2017.

DOS 114 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter Eleven Agriculture Production _______________________________________________ Agriculture continues to be one of the backbone industries for human sustainability on Nevis, despite the increase levels of importation of basic food crops.
The Agriculture industry on Nevis has and continues to provide job opportunities which eventually helps to build a strong and sustainable local and national economies.

Additionally, it is also one of the key sectors which contributes to the island’s GDP in a given year, thus the Department of Agriculture and its subsidiaries, are the entities which generate such income from harvested crops, marketing, distribution and trading.
Egg Production Whilst the production of eggs fluctuated between 2012 and 2016, the demand for this commodity has always been relatively constant.

Table 11.1 below depicts this movement.

Quartile changes fluctuated, however, between 2012 and 2013 there was a marginal decline of 11,651 or 10% followed by a drastic comeback in 2014 of 58,629 or 57.4%.

There was a meagre decline of 3,420 or 2.12% in 2015 followed by a 10.5% or 16,453 increase in 2016, the highest of the 5 years.
Table 11.1: Egg Production per Quartile between 2012 and 2016 Production per 1st Quarter Production per 2nd Quarter Production per 3rd Quarter 24,570 27,000 35,660 44,013 43,302 28,483 26,756 35,623 44,365 52,506 29,624 26,864 38,770 26,810 43,260 Production per 4th Quarter 30,937 Total per Year 113,614 21,344 101,964 50,540 160,593 41,985 157,173 34,558 173,626 174,545 187,733 165,328 179,364 706,970 Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total DOS 115 The Department of Statistics – NIA Marketing Division Table 11.2: Throughput at the Marketing Division on an annual basis 2012 – 2016 Produce Arugula Apricot Avocado Basil Bora Beans Breadfruit Broccoli Butternut Squash Cabbage Cantaloupe Cauliflower Carrots Cassava Celery Chile Peppers Christophene Cassava Meal Cherry Tomato Coconut Cucumber Dasheen Dragon Fruit Eddoes Eggplant Fat Pork Garlic Ginger Ginip Grapefruit Green Banana Green Mango Green Papaya Guava Guava Pulp Golden Apple Herbs and Thyme Hot Peppers 0
DOS 116 The Department of Statistics – NIA Produce Honey Dew Melon Jelly Jujubi Lemon Grass Lettuce Limes Mangoes Improved Mango Unimproved Manciport Mint Musk Melon Okra Onion Oranges Orange Pepper Pak-choi Papaya Ripe Passion Fruit Peanut Pigeon Peas Pineapple Plantain Plum Tomato Pomegranite Pomerac Pumpkin Purple Pepper Purple Potato Raddish Red Pepper Ripe Banana Ripe Plantain
 Roma Tomato Rosemary Seasoning Pepper Sea Grapes Silk Banana Sorrel Sour Sop Star Apple String Beans DOS 117 The Department of Statistics – NIA Produce Sugar Apple Sugar Cane Sweet Corn Sweet Pepper Sweet Potato Spinach Tania Tangerine Tamarind Thyme Tomatoes Watermelon Wax Apple White Potato Yams Yellow Pepper Zucchini Total 8,872
1,021 60 183,193 2016 0 0 407 1,196.5 8,872 304 2,384 335 0 71 23,278.5 24,185.5 11 0 1,472 0 13 163,954 The above table displays throughput of 95 food crops at the Marketing Division 2012 – 2016.
At the end of 2016, the total produce was 163,954 a significant decrease of 19,239 or 10.5% when compared to the total produce for 2015.

Between 2012 and 2016, there has been a variation of increases and decreases with 2015 with the highest of all 5 years.

The Marketing Division continues in this assessment period to import the ten (10) targeted crops to complement its local production.
These are Cabbage, Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Melon, Carrot, Corn, Onion, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Sweet Pepper, Tomato and Water Melon.

It is evident from Table 11.3 below that the imported targeted crops are generally more than what is produced locally.
In particular though, imported Onions on average is 7.6 times higher than what is locally produced, however, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato and Watermelon are produced significantly more locally than imported, in some instances, 100 times more, 2012, 2013 and 2014 (Watermelon and Sweet Potato) and 2014-2016 (Pumpkin).

