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THE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS & ECONOMIC PLANNING The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest The Nevis Statistical Digest 2015 (2010 – 2014) Copyright© The Department of Statistics and Economic Planning 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 forecasts based on available data, the Department of Statistics and Economic Planning 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.
I The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

However, it is important to note that statistics allows us to quantify things.

Statistics are no substitute for judgement.


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.
Mission: 0 Vision:  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.

II The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest The Department of Statistics and Economic Planning in the Ministry of Finance has been proactive in its efforts to prepare meaningful, timely, accurate and reliable data.
As it is, the digest is released in a continual effort to promote awareness and the means whereby the use of a broader range of statistics could offer information for the development of new indicators; and informed decision making.

Hence, the Department continues to grapple with resistance from some of its stakeholders in releasing information in a timely manner.

This 2015 edition presents a detailed analysis of statistical facts and figures in 12 main areas accompanied by tables and graphs.
These are, Population and Vital Statistics; Infrastructure; Transportation; Health & Social; Finance; Tourism; Education; Employment; Trade; Agriculture and Crime & Safety.

As an addition to this release, certain tourism and health indicators have been added.
By the end of 2014, the performance of the Value Added Tax (VAT) has been exceptional, and according to the Mover of the 2015 Budget presentation, “the total VAT collected in Nevis over the past three years continue to increase annually rising from $28.90 million in 2011 to $32.60 million in 2013 and to $36.76 million in 2013.

A consistent increase of some 13 percent.” This can be attributed to the growth in population from 11,108 in 2001 to 12,227 in 2011.
Additionally, the growth in population will characterize a growth in revenue with more person using the services offered in the economy.

Thus, the current revenue stood at over $125 million by the end of 2014, when compared to over $121 million in 2013.

It also reflected an increase of some 34% when compared to 2010 current revenue of some $93 million.

Except where other copyright is indicated, articles in this publication may be freely reproduced with acknowledgement from the Source.
The Department welcomes your questions and or comments which can be sent to: The Director: Department of Statistics and Economic Planning GMC Building, Government Road, Charlestown III The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Table of Page PREFACE …………………………………………………………………………………… iii FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK ……………………………………………………………… vi EXPLANATORY NOTES ……………………………………………………………………… vii Section I …….
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT NEVIS …………………..…….. 9 - 21 Notable Local & Historical Events Structure of Nevis Island Government Section II …… POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS ………………….…….… 22 - 31 Population Growth - Birth, Death & Infant Mortality Marriages and Divorces Section III ….

INFRASTURCTURE ……………………………………………….…… 32- 37 Housing - Building Permits Issued, Titles Issued and Deeds Registered Electricity Consumers and Production; Water Consumption Section IV ….
TRANSPORTATION …………………………………………………… 38 - 49 Registration and Licensing of Vehicles Drivers Written & Road Test; Traffic Accidents Recorded AIR TRANSPORTATION Aircraft Movements; Cargo Movements; Passengers Movements SEA TRANSPORTATION Inter-Island Ferry Passengers Movements; Cargo Movements via Sea Ports Section V ….

TOURISM ……………………………………………………………….. 50 - 61 Accommodation; Stay Over Visitors Length of Stay; Arrivals from Traditional Territories Yacht and Cruise Calls/Passengers Arrivals Section VI ….
HEALTH AND SOCIAL ……………………………………………….. 62 - 70 Health Intentional and Unintentional Injuries Registered Diabetics & Hypertensive Patients at Health Centers Dental Unit Trend of Services Rendered SOCIAL SERVICES Family Services Gender Affairs Section VII … FINANCE ………………………………………………………………… 71 - 85 NIA Revenue and Expenditure Inland Revenue Departments Customs Department IV The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY REGISTRY SKB/NEV GDP by Economic Activity in Current & Constant Prices Section VIII ... EDUCATION …………………………………………………………….
86 - 91 Number of Public & Private Schools Number of Students and Teachers (public & private) General Information on Pre-Schools and Nurseries 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 Section IX ….
EMPLOYMENT ……………………………………………………… 92 - 98 Employees by Selected Industries and Services Work Permit Application by Sector Work Permit Application by Nationality, 2013 & 2014 Section X ….
AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AND TRADE ……………..……………… 99 - 112 Egg Production MARKETING DIVISION Throughput at the Marketing Division Production Analysis of Targeted Crops EXTENSION DIVISION ABATTOIR Animals Slaughtered DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES Export of Sea Foods Estimated Landings of Species of Fishes TRADE Revenue collect on Imports RAINFALL Section XI ….
CRIME AND PROTECTION ……………………….……..……… 113 - 118 Crimes Reported Fire and Rescue Service V The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Welcome to the 2015 Statistical Digest complied by the Department of Statistics and Economic Planning in the Ministry of Finance, Nevis Island Administration.

Indeed, it is an honour to release the 2010 – 2014 edition which demonstrates the commitment and continual effort of our department to publish a statistical digest annually.
We believe that our digest would be beneficial to the planners, policy makers, researchers and academicians as well as other interested persons.

It was Nelson Mandela who once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”, and so it is our belief that the future of reporting statistical data relies on the ability of its users to use the opportunities provided and to make informed decisions.
We hope that this digest will serve as one of the ways to help you keep informed as well as to increase the collaborative effort with our stakeholders and or partners who provide the timely data.

On behalf of the Department of Statistics and Economic Planning, special thanks is extended to our private and public partners who collected, collated, disseminated, analyzed and forwarded the data used to assist in this year’s publication.
We look forward to the continued harmonization between our department and the other departments of government and the private sector in the economy.

Dorriel Tross-Phillip Director of Statistics VI The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Explanatory Notes I.

The Digest: The digest comprises of 11 sections, which can be considered as statistical indicators of the economy.
These indicators are population, infrastructure, health, education, tourism, agriculture, finance and law and order and safety.

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Reporting Period: Most of these tables cover the period 2010 – 2014.

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

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Rounding: In some instances, data is rounded up/down to one or two decimal places.
V. Symbols and Abbreviations % mm - in km - - - - - Percentage Millimeter Nil or Negligible Inches Kilometer / - (between two consecutive years) indicates a Financial Year or School Year Con.

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- Break TEU - Twenty Equivalent Units (containers are 20ft or 40ft) GDP - Gross Domestic Product GNI - Gross National Income FOB - Freight on Board VII The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest NBCO - LLC - Nevis Business Ordinance Limited Liability Company Lbs - Pounds Kg - Mw\h Kilograms Milliwatt per hour VIII Section I Courtesy: Ms. Trisca Arthurton eneral nformation  General Information about Nevis  Notable Local Events  Historical Events  Structure of Nevis Island Administration The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest General Information about Nevis 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 the St. James Parish and a journey from it to Charlestown takes approximately 10 - 15 minutes.

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, Nevisian embrace 10 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest 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 Credit Union.
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.

FEDEX and DHL cargo airlines provide daily 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: The only hospital on the island is the Alexandra Hospital and is located on Government Road, Charlestown.

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 one is located at the 11 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Vance Amory International Airport in Newcastle.

The other police stations are Cotton Ground, New Castle and Gingerland.
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 the St. James’ Parish.)