The figures below demonstrates production of these targeted crops as a percentage of imports.
DOS 118 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 11.3: Top ten targeted Crops for the period 2012- 2016 Crop Criteria 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 as a % of Production Cabbage Imports 107,079 115,063 135,886 43,200 59,592.97 Produce 4,819 1,361 1,750 499 3,651 Imports 6.13 Carrots Imports 110,370 105,259 133,833 63,662 69,646.84 1.59 Produce 2,857 20,729 10,400 1,833 1,106 Cantaloupe/ Imports 37,113 20,519 114,580 84,240 73,010.23 47.65 Honeydew Produce 18,913 3,610 60,050 56,812 34,790 Corn Imports 19,730 21,364 31,364 14,764 16,040.84 2,26 Produce 14,946 3,823 2,920 7,185 363 Sweet Peppers Imports 48,166 31,058 41,067 54,203 60,713.34 22.25 Produce 16,945 8,537 27,020 9,810 13,508 Pumpkin Imports 3,266 2,459 0 0 0 0 Produce 39,225 27,033 99,680 24,186 32,214 Sweet Potato Imports 0 0 0 2,345 3,207 179.92 Produce 7,750 4,818 25,885 12,056 5,770 Tomato Imports 45,890 35,076 50,565 26,019 45,835 133.85 Produce 43,455 46,406 142,830 73,845 61,348 Watermelon Imports 0 0 2,760 12,699 14,662.83 542.90 Produce 69,348 70,239 234,830 113,874 79,605 Onion Imports 145,004 127,076 204,009 76,940 90,569 64.36 Produce 19,277 12,133 52,258 30,608 58,286 DOS 119 The Department of Statistics – NIA Extension Division The Extension Division is responsible for providing technical assistance to commercial and backyard farmers, schools and farmer groups in all aspects of crop production, as well as to provide information through educational activities.
These activities will empower the farming families to adopt appropriate methods to improve their socio-economic well-being and contribution to nation building.

The division also provides weekly and monthly crop forecasting information and evaluates all aspects for concession.

Table 11.4 below displays the accumulative total of acreage farmed and estimated yield for the period under review.
Institution Criteria Farmers Government Total Acres Yield (kg) Acres Yield (kg) Acres Yield (kg) Table 11.4: Accumulative total of acreage farmed and estimated yield 2012- 2016 The amount of land cultivated and the yield obtained by Farmers showed the highest yield in 2015, which followed constant increases from 2012.
Regrettably, Farmers’ acreage dropped by some 14 acres or 19% and resulted in a decline of 532,676kg or a huge 64% which was even less than the 2012 figure, which had 7 acres less of farmed land.

Government cultivated land on the other hand showed that as acreage increased or decreased the yield had the same movement.

The year of 2014 had the highest acreage farmed as well as the highest yield for the 5 year period.
Overall, yield for both Farmers and Government progressively increased on average from 2012 – 2015, which saw a drastic decline of 666,914kg or 63%.