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

It is celebrated annually over the last weekend of July – August.)
12 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest 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.

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.

 1921: 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.

13 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest 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. 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.

14 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest  1990: First vote in Parliament for the Secession bid for Nevis.

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

 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 Honourable 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 cause severe damages.

 2000: Honourable Patrice D H Nisbett replaces Joseph Parry as the elected representative in Constituency #11.
15 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest  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 In October, saw the appointment of the First Resident Judge for Nevis, Her Ladyship, Justice Ianthea Leigertwood-Octave.

 2006: Opening of the Flamboyant Nursing Home.

o The Nevis Reformation Party was elected to government after 14 years in opposition.

 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.
16 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest 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.

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 offers service from Nevis to Puerto Rico.

o Samuel Hunkins Drive Waterfront was resurfaced on April 4th.

o Special Education Unit in Nevis was renamed Cecele Thompson-Browne on 29th April.
17 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest 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 Minister Junior Minister Junior Minister Organization chart displaying the composition of the Nevis Island Administration 18 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Chart displaying the composition of the Nevis Island Assembly as at December 31, 2014 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.

Presently, His Honour, Mr. Eustace John holds the position of Deputy Governor General, and has continued to do so since his appointment in January 1995.
The tables below show the five constituencies that are represented by five elected members at the end of 2014.
19 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Table I.1: Members of the Nevis Island Administration and their portfolios as at December 31, 2014 Name of Minister Area Representing Portfolios Vance W. Amory Elected representative for St. George Constituency, (Nevis 5) Premier 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.
20 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Table I.2: Members of the Opposition Party as at December 31, 2014 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. Pauls 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 14 elections by the end of December 2014.
These elections comprise of 7 General Elections and 7 Local Elections.

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

(See the chart following).
General Election Year Party 1984 - NRP 1989 CCM NRP 1993 CCM NRP 1995 CCM NRP 2000 CCM NRP 2004 CCM NRP 2010 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 21 Section II opulation and ital tatistics  Population Growth Population by Parish  Birth, Death & Infant Mortality Teenage Pregnancies  Marriages and Divorces Location of Marriages, Divorces Granted The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Population Growth Population statistics is the use of statistics to analyze characteristics or changes to a population.
Population statistics can analyze anything from global demographic changes to local small scale changes.

An analysis of the last population statistics conducted on the island, showed that there was an increase in the population.

The table below represents the population growth for the last five censuses conducted during the period 1970 to 2011.

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

12,277 is the final count for the island of Nevis which indicates that the population has grown by some 1,169 when compared to 2001.
Table II.1: Nevis Inter-Censal Population Growth, 1970 - 2011 Census Year Population Population Growth 1970 1980 1991 2001 2011 11,140 9,428 8,794 11,108 12,277 -1630 -1712 -634 2314 1,169 Intercensal 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 Source: Department of Statistics and Economic Planning, Nevis & Statistics Division, St. Kitts The parish of St. Johns 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 (11.2), the other four parishes showed significant increases over the years.
Year 1970 1980 1991 2001 2011 Table II.2: Nevis’ population by parish for the last five censuses, 1970 – 2011 St. George 2,778 2,295 2,086 2,564 2,496 Source: Department of Statistics and Economic Planning, Nevis & Statistics Division, St. Kitts St. Thomas 2,149 1,975 1,613 2,047 2,069 St. James 2,122 1,691 1,493 1,806 2,038 St. John 2,622 2,224 2,191 2,901 3,827 St. Paul 1,469 1,243 1,411 1,790 1,847 Total 11,140 9,428 8,794 11,108 12,277 The population of St. John increased from 2,901 persons in 200l to 3,827 in 2011, reflecting an increase of 926 persons.
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.
23 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest TABLE II.3: Population by Parishes and Sex, 2001 and 2011 Parish Male Female 2001 Both Sexes Male 2011 Female Difference 2011/2001 Both Sexes Source: Department of Statistics and Economic Planning, Nevis & Statistics Division, St. Kitts Table II.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 with 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.
Graph II.1: 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 24 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Table II.4: Population by Age Group and Parish Nevis (Census 2001) Age Group Total St Pauls St Johns St Georges St Thomas St James PARISHES 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 and Economic Planning, Nevis & Statistics Division, St. Kitts 25 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Table II.4a: Population by Age Group and Parish Nevis (Census 2011) Source: Department of Statistics and Economic Planning, Nevis & 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, (11.4a) 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 ages 15-19 St. Johns recorded 306 while St. Paul was the lowest with 150 and age 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 9,054 or 73.73 % persons alive; while the lowest figure recorded of persons alive was between the age groups of 50-85+ with 3,225 or 26.27%.
26 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 & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Birth, Death & Infant Mortality Nevis’ population is aging faster than the island, that’s according to the recent release of the Population and Housing Census conducted in 2011.
These changes in the distribution of any country’s age groups have long lasting economic and social impact as the size of the population determines the demand for goods and services.

The table below represents the most recent data for the period 2010 – 2014 on live births, deaths, and infant deaths recorded at the Registry of Births & Deaths.

By the end of 2014, there were 103 live births recorded as compared to 111 in 2013; a decrease of 7.2%.
By the end of 2014, a total of 95 persons died of which 52 were males and 43 females.

The trend also shows slight changes between 2010 – 2013 of which there were 91 deaths in 2010, 95 in 2011, 83 in 2012 and 92 in 2013.

Examining the total birth vs total death over the period under review; the data will show there were 577 births, 280 were females and 297 males; while at the same time there were 456 deaths of which 212 were females and 244 were males.
Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Table II.5: Nevis Live Births and Deaths, 2010 – 2014 Female 61 48 63 64 44 Live Births Male 63 65 63 47 59 Total 124 113 126 111 103 Female 43 38 44 44 43 Deaths Male 48 57 39 48 52 Total 91 95 83 92 95 Source: Ministry of Health, Nevis Between 2009 and 2013, Crude Birth Rate declined from 12.9 to 10.

2010 accounted for 9.8; 2011 was 8.6 and 2012 10.95.
Meanwhile, Crude Death Rate increased over the period displayed in Table 11.6 by 21.2% where it moved from 6.6 in 2009 to 8.0 in 2013.
Table II.6: Nevis Crude Birth and Death Rates, 2009 – 2013 Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Crude Birth Rate 12.9 9.8 8.6 10.95 10.0 27 Crude Death Rate 6.6 7.3 7.5 7.3 8.0 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Table II.7: Nevis Infant Mortality Rate, 2009 - 2013 Year Infant Deaths % per 1000 Live Births Source: Ministry of Health, Nevis 2009 5 31.4 2010 2 16.3 2011 0 0 2012 2 15.87 2013 1 9.0 It must be noted that over that said period, Infant Mortality Rate has drastically declined from 31.4% per thousand live births, to 9% per thousand live births.
I N F A N T D E A T H S , 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 3 L I V E B I R T H S , 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 3 6 4 2 0 40 20 Infant Death % of Live Births per '000 Table II.8 displaying teenage pregnancies by age over the period 2010 – 2014.