The following figures show the comparisons for acreage and yield for Farmers and Government.
DOS 120 The Department of Statistics – NIA FARMERS AND EXTENSION DIVISION COMPARISON BY ACRES 2012 -2016 S E R C A 80.00 70.00 60.00 50.00 40.00 30.00 20.00 10.00 - Acres Farmers Acres Government INSTITUTIONS 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 FARMERS AND EXTENSION DIVISION COMPARISON BY YIELD 2012 - 2016 G K / D L E I Y 900,000.00 800,000.00 700,000.00 600,000.00 500,000.00 400,000.00 300,000.00 200,000.00 100,000.00 - Yield (kg) Farmers Yield (kg) Government INSTITUTION 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 The following tables, 11.5 to 11.9, illustrate the quarterly production analysis for targeted crops for the period, 2012 – 2016 that are currently being farmed on Nevis.
DOS 121 Crops Cabbage Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Carrot Corn Onion Pumpkin Sweet pepper Sweet potato Tomato Watermelon TOTAL Crops Cabbage Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Carrot Corn Onion Pumpkin Sweet pepper Sweet potato Tomato Watermelon TOTAL Table 11.5: PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR 2012 OF TARGETED CROPS (KGS) The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Estimated production 1st quarter 1,438 8,165 1,134 4,809 7,711 5,660 9,811 5,737 17,169 19,082 80,716 Estimated production 2nd quarter 3,211 8,026 453 8,437 4,535 5,669 5,025 1,378 13,586 33,837 84,157 Estimated production 3rd quarter 1,701 6,124 0 0 0 5,806 4,627 8,709 22,226 44,225 93,418 Estimated TOTAL ESTIMATED Production 4th Quarter 375 2722 1270 750 600 5,103 6,895 0 16,329 43,000 77,044 PRODUCTION 6,725 25,037 2,857 13,996 12,846 22,238 26,358 15,824 69,310 140,144 335,335 Table 11.6: PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR 2013 OF TARGETED CROPS (KGS) Estimated production 1st quarter 1043 7665 272 1161 3515 6169 4264 3774 29,143 17,373 74,379 Estimated Estimated Estimated TOTAL ESTIMATED production 2nd quarter 227 6759 363 2608 2722 7257 1724 499 1134 22,453 45,746 production 3rd quarter 0 3175 907 54 2948 5987 1415 318 4223 28,372 47,399 Production 4th Quarter 91 3130 2068 0 0 7620 1134 227 11,906 2041 28,217 PRODUCTION 1,361 20,729 3,610 3,823 9,185 27,033 8,537 4,818 46,406 70,239 195,741 DOS 122 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 11.7: PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR 2014 OF TARGETED CROPS (KGS) Crops Cabbage Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Carrot Corn Onion Pumpkin Sweet pepper Sweet
 potato Tomato Watermelon TOTAL Crops Cabbage Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Carrot Corn Onion Pumpkin Sweet pepper Sweet potato Tomato Watermelon TOTAL Estimated production 1st quarter 150 18,300 2,660 770 5,000 53,920 5,100 1,685 55,500 75,250 218,335 Estimated production 2nd quarter 0 3,500 1,500 1,700 39,258 33,520 7,520 2,200 23,580 74,830 187,608 Estimated Estimated TOTAL ESTIMATED production 3rd quarter 1,000 24,800 5,840 450 0 10,560 11,000 9,200 16,500 46,300 125,650 Production 4th Quarter 600 13,450 400 0
 8,000 1,680 3,400 12,800 47,250 38,450 126,030 PRODUCTION 1,750 60,050 10,400 2,920 52,258 99,680 27,020 25,885 142,830 234,830 657,623 Table 11.8: PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR 2015 OF TARGETED CROPS (KGS) Estimated production 1st quarter 1,100 36,600 1,600 1,200 480 5,280 9,900 4,200 41,500 75,700 177,560 Estimated production 2nd quarter 0 40,100 300 440 0 4,600 6,700 5,000 81,333 62,200 200,673 Estimated production 3rd quarter 0 13,550 0 0 7,500 16,040 1,225 9,300 8,250 65,650 121,515 Estimated TOTAL ESTIMATED Production 4th Quarter 0 35,100 2,140 14,200 59,500 27,400 3,800 8,080 31,750 47,500 229,470 PRODUCTION 1,100 125,350 4,040 15,840 67,480 53,320 21,625 26,580 162,833 251,050 729,218 DOS 123 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 11.9: PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR 2016 OF TARGETED CROPS (KGS) Estimated production 1st quarter 6,650 27,000 0 280 0 23,600 16,000 2,080 17,500 28,950 122,060 Estimated production 2nd quarter 0 27,600 0 0 0 13,100 4,080 800 49,250 76,150 170,980 Estimated production 3rd quarter 900 16,100 1,400 400 2,000 8,800 4,400 240 39,250 41,400 114,890 Estimated Production 4th Quarter 500 6,000 1,040 120 98,500 25,520 5,300 9,000 29,250 29,000 204,230 TOTAL ESTIMATED PRODUCTION 8,050 76,700 2,440 800 100,500 71,020 29,780 12,120 135,250 175,500 612,160 10 TARGETED CROPS PRODUCTION 2012 - 2016 Crops Cabbage Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Carrot Corn Onion Pumpkin Sweet pepper Sweet potato Tomato Watermelon TOTAL G K 1,000,000 900,000 800,000 700,000 600,000
 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 TARGETED CROPS 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 DOS 124 The Department of Statistics – NIA Animals Slaughter Of the seven (7) popular animals identified in the table below that are slaughtered at the Nevis’ Abattoir for consumption as food for human use, Pig slaughtering is the highest followed closely by Sheep then Goats.
Overall slaughtering of animals increased steadily over the 5 year period with an overall average increase of 1,625 between 2012 and 2016.
Animals Steers Heifers Cows Bulls Sheep Goats Pigs Overall Total COMPARISON OF ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED IN NEVIS 2012 - 2016 2 31 96 75 1,090 532 856 2,682 Overall Total Pigs Goats Sheep Bulls Cows Heifers Steers Total 9 139 286 398 6,800 2,775 7,527 17,934 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total DOS 125 Department of Fisheries The Department of Fisheries has the responsibility of providing a sustainable level of catch, production, values, prices and farming systems and to also provide a source of revenue for the Nevis Island Administration by means of exporting seafood to other countries.
The reporting period, 2012 to 2016 saw that by the end of 2016, some 112,797 pounds of seafood were exported.