This data shows the age range of teenage pregnancies that contribute to the population growth.

The data illustrates that a total of 67 teenage births recorded over the last five years.
In 2010, 13 births were recorded, 12 in 2011, 21 in 2012, 12 in 2013 and 9 in 2014.

The highest recorded figure for teenage births was 8 in 2012 for persons 19 years old.
AGE Total Table II.8: Teenage Pregnancies by age in Nevis, 2010 – 2014 2010 YEAR The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest 14% 19% 18% 18% 31% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Marriages and Divorces: Marital status can be used as an indicator where it is included in the demographics of vital statistics.
Statistics revealed that between 2010 and 2014, 467 marriages were recorded that took place at different locations on the island.

Of that total, 160 took place in a church, 64 took place in the Court House, 156 took place at a hotel and 87 took place at other locations.
Table II.9: Location where Marriages took place in Nevis, 2010 – 2014 Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 TOTAL Church 25 38 29 31 37 160 Court House 9 12 13 14 16 64 Hotel 34 37 31 25 29 156 Other 24 11 33 14 5 87 TOTAL 92 98 106 84 87 467 Source: Ministry of Health, Nevis 29 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Graph II.4: Comparison of places where marriages took place 2010 - 2014 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Year 2010 Year 2011 Year 2012 Year 2013 Year 2014 Church Court House Hotel Other Table 11.10 below shows that of the 88 divorces which took place over a five year period 30 divorces were legally granted following duration of 10 to 14 years of marriage.
In 2013, the highest figure recorded was 8 of a total of 17 for 10 – 14 years range of marriage.

At the end of 2014, the below table shows that 23 absolute decree (divorces) were granted.
Table II.10: Number of Absolute Decree granted in Nevis, 2010 – 2014 Year Duration of Marriages per year 0-4 0 0 2 2 1 5 Source: Registry Office, High Court, Nevis 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total 5-9 6 0 2 4 5 17 10-14 7 3 5 8 7 30 15-19 3 4 5 2 3 17 20-24 2 0 2 1 3 8 25+ 2 4 1 0 4 11 30 Total 20 11 17 17 23 88 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Graph II.5: Duration of Marriage per year between 2010 and 2014 10 8 6 4 2 0 25 and over 20 -24 yrs 10 - 19 yrs 0 - 9 yrs Year 2010 Year 2011 Year 2012 Year 2013 Year 2014 0 - 9 yrs 10 - 19 yrs 20 -24 yrs 25 and over 31 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Section III Courtesy: Mrs. Mentrice Arthurton nfrastructure  Housing – Number of Households  Building Permits Issued  Titles Issued and Deeds Registered  Electricity Consumers & Electricity Production  Water Consumption 36 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Housing HOUSEHOLD: One can define household as those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family; also a social unit composed of those living together in the same dwelling.
In addition, it must have direct access from the street or a landing, staircase, passage or gallery where common occupants can enter or leave without passing through another person’s living quarters.

Therefore, the table below displays a total of 3,832 household enumerated at the end of 2001 census when compared to the 2011 census which enumerated 4,635 households.

This indicates a 21% increase over a ten-year period.
The table also demonstrates that the average household size in 2001 was 3.0 in comparison to 2.7 in 2011.

The parish of St. James accounted for the largest reduction in household size from 2.7 to 2.4.

In 2011, preliminaries show an increase of 395 household when compared to 2001 in St. John Parish, and an increase also in St. James Parish in 2011 of 213 household.
Table III.1: Number of Households in Nevis, 1970 – 2011 Area Household per decade from 1970 - 2011 1970 1980 1991 2001 St. Paul St. John St. George St. Thomas St. James 387 591 658 509 484 368 593 600 527 455 460 663 601 485 477 592 974 856 742 668 2011P 658 1,369 893 834 881 Total 2,629 2,543 2,686 3,832 4,635 Source: Department of Statistics & Economic Planning, Nevis & Statistics Division, St. Kitts 33 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Building Permits Building permits are processed and issued when the plans are submitted for a review by the Physical Planning Unit within the Ministry of Communications.
Observing the five year period in review 2010-2014, it indicates that residential permits increased slightly at the end of 2014 to 45 or 37% permits, in comparison to 2012-2013 where there was a significant decrease of 84 or 41% residential permits.

Commercial permits showed fluctuating figures during the five year period with a total of 22 permits issued at the end of 2014.

The overall total number of permits issued for the period 2010-2014 was 1,085 permits.
Table III.2: Number of Building Permits Issued in Nevis, 2010- 2014 Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 TOTAL New Erections 146 136 158 120 140 700 Additional & Renovations 45 44 54 30 43 216 Removals *Change of Use Fencing Pool Other * Change of use – usage of structure was changed from one purpose to another Source: Department of Physical Planning Table III.3: Number of Building Permits Issued by development type in Nevis, 2010- 2014 SECTORS Residential Residential Villa Residential/ Apartment Commercial Commercial/Residential Industrial Institutional Hotel/Tourism Other TOTAL 2010 167 1 8 24 1 0 4 11 7 223 Source: Department of Physical Planning The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Title and Deeds The illustrated table below indicates that by the end of 2014, a total of 337 deeds were registered at the Supreme Court Registry in Charlestown.
This figure also indicates a decrease of 40 registered deeds or 10.61% in comparison to the previous year where the figures reflected an increase in the total number of registered deeds.

Comparing the review period 2010-2014, there was a steady increase except for 2012 and 2014 where the figures declined.
Table III.4: Type of Deeds registered at the Registry of Titles, Charlestown Supreme Court Type of Deed Conveyance Gifts Vesting Assent Reconveyance Mortgage Debentures Others TOTAL Graph III.1: Certificates of Title issued at the Supreme Court Registry in Nevis, 2010- 2014 - The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Electricity Consumers & Electricity Production: The consumption of electricity directly relates to the number of persons who are in a household.
The information collected from the Nevis Electricity company, shows electricity consumption for the households, indicated a steady increase for the period 2010-2014.

The illustrated table and graph below supports this information for the period in review.

A comparison of the years 2010 to 2014, clearly indicates a significant increase of Domestic Consumers who consumed 5,772mw in 2010 to 6,025mw at the end of 2014.
The demand rate for electricity shows fluctuating figures for the period under review from 8.39 in 2010 to 8.63 in 2014.
CONSUMER Government Domestic Commercial TOTAL 2010 173 5,772 792 6,737 2011 171 5,820 784 6775 2012 182 5,735 787 6,704 2013 194 5,911 788 6,893 2014 178 6,025 806 7,009 Total Electricity Generated/Gross Generation (mw/h) 50,851,480.00 52,976,300.00 53,540,470.00 52,465,950.00 52,327,588.00 Maximum Demand Load Factor 8.39 69 8.85 70 8.61 70 9.73 86 8.63 66 The graph on the right displays a comparison between Government, Domestic and Commercial Consumers of Electricity.
36 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Water Consumption The table below indicates that the period 2010 shows a slight decrease in the number of farmers who use water for irrigation of crops and other agricultural purposes.

At the end of 2010, 325,842,740 gallons of water was used in comparison to 2014 368,722,875 gallons.

There was a significant increase in Domestic consumption between 2010 and 2014 of 42,880,135 gallons.
CONSUMER DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL FARMERS IRRIGATION GOVERNMENT TOTAL Table III.6: Water Consumption (per gallon) by Consumers, 2010 - Graph III.3: Comparison of the consumption of water between the different consumers, 2010 – 2014 Irrigation, 38484000, 12% Government, 12500000, 4% Farmers, 4319570, 1% Commercial, 33905120, 10% Domestic, 236634050, 73% 37 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Section IV ransportation  Registration – Number of new and used vehicles  Number of vehicles licensed  Number of Written & Road Test  Traffic Accidents Recorded  Air and Sea Movements  Cargo Movements Transportation Data collected showed that there were a total of 630 vehicles registered in the island during 2014.
These registered vehicles consist of new vehicles and re-registered vehicles as a result of re-selling and the abandonment of vehicles.

Over the five year period, there were a total of 2,677 vehicles registered with a gradual decrease in 2011 and 2012 that overall showed a 4.12% increase.

For 2014 compared to 2013, there was a 6.8% increase moving from 590 to 630 vehicles.
Private Cars and Motorcycle for this period recorded the highest number of registered vehicles totaling 1928 or 72% and commercial vehicles being the second highest with a total of 517 or 19%.
(See table below) Category Private Cars and Motorcycles Public Service Vehicles (all types) Type of Vehicle Private Cars Private Jeeps Motorcycles Motor Scooters Gulf Car TOTAL Motor Omnibuses (passenger bus) Total 798 1,016 53 40 21 1,928 15 10 11 11 11 58 Commercial Vehicles (all types) 4 3 4 2 0 20 0 0 44 38 27 5 54 0 1 2 6 0 133 630 Source: Traffic Department of the Royal St Christopher & Nevis Police Force, Division “C”.
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 Examining the statistics over a five-year period, it shows trends where numbers decreased and increased from year to year.
The most popular category of vehicles listed was private vehicles where private jeeps accounted for 57% of total Private Cars and Motorcycle.
Public Service Vehicles total 8.44% and Commercial Vehicles 22.02% of the total number of registered vehicles (See table below) Category Private Cars and Motorcycles Public Service Vehicles (all types) Commercial Vehicles (all types) Table IV.2: Number of vehicles licensed in Nevis, 2010 – 2014 Type of Vehicle 2011 2012 2010 2013 Private Cars Private Jeeps Motorcycles Motor Scooters Gulf Car TOTAL Motor Omnibuses 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 Source: Department of the Royal St. Christopher & Source: Traffic Nevis Police Force, “C” Division OVERALL TOTAL 4,672 4,638 4,605 4,661 40 Driver’s Written Test The Drivers Written Test is an examination taken by individuals learning to drive and requires a pass before said individual could complete the drivers road test administered by a traffic police.
During the years 2010 to 2014, there were a total of 2,822 tests taken where 1,000 were passed and 1,822 were failed and zero disqualifications.

Failures and passes fluctuated over the five year period with 2014 showing the highest total of test taken (630).

When comparing 2013 to 2014, there was an increase of 13 persons taking the test that resulted in a 12% increase in the pass rate 2.94% decrease in failures.
Table IV.3: Results of written test taken at the Traffic Department, 2010 - 2014 Year Number of Passes Number Disqualified Number of Failures Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 232 162 165 208 233 TOTAL 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 366 333 317 409 397 598 495 482 617 630 1,822 2,822 increase Road Test Taken Between 2010-2014 Driver’s Road Test The chart below illustrates that a total of 2,836 tests were taken with 1,778 failures, 1,058 passes and no disqualifications over the five year period.
The number of failures over the years has shown an 18% decrease and a 6.7% in passes.

From 2013 the 2014, to number of passes has increase from 222 to 237 while the number of failures decreases from 367 to 353.

Number Disqualified Number of Failures Number of Passes 2013 2014 2010 2012 2011 100 200 300 400 500 0 41 Traffic Accidents Recorded Figures below illustrate that over the five year period there were 1,222 road accidents on the island with a decrease of 14.9% since 2010.
As of 2013 there were 237 accidents compared to the increase in 2014 with 245.

As a result of these accidents, there were 6 Fatalities, 31 Serious Injuries, 164 Slight Injuries and 1,021 Non-Injuries occurred.
Table IV.4: Results of Accident Recorded at the Traffic Department, 2010 – 2014 Results of Accident Fatalities Serious Injury Slight Injury Non-Injury Total Road Accidents Total 6 31 164 1,021 1,222 Accident Results recorded over the period 2010-2014 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Non-Injury Slight Injury Serious Injury Fatalities Source: Traffic Department of the Royal St. Christopher & Nevis Police Force, Division “C” 42 Air Transportation Air transportation is a major factor in the country’s economy as it benefits many different industries most specifically our tourism industry.
We have approximately nine different aircrafts coming to the island at different seasons.

Table IV.5 below shows that over a five year period there were a total of 15,617 arrivals and 15,601 departures on the island.

For 2014, the first half of the year ending June showed a larger arrival and departure total than at the end of December.
Table IV.5: Aircraft movements via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2010 – 2014 Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Per ½ Year Arrival Departure June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total Total 3,242 3,448 6,690 3,031 2,599 5,630 3,325 2,807 6,132 3,255 2,855 6,110 3,640 3,016 6,656 OVERALL TOTAL 15,617 15,601 31,218 Source: Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority 43 Cargo transportation at the Vance W. Amory International airport is administered by two aircrafts, namely FedEx and DHL Express which comes to the island on a daily basis.
Table IV.6 and chart following shows the cargo movements by pounds.

Results confirm that there are larger cargos in than cargos out and this has steadily increased over the years.

This is due mainly to the fact that most of what is consumed on island is imported with very little being manufactured for export.
Table IV.6: Cargo movements via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2010 - 2014 2011 182,222 23,194 205,416 2010 Year 146,661 Cargo IN 22,940 Cargo OUT 169,601 Total Cargo (Lbs) Source: Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority 2013 170,505 19,493 189,998 2012 158,680 22,059 180,739 2014 186,124 22,719 208,843 Graph IV.3: Movements of Cargo (lbs) via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2010 – 2014 Cargo Movements 2010 - 2014 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 Cargo OUT Cargo IN 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Cargo IN Cargo OUT Source: Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority 44 Table IV.7 illustrates that for 2014 there was a total of 21,290 passenger movement where 10,488 were arrivals and 10,802 departures.
For the five year period, trends show that there was a huge decrease in 2011 but there is a gradual movement of figures back to 2010 status.

For each of the past three years 2012 to 2014, the first half ending in June shows more passenger movement than the ending of the year.
Table IV.7: Passengers movements via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2010 – 2014 Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Per ½ Year June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total OVERALL TOTAL Source: Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority Arrival 6,030 6,745 12,775 1,212 5,170 6,382 5,217 4,648 9,865 5,296 4,559 9,855 5,323 5,165 10,488 49,365 Departure 5,693 6,039 11,732 6,114 4,772 10,886 5,522 4,525 10,047 5,517 4,536 10,053 5,786 5,016 10,802 53,520 Total 11,723 12,784 24,507 7,326 9,942 17,268 10,739 9,173 19,912 10,813 9,095 19,908 11,109 10,181 21,290 102,885 Sea Transportation Sea Transportation is the island’s main means of commuting to and from our sister island, St. Kitts.
This movement is facilitated by five different locally own vessels that each run on a schedule base.