Seafood included Lobster, Conch and Crab, as well as Conch shell which contributed some 649 pounds.

Conchs continues to dominate the type of seafood exported over the 5 year period.

A total of 1,647,279 lbs.

of Conchs were exported between 2012 and 2016 and with an estimated cost of $15 on average per pound, this translates into roughly $24,709,185 in returns.
The export of Conchs is on average 101 times higher than Crab and 302 times higher than Lobster.

Table 11.11 below depicts this information.


Table 11.11: Export of Seafood per pound on a yearly basis, 2012– 2016 Lobster 214 235 3,542 1,288 160 5,439 Conch 110,111 331,881 122,839 972,593 109,855 Crab 1,275 2,803 4,485 5,535 2,730 1,647,279 16,828 Conch Shell 14 38 340 205 52 649 Total 111,614 334,957 131,206 979,621 112,797 1,670,195 Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Table 11.12 shows approximately 32 species of fishes that were hauled over the five year period, 2012 -2016.
The Department of Fisheries recorded and estimated total value of $10,931,298 for the 5 years and a total overall haul of 1,087,376lbs.

This publication shows that in 2016, a total estimated landing amounted to a 285,805 lbs, an increase of 13,139 lbs or 5% when compared to 2015; with an estimated value of $3,050,529.

This signals a constant increased during the period under review, with an average haul of 217,475 lbs per annum.
137 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 11.12: Estimated Landings of species of fishes during the period 2012– SPECIES Snapper Grouper Old Wife Conch Lobster Gar Ballyhoo Jacks Dolphin Wahoo Tuna/Mackerel Kingfish Skip Jack Lion Fish Tuna Bonito Mackerel Mah Mahi Mullet Marlin Shark Barracuda Shell Fish Crab Mixed Fish Tarpon Squid Turtle Blue Runner Congo Eel Sword Fish Sail Fish Total in (lbs) Value in (EC$) Source: Fisheries Department, Nevis DOS 127 The Department of Statistics – NIA M V Sea Hustler docked at the Charlestown Waterfront – (Photo courtesy of Artwar Designs) The above picture reveals one of the sea transportations that ply between Nevis and St. Kitts on a daily basis, the MV Sea Hustler.
It is owned and operated by Wesk Agency Limited and transports cargo, vehicles and people.

Often, the Sea Hustler schedules shopping trips to neighbouring islands to include St. Eustatius (Statia) and St. Maarten.

The picture also reveals one of the boat early morning scheduled runs to Nevis from St. Kitts.

It is in the process of offloading the Sol company gas truck being transported from St. Kitts.
DOS 128 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter Twelve Trade _______________________________________________ Trade at its simplest is exchanging one thing for another within borders or across borders and is vital to the success of civilization.

Trade involves but not limited to goods, clothing, electronics, building material, and cars.

The total value of imports into the island of Nevis is recorded by the Customs and Excise Department.
As per release in the table below, the figures show that revenue increased steadily from 2012 to 2014 but decrease by a significant $14,023,266.74 or 9.83% in 2015.

However, imports improved substantially to some $28,484,916 or 22% by the end of 2016.