Table IV.8 shows over the five year period passenger movements have increased by 13.5%.

For the year 2014, there were 120,320 arrivals and 120,048 departures with a total of 240,368 passengers.
45 Table IV.8: Inter-Island Ferry Passengers movements between Charlestown and Basseterre, 2010 – 2014 Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Per ¼ Year March June September December Arrivals 31,514 23,543 25,304 26,576 Departures 30,084 23,206 26,081 25,383 Total 61,598 46,749 51,385 51,959 Total 106,937 104,754 211,691 March June September December 29,661 26,928 31,731 29,943 27,863 26,245 31,057 29,346 57,524 53,173 62,788 59,289 Total 118,263 114,511 232,774 March June September December 29,684 28,452 32,332 27,604 26,416 27,039 30,565 26,121 56,100 55,491 62,897 53,725 Total 118,072 110,141 228,213 March June September December 31,989 30,052 29,850 33,112 30,025 29,077 29,003 30,912 62,014 59,129 58,853 64,024 Total 125,003 119,017 244,020 March June September December Total 26,499 29,907 33,491 30,151 54,078 59,285 66,667 60,338 120,048 240,368 568,471 1,157,066 27,579 29,378 33,176 30,187 120,320 588,595 46 OVERALL TOTAL Source: Nevis Air and Sea Ports Authority Ferry Passenger Movements for 2014 33,491 29,907 30,151 26,499 27,579 29,378 33,176 30,187 Departures Arrivals 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 March June September December Sea Cargo transportation is our islands major source of revenue due to the many imports arriving from overseas on a daily basis.
The island of Nevis gets over five different cargo ships that are governed by state or local agents.

Over the past five years there has been an overall increase of 12.5% in the movement of TEU.

2014 shows the highest amount with 3,209.

On an average TEU’s In were greater than TEU’s Out with the exception of 2010 and 2013.
(See graph and table below) Comparison of TEU's In and TEU's Out 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 TEU’s In TEU’s Out TEU’s Out TEU’s In 47 Table IV.10 illustrates the different types of cargo shipments at quarterly figures which include oil tonnage, sand, stone, etc tonnage, vehicle tonnage, vegetable tonnage, container tonnage and break bulk tonnage.
Over the years, container and sand and stones tonnage has showed the largest amount of imports into the island due mainly to progress in the construction industry.

For 2014, container tonnage was 37,459 as opposed to the other cargoes; Oil 18,266, Sand, stone, etc.

25,971, vehicle 1,837, Vegetables 4,115 and Break Bulk 1,239.
(See table and chart below) Table IV.10: Cargo Movement (per tonnage) via the Sea Ports, 2010 – 2014 YEAR MONTH 2010 March June September December TOTAL 2011 March June September December TOTAL 2012 March June September December TOTAL 2013 March June September December TOTAL 2014 March June September December TOTAL OIL Tonnage 5,791 4,257 4,875 3,241 18,164 3,338 4,780 2,734 4,100 14,952 2,564 3,286 6,237 2,512 14,599 475 3,918 3,007 6,735 14,135 3,391 5,331 3,613 5,931 18,266 Sand, stone, etc Tonnage 7,084 6,117 2,959 8,040 24,200 9,412 17,785 4,293 3,031 34,521 7,738 7,957 2,263 8,548 26,506 4,635 5,834 2,997 3,309 16,775 6,087 4,179 7,966 7,739 25,971 Vehicle Tonnage 437 299 457 133 1,326 301 453 217 262 1,233 203 204 183 198 788 315 168 189 356 1,028 193 728 460 456 1,837 Vegetable Tonnage 20 263 24 22 329 667 719 377 426 2,189 314 240 796 109 1,459 855 561 442 686 2,544 1,042 1,197 595 1,281 4,115 Con.
Tonnage 8,011 7,763 9,254 10,790 35,818 9,342 7,585 6,519 8,755 32,201 7,132 6,828 6,062 10,432 30,454 8,754 8,340 8,720 9,693 35,507 9,156 9,605 8,402 10,296 37,459 Brk Bulk Tonnage 1,129 255 265 557 2,206 485 375 370 425 1,655 1,447 477 226 393 2,543 330 293 288 348 1,259 243 258 354 384 1,239 Source: Nevis Air and Sea Ports Authority 48 Tonnage for the Different Types of Cargo Shipments, 2014 1,239; 1% 18,266; 21% 37,459; 42% 4,115; 5% 1,837; 2% OIL Tonnage Sand, stone, etc Tonnage Vehicle Tonnage Vegetable Tonnage Con.
Tonnage Brk Bulk Tonnage 25,971; 29% 49 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Section V ourism  Accommodation – Number of Hotels, Rooms & Beds  Visitors Arrivals  Stay Over Visitors Accommodation  Visitors Length of Stay  Tourist Arrivals from Traditional Territories  Number of Yachts Call & Yacht Passengers  Number of Cruise Ships Call & Cruise Passengers Accommodation The inbound trend of tourism from the traditional markets continues to grace our shores annually, as Nevis is known for its tranquil, serene atmosphere and pristine beaches with relaxing and peaceful accommodations, to give it that home away from home feel.
One can choose between staying on a historic plantation or in close proximity to the beach.

There’s a wide range of choices in accommodations to choose and experience such as; five (5) star luxury hotels, country style inns and luxury villas and condos.

There’s the assurance that all of the accommodations offering peaceful and tranquil privacy where one can unwind, and enjoy the beautiful natural scenery of the island and experience that Caribbean lifestyle.
The statistical table below displays the five years period that is under review.

The number of hotels on the island of Nevis remained at eight for its 36 square miles of unspoiled natural beauty.

A total number of 1,722 hotel rooms and 2,401 beds, which indicates a steady increase in the number of rooms and beds between 2010 and 2014.

Table V.1: Number of Hotels, Rooms and Beds in Nevis 2010 - 2014 YEAR NO.

OF HOTELS NO.

OF ROOMS NO.


OF BEDS 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 7 8 8 8 8 196 368 386 386 386 301 507 530 533 530 TOTAL 39 1,722 2,401 51 Visitors Arrivals Overall analysis of the figures clearly shows that the figures fluctuated over the five year review period for visitors arriving to our island.

In 2010, 6,485 tourists visited the island in comparison to 7,781 in 2014, a (20%) increase or 1,296 more visitors.
The information provided shows that visitor arrivals between 2010 and 2013 fluctuated over the period.
Table V.2: Total Monthly Visitors Arrivals to Nevis, 2010 – 2014 Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Total 2010 690 636 632 462 446 * Total 4,099 3,361 3,857 3,221 2,677 1,918 3,879 2,822 1,614 1,593 2,200 4,617 35,858 Table V.3: Total Visitors Arrivals to Nevis during the Tourism Season, 09/10 – 13/14 Tourism Season – Visitors Arrivals Year 2009/2010 to 2013/2014 Months 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 Total September October November December January February March April Total In reference to the above table, the analytic data for the tourism season sector, has been increasing over the last three years, and is very indicative of the marketing strategies for the island of Nevis.
The tourism season runs from September of one year to April of another year.

Although there was a 35% growth between 2009 and 2010; and a slight decrease by 2011 of 11.2%, the table below will illustrate the continual growth of the industry from 2011 to 2014.

(See below table) Stay Over Visitors Accommodations According to the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Latest Statistics - March 2015, it concluded that the Caribbean region grew at a faster rate than expected in 2014 for tourist arrivals.
Here in Nevis, the data will show a continual influx in stay over arrivals for various accommodations.

In analyzing the period under review, stay over accommodations declined by some 13% or 1,162 by the end of 2014 when compared to 2013.

Table V.4 will also revealed that 2011 recorded the highest number of visitors, 13,140.

It will also revealed that of that total, 3,265 accounted for hotel accommodation, while the guest houses, apartments and villas accounted for 657.
Table V.4: Accommodations for Stay Over Visitors in Nevis, 2010- 2014 Year Accommodation 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Hotel 1,798 3,265 2,920 3,219 3,307 14,509 Guest Houses Apt/Villas 663 791 356 301 266 339 165 422 189 403 1,639 2,256 Other Accommodations 6,096 9,218 4,680 4,842 3,587 28,423 Total Stay Over 9,348 13,140 8,205 8,648 7,486 46,827 Source: Department of Statistics & Economic Planning, Nevis 53 Comparison of Stay Over Visitors Accommodation to Nevis 2010 - 2014 s r o t i s i V r e v O y a t S f o r e b m u N 10000 5000 0 Hotels Guest Houses Apt/Villas Others Type of Accommodation 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Length of Stay The graph below demonstrates the various time period of stay over visitors/tourists who not only graced our shores with their presence but enjoyed the ambience for not less than one day but more than 15 days.
LENGTH OF STAY FOR TOURIST ARRIVALS 2010 - 2014 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 - 3 D A Y S 4 - 7 D A Y S 8 - 1 4 D A Y S 1 5 + N O T S T A T E D 54 Arrivals from traditional territories As a small developing island of 36 square miles of unspoiled beauty, the Nevis Tourism Authority continues to strategically focus its marketing and promotion efforts in a number of tourism markets for the island of Nevis.
There are established public relations representatives for the North American and UK markets; and according to the Premier of Nevis, the marketing efforts of the Nevis Tourism Authority will continue to focus on areas that will solidify the foundation to propel the island forward.

The table and graph following will show the monthly tourist arrivals by US States to Nevis during the period 2010 to 2014.

This inward trend demonstrates an increase of visitors over the last three years.
By the end of 2014, arrivals from the United States increased by 14.3% or 536 when compared to the end of 2013 with 3,762 visitors.

By the end of 2010 1,767 tourists visited the island, some 2,531 visitors fewer than 4,298 visitors in 2014.
MONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS BY US STATES TO NEVIS, 2010 - 2014 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Jan 274 424 351 516 469 Feb 187 361 334 417 421 Mar 193 446 342 594 474 Apr May 87 114 253 236 416 443 259 165 278 335 Jun 0 250 149 190 231 Jul 172 173 155 188 384 Aug 100 110 142 134 331 Sept 50 51 90 116 132 Oct 49 68 77 156 165 Nov 84 119 159 281 308 Dec 457 341 305 476 605 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 55 Visitors from traditional territories for 2014 1% 3% 1% 29% 8% 6% 52% USA CANADA EUROPE CARIBBEAN OTHER COUNTRIES NOT STATED SOUTH AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICA The Tourism Season is identified by for tourism destinations, as the months of peak demand or the months in which seasonal attractions are open.
Here in Nevis, the season is recognized between the months of September one year to April the following year.

Meanwhile, the following table illustrates the tourist arrivals to Nevis during the peak of tourists inbound over the last five years.

The detailed analysis showed that the tourist arrivals for each year steadily increased.

The highest total of tourist arrivals was in 2010/2011 of 5,265.
But, by the end of 2013/2014, the total stood at 5,079 an increase of 1,171 or 30% when compared to 2009/2010 with 3,906.

This is usually the winter season in the United States and a period where most tourist travel to the Caribbean for warmer climate.

October recorded the lowest arrivals of 1,502.
Months September October November December January February March April Total Tourism Season - Visitors Arrivals – 2009/2010 – 2013/2014 2009/2010 314 271 281 620 690 636 632 462 3906 2010/2011 313 343 356 1121 824 729 861 718 5265 2011/2012 323 230 372 874 763 715 820 579 4676 2012/2013 337 316 411 786 1020 568 787 715 4940 2013/2014 328 342 528 862 802 713 757 747 5079 Total 1615 1502 1948 4263 4099 3361 3857 3221 23866 56 Tourist Arrivals during Nevis' Tourism Season, 2010 - 2014 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Yacht and Cruise Passengers The illustrated table shows total yacht and cruise passengers over the period under review.
The information shows that between 2010/2011 the percentage change was 15.4% when compared to 2013/2014 with 12.0%.

The graph and table also reflects changes for each year, in comparison to the total yacht and cruise passengers’ arrivals.
Percentage change between Yacht & Cruise Passengers, 2010 - 2014 2013 17% 2012 -14% 2014 12% 2010 16% 2011 41% 57 Table V.4: Percentage change per ½ year between Yacht and Cruise Passengers, 2010 - 2014 Year Per 1/2 Year Yacht Passengers Cruise Total Yacht and Passengers Cruise Passenger 2010 June December Total Percentage change 2009/2010 2011 June December Total Percentage change 2010/2011 2012 June December Total Percentage change 2011/2012 2013 June December Total Percentage change 2012/2013 2014 June December Total 2,330 1,091 3,421 3,171 1,293 4,464 3,284 1,076 4,360 2,859 2,890 5,749 4,855 752 5,607 Percentage change 2013/2014 Source: Department of Statistics and Economic Planning, Nevis 2,580 962 3,542 4,283 994 5,277 2,993 1,027 4,020 3,016 1,048 4,064 2667 360 3,027 4,910 2,053 6,963 7,454 2,287 9,741 6,277 2,103 8,380 15.4 39.9 (14.0) 5,875 3,938 9,813 7,522 1,112 8,634 17.1 (12.0) In comparison to the previous year, the most recent analysis of cruise calls to Nevis fluctuated.
The information provided, showed 38 cruise calls were made in 2014, of an overall total of 156 cruise calls between 2010 and 2014.

The highest recorded figure for that period was 38 in 2014.

The table below also indicated that between 2010 and 2014, there was an increase in cruise calls, with an estimated figure of 52%.
58 Year Cruise Calls Yacht Calls 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 25 34 31 28 38 Total 156 Source: Department of Statistics and Economic Planning, Nevis 846 965 963 844 714 4,332 The review period 2010 to 2014, showed an overall total of 4,332 yacht calls to Nevis.

The figures also fluctuated from year to year for yacht calls.