By the end of the recording period, the cumulative total for the value of imports stood at $660,822,236.49.

(The values stated include cost insurance, freight, government tax and other concessionary imports).

See table below for detailed information.
Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Table 12.1: Total Value of Imports into Nevis 2012 – 2016 Total $112,038,761.00 $120,675,322.70 $142,556,590.19 $128,533,323.45 $157,018,239.15 Cumulative Total $112,038,761.00 $232,714,083.70 $375,270,673.89 $503,803,997.34 $660,822,236.49 Total Value of Imports (%) into Nevis 2012-2016 Imports Value 157,018,239 128,533,323 142,556,590 120,675,322 112,038,761 DOS 129 The Department of Statistics – NIA The above photo depicts members of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, Nevis Division, posed for a photo opt with Prime Minister of the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis (left), the Hon Dr. Timothy Harris, and Premier of Nevis (right), the Hon Vance Amory.
They were attending an awards ceremony for the Nevis’ Police Officers at the Occasion Center in Nevis.

The inset represents the officers on an early morning parade through the streets of Charlestown.
DOS 130 The Department of Statistics – NIA Chapter Thirteen Crime and Protection _______________________________________________ Table 13.1 Crime Statistics recorded between the period 2012 and 2016 Crime Category 2012 2013 2014 2015 Murder Attempted Murder Manslaughter Wounding Grievous Bodily Harm (Inflicting/Causing) Wounding with intent (Firearm) Rape Unlawful Carnal knowledge Defilement/Incest Uttering of forged documents Indecent Assault on Females Assault with Intent to Rob Robbery Armed Robbery House Breaking and Larceny (Residential) House Breaking and Larceny (Commercial) Housebreaking and Larceny (Other) House Breaking with Intent (Residential) House Breaking with Intent (Commercial) House Breaking with Intent (Other) Break & Enter Divine Place of Worship with intent to commit Felon Burglary Sacrilege Shooting with Intent Larceny Unlawful Possession Receiving Stolen Goods Obtaining Credit by Fraud Total DOS 131 The Department of Statistics – NIA Causing death by Careless/Reckless or Dangerous Driving Arson Possession of Controlled Drugs Possession with Intent to Supply Importing Controlled Drugs Cultivating of
 Controlled Drugs Unlawful Possession of Firearms/Explosives Unlawful Possession of Ammunition Smuggling of Firearm Fraudulent Conversion False Pretenses Embezzlement/Breach of Trust Malicious Damage 18 12 30 Possession of Firearm with intent to endanger life Other crime, danger to life or bodily harm Abduction/Kidnapping Indecent Assault on Males Found in enclosed premises Forgery Total 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 6 0 2 0 1
- The Department of Statistics has released a compilation of crimes reported between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2016.
A total of 1,434 criminal offences were recorded by the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, Nevis Division.

The array of offences ranged from murder to receiving stolen goods.

The data produced is specific to certain offences and reflects the trends of crimes committed over the period under review.

By the end of 2016, criminal activities rose to 8% when compared to the end of 2015.
The table above, 13.1 shows that the number of criminal offences committed over that period fluctuated from year to year, and portrays a reduction in crime for the last three years.

DOS 132 The Department of Statistics – NIA Comparing 2016 to 2012, criminal offences decreased by 45%; by 2013 decreased by 48.5%, and by 2014 decreased by 29%.

The data shows that shooting with Intent offences constantly increase during the reporting period.
Malicious damage rose to a 200% increase by the end of 2016 when compared to the end of 2015.

For the purpose of this publication, violent crimes cover the following offences: Murder, Wounding, Wounding with intent (Firearm), Rape and Arm Robbery.

Thus the data will show that by the end of 2016, 5 murders were recorded, a decrease of 37% or 3 when compared to 2015 with a total of 8 murders.

The period under review also demonstrates a fluctuation in the number of murders recorded.
Of a total of 1,434 reported and recorded offences, 2013 recorded the highest with some 392.

The table below will display a decrease in armed robbery by the end of 2016 by some 3 incidents when compared to 2015 with 13.

Between 2012 and 2016, the authorities recorded a total of 84 incidents of malicious damage.