At the end of 2014, there was a decrease of 132 yacht calls to the island when compared to 2010 or 15.4%when compared to 2013.
Table V.5: Number of Cruise and Yacht Passengers to Nevis, 2010 - 2014 Year Cruise Yacht 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total 526 496 572 1813 1015 4422 3542 5277 4020 4064 5026 21929 In the above table for yacht and cruise passengers, it can be noted that the figures fluctuated from 2010-2014.

The highest number on record for yacht passengers was at the end of 2013 with 1,813 passengers as compared to the end of 2014 with only 1,015 passengers and a significant decrease of 798 passengers or 44.01% for yachts.
Cruise passengers also fluctuated over the five year review period, where 2014 recorded 5,026 passengers compared to 2010 of 3,542.

The highest number on record for cruise passengers was in 2012 of 5,277 passengers.

The overall review period showed an increase of 1,484 passengers or 42%.
59 Table V.5: Number of Cruise and Yacht Calls to Nevis, 2010 – 2014 Cruise Calls to Nevis, 2010 - 2014 Yacht Calls to Nevis, 2010 - Months 2009/2010 Tourism Season - Cruise Calls Year 2009 to 2014 2011/2012 2010/2011 2012/2013 2013/2014 Total September October November December January February March April Total Months September October November December January February March April Total Tourism Season - Cruise Passengers – 2009/2010 to 2013/2014 2009/2010 0 0 0 404 832 658 899 67 2860 2011/2012 31 0 137 826 193 919 1504 377 3987 2010/2011 0 0 117 845 666 1121 2233 263 5245 2012/2013 0 0 488 539 1312 228 954 522 4043 2013/2014 0 0 145 903 801 1009 755 102 3715 Tourism Season - Yacht Calls - 2009/2010 to 2013/2014 Months September October November December January February March April Total 2009/2010 15 35 57 95 92 115 153 139 701 2010/2011 11 22 32 81 143 146 196 103 734 2011/2012 14 25 49 102 141 139 182 144 796 2012/2013 2013/2014 9 26 58 72 111 123 145 139 683 3 22 53 68 84 125 152 87 594 Months September October November December January February March April Total 2012/2013 2013/2014 Tourism Season - Yacht Passengers - 2009/2010 to 2013/2014 2009/2010 12 6 9 20 41 60 129 55 332 2011/2012 1 0 8 161 133 96 116 65 580 2010/2011 0 0 0 138 19 102 134 28 421 0 15 0 99 160 73 161 46 554 0 65 167 967 29 95 106 116 1,545 61 Total 31 0 887 3517 3804 3935 6345 1331 19850 Total 52 130 249 418 571 648 828 612 3508 Total 13 86 184 1,385 382 426 646 310 3,432 Section VI ealth and ocial  Intentional and Unintentional Injuries  Diabetic Patients recorded by age and gender  Hypertensive Patients recorded by age and gender  Dental Unit  HIV/AIDS Laboratory Cases at the Alexandra Hospital
  HIV/AIDS Laboratory Cases at the Avalon Medical Centre  Social Services – Gender Affairs 62 Health The Ministry of Health works assiduously in making sure that the people of this island are offered with the best medical treatments needed.
The graph below shows data for intentional and unintentional injuries recorded at the Alexandra Hospital for the period 2010 to 2014 where the overall highest being physical assaults with 438 injuries.

Stabbing/stashing injuries and sexual assaults have shown constant decrease over the five year period, while stabbing decreased by 84.8% showing figures moving from 33 to 5 injuries and sexual assaults decreased by 76.2% showing figures moving from 21 to 5 injuries.
Statistics revealed that for domestic violence, over the years it showed a 75% total decrease where in 2011 and 2012 fluctuated between 14 and 23 injuries and later stopped in 2014 to 7 injuries.
Intentional and Unintentional Injuries for 2010 - 2014 106 101 99 61 59 125 108 89 83 33 21 6 6 5 33 28 23 22 14 7 21 0 10 9 5 Stabbing/Slashi ng Motor Vehicle Accidents Domestic Violence Physical Assault Sexual Assault The highest number of motor vehicle accidents recorded over the five year period was in 2011 with 106 as compared to the decreased numbers in 2012 and 2013, which stand at 61 and 59 respectively.
In 2014 99 injuries were recorded representing the second highest number of injuries in that five year period.

Similar trends followed for physical assault as in 2012 and 2013 the figures recorded decrease greatly from that of 2011.

In 2014 there were additional types of injuries recorded that were not recorded in previous years before.
These injuries include gunshot injuries with 11, suicidal attempts 3 and other 8 alongside 63 the 5 in stabbing, 99 in motor vehicle accidents, 7 in domestic violence, 125 in physical assault and 5 in sexual assault.
Comparison between Domestic Violence, Physical Assault and Sexual Assault between 2010 -2014 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Domestic Violence Physical Assault Sexual Assault Sexual Assault Physical Assault Domestic Violence % Display of Stabbling/Slashing Injuries, 2010 - 2014 % Display of Motor Vehicle Accidents Injuries, 2010 - The Gingerland Health Centre shows the highest recorded number of persons with diabetes at 783 and Charlestown Health Centre following with 757, 283 for Brown hill, and 249 for Combermere, 218 for Cotton Ground and the least at Bulters with 214.
Over the five year period 2010 to 2014, the recorded figures showed a 5.26% decrease with 2010 and 2011 having the largest figures.

In 2014, the male population recorded 170 (34.9%) persons with diabetes while the females recorded 317 (65.1%).
(See the following table) 64 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Table VI.1: Registered Diabetics at different Health Centre in Nevis, 2010 – 2014 Health Centre 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Charlestown Brown Hill Gingerland Butlers Combermere Cotton Ground Yearly Total M 46 23 54 9 13 16 F 113 33 113 32 36 26 M 51 22 57 10 12 17 F 105 38 107 33 35 24 M 48 23 51 9 14 15 F 104 34 100 31 38 28 M 47 19 53 6 12 19 F 108 36 94 36 39 28 M 47 21 57 12 13 20 F 88 34 97 36 37 25 757 283 783 214 249 218 161 353 169 342 160 335 156 341 170 317 514 511 495 497 487 2,504 Table VI.2: Registered Hypertensive Patients at different Health Centre in Nevis, 2010 – 2014 Health Centre 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Charlestown Brown Hill Gingerland Butlers Combermere Cotton Ground M 39 23 45 7 18 15 F 78 42 108 18 51 41 M 40 22 46 9 18 16 F 89 41 103 17 48 41 M 39 22 42 7 21 19 F 88 40 101 16 47 38 M 42 22 42 7 21 19 F 85 40 M 80 20 101 107 16 47 39 27 17 21 F 40 36 54 46 42 47 Yearly Total 147 338 151 339 150 330 153 328 272 265 620 308 749 170 330 296 485 490 480 481 537 2,473 Source: Health Promotion Unit, Nevis Amongst the different health centres on the island, the Gingerland Health Centre recorded the highest registered hypertension patients over the five years being examined with a total of 749 persons while the Butlers Health Centre with the lowest of 170.
2014 records show that 50.6% of male patients and 49.4 % of female patients are the highest recorded total of 537 patients since 2010.