At the end of 2015, an 80% decrease was recorded for the said offence when compared to 2014.
30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Comparison of violent crimes committed between 2012 and 2016 Murder Wounding Wounding with Intent Rape Arm Robbery 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 DOS 133 The Department of Statistics – NIA Comparison of serious crimes committed between 2012 and 2016 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Robbery Burglary Larceny Unlawful Possession Receiving Stolen Goods 2012 Series 3 2014 2015 2016 Comparison of various stealing offences committed between 2012 and 2016 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 HB&L Res HB&L Com HB&L Oth HBWI Res HBWI Com HBWI Oth HB&L Res - House Breaking & Larceny (Residence) HB&L Com (Commercial) HBR&L Oth (Other) HBWI Res - House Breaking with Intent (Residence) DOS 134 The Department of Statistics – NIA Comparision of offences committed under the Drug Act 2012 - 2016 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 DOS 135 The Department of Statistics – NIA The above picture portrays a fire tender which is based at the Vance W Amory International Airport.
This tender is a specialized fire engine designed to use in aircraft rescue and firefighting at airports.

In addition, the fire fighters displayed their attire, showing their readiness in preparation for a fire call.

DOS 136 Fire and Rescue _________________________________________________________________ Over the reported period January 2012 to December 2016, the Fire and Rescue Services responded to a number of calls.

The number of fires are displayed in the various categories on a yearly basis.
See the following tables and accordingly, the year 2016, saw the Fire and Rescue Services responding to 94 calls, a reduction of 31 calls when compared to 2015.

There were 144 calls in 2014; in 2013, 145; in 2012, 106 and in 2015, 125.

According to the data collected Garbage fires resulted in the highest number of calls for the period 2012-2016, with a total of 238.
Table 13.2: Number of Fires by Category broken down by fire call in Nevis, 2012 Class- A Class- B Class- C False Motor Vehicle Accident Motor Vehicle Fire Motorcycle Electrical 2 15 0 2 0 House 10 Fuel Grass/Bush 41 Oil Stove Garbage Vehicle Copper Other Total 0 32 3 1 0 87 0 0 0 Source: Fire & Rescue Service, Nevis 2 15 0 2 0 137 The Department of Statistics – NIA Table 13.3: Number of Fires by Category broken down by fire call in Nevis, 2013 Class- A Class- B Class- C False Motor Vehicle Accident Motor Vehicle Fire Motorcycle House 9 Kitchen Grass/Bush 47 Propane Tool Shed Garbage Tyres Copper Other Total 4 50 2 0 0 112 2 1 3 Source: Fire & Rescue Service, Nevis Electrical 3 20 3 4 0 3 20 3 4 0 Class- A House Grass/Bush Tool Shed Garbage Lamp Pole Gov.
Building Vehicle Smoke Disturbance Table 13.4: Number of Fires by Category broken down by fire call in Nevis, 2014 False Class- B Class- C Motor Vehicle Accident Motor Vehicle Fire Motorcycle Kitchen Propane 0 0 Electrical 7 23 2 0 0 8 45 1 51 4 1 1 1 Total 112 0 7 23 2 0 0 Source: Fire & Rescue Service, Nevis DOS 138 The Department of Statistics – NIA Class- A House Grass/Bush Tool Shed Garbage Lamp Pole Container Vehicle Smoke Disturbance Table 13.5: Number of Fires by Category broken down by fire call in Nevis, 2015 False Class- B Class- C Motor Vehicle Accident Motor Vehicle Fire Motorcycle Kitchen Propane 0 0 Electrical 7 13 0 0 0 10 33 0 53 4 1 4 0 Total 105 0 7 13 0 0 0 Source: Fire & Rescue Service, Nevis Table 13.6: Number of Fires by Category broken down by fire call in Nevis, 2016 False Class- B Class- C Motor Vehicle Accident Motor Vehicle Fire Motorcycle Kitchen Propane 0 1 Electrical 7 11 0 0 0 Class- A House Grass/Bush Tool Shed Garbage Lamp Pole Container Vehicle Smoke Disturbance Total 10 10 0 52 0 0 3 0 75 Source: Fire & Rescue Service, Nevis 1 7 11 0 0 0 DOS 139