(See table VI.2) Dental Unit Our dental units operate at two locations on the island: the Charlestown and Gingerland Health Centres where the aim is to provide healthy smiles to all individuals.

One major program that the dental units strive to implement and improve each year is regular oral checkups for all Primary School Students.
Over the five years being examined there was a total of 7,717 children and 8,051 adults treated at the either dental units.

There are seven different types of services rendered by the dental units such as extraction, fillings, prophylaxis/cleaning, sealants, root canal, examinations and other.

In 2014, the highest services rendered was 1,241 in fillings while the other showed 1,054 in prophylaxis/cleaning, 705 in examinations, 541 in extraction, 81 in other, 27 in sealants and 24 in root canal.

Table VI.
2: Dental Unit trend by Services Rendered and by Patients 2010 - 2014 Services Rendered Patients Extraction Fillings Prophylaxis/Cleaning Sealants Root Canal Examinations Other Totals Adults Children Total Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 634 426 356 423 541 1,213 1,023 1,098 778 1,241 Total 2,380 5,353 Source: Health Promotion Unit, Nevis The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest From the following two tables, there was a total of 720 HIV/AIDS tests done for 2014 where 262 were males, 436 females and 22 unknown genders.
The results of these tests show that there were two positive cases and 718 negative cases.

Throughout the year, the 2nd quarter showed the highest number of tests done with 264, followed by 4th quarter 194, 1st quarter 133 and 3rd quarter 129.

Table VI.3: HIV/AIDS Laboratory Cases at the Alexandra Hospital, 2014 Month Alexandra Hospital Laboratory 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 No.
of Tests Done 34 21 34 22 40 162 28 24 29 22 29 102 547 Male Female 11 7 12 8 11 70 5 5 8 6 10 43 196 22 13 19 12 27 92 23 15 20 15 19 58 335 Unknown Gender 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 16 No.

of Positives 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 No.


of Negatives 34 21 34 22 39 162 28 24 28 22 29 102 545 Source: Health Promotion Unit, Nevis Table VI.4: HIV/AIDS Laboratory Cases at the Avalon Medical Centre, 2014 Month Avalon Medical Laboratory (Pte) 1st Qtr 44 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 12 20 15 11 14 15 21 12 14 14 13 173 Source: Health Promotion Unit, Nevis Male Female 5 6 10 5 2 4 5 9 4 6 6 4 66 7 6 10 10 9 10 10 12 8 8 8 3 101 67 Unknown Gender 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 No.

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

of Negatives 12 12 20 15 11 14 15 21 12 14 14 13 173 Social Services The Social Services Department’s mission is to create and implement programs, and offer services that will promote the ongoing improvement of the well-being of the society.
They help to strengthen the protection of children at risk, the elderly and person in needs by ensuring equality and human rights among all in society.

Family Services The Family Services Division is one of the major divisions in the Social Services Department for it caters to the needs of families both fortunate and less fortunate ones.

They provide training programs to assist every family in fostering the development of positive attitudes among them.
Family Services Division reported cases for 2010 – 2014 showed a total of 397 cases from the following categories; child abuse, maintenance, domestic issues, counseling/mediation, attempted suicide, juvenile matters and incest.

In 2014, child abuse recorded the highest number of cases with 32, compared to juvenile matters 20, maintenance 12, domestic issues 6, counseling/mediation 4, and attempted suicide and incest with zero.
Family Services Division Reported Cases 2010 - 2014 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2010 2011 2013 2014 Child Abuse 66 Maintenan ce 12 Domestic Issues 12 Counseling /Mediation 3 Attempted Suicide 2 Juvenile Matters 32 61 43 32 18 14 12 6 4 6 2 0 0 27 8 20 6 6 4 68 Incest 0 1 0 0 Gender Affairs The Nevis Island Administration has Year 2010 created programs where they provide services to the senior citizens of the island.
One of these programs is to provide the Total 2011 less fortunate elderly persons in each community with the service of hot meals which -is administered by the Gender Affairs Division in the Social Services Department.

Information gathered from the Gender Affairs Division shows that there were a total of 312 persons taking part in the hot meal services for the period 2010 to 2014.
By the end of 2014, there were 72 persons when compared to the end of Total 2012 Total 2013 Total 2014 2010 with 41 persons that Total Parish St Pauls St Thomas St Johns St James St George St Pauls St Thomas St Johns St James St George St Pauls St Thomas St Johns St James St George St Pauls St Thomas St Johns St James St George St Pauls St Thomas St Johns St James St George Male Female Total No.
of Persons result in a 75.6% increase.

The graph below shows that there was a 59.9% of females participants in the services and 40.1% males.
69 Hot Meals Statistics 2010 - 2014 36 43 44 42 22 19 23 25 28 30 50 40 30 20 10 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Source: Social Services Department, Nevis Male Female Female Male 70 Section VII inance  NIA Revenue and Expenditure  Inland Revenue Department & Customs Department  The Financial Services - New Companies Registered (NBCO, LLC, Trusts & Foundation)  Companies Registered in Nevis (exclude NBCO, LLC, Trusts & Foundation)  SKB/NEV GDP by Economic Activity in Current & Constant Prices 71 Finance NIA Revenue & Expenditure The table below displays the current and capital revenue and expenditure, for the Nevis Island Administration financial standing.
Actual 2010 Actual 2011 Actual 2012 Actual 2013 Actual 2014 93,988,428 119,585,846 116,514,870 121,055,560 125,805,362 Current Revenue Current Expenditure 143,847,104 136,052,429 126,131,653 125,250,230 126,851,199 Capital Revenue Capital 74,475,547 34,719,183 19,141,026 8,272,370 36,156,311 Expenditure 23,576,225 38,296,272 17,681,686 9,634,700 44,172,520 Source: Ministry of Finance, Nevis The financial year under review, has shown an unwavering increase in Current Revenue.
At the end of 2014, the Current Revenue reflected an amount over $125 million, an increase of some 34% in comparison at the end of 2010.

Current Expenditure displayed a slight increase at the end of 2014 when compared to 2013.

There were several components which contributed to the increase in current expenditure.

These included, Personal Emoluments and Debt Servicing.

Capital Expenditure reflected an increase of $34,537,820, when compared to 2013.
Several factors contributed to the increase and reflected that the economy was buoyant.

The majority of this expenditure was concentrated in road maintenance and repairs, water enhancement and drilling program.

72 Table: VII.2: Revenue and Expenditure Analysis in Nevis, 2010 - 2014 Items 2010 Actual 2011R Actual 2012 Actual 2013 Actual 2014 Actual EC$(000’s) EC$(000’s) EC$(000’s) EC$(000’s) EC$(000’s Sources of Revenue Reg.
of Offshore Cos.& Trust Annual Fees Consumption Tax Import Duties Hotel Room & Restaurant Tax Other Total Recurrent Revenue Application of Revenue Personal Emoluments Wages Retiring Benefits Insurance 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 (%) SKN GDP Growth % Current Prices SKN GDP Growth Constant Prices 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.
(%) 11,420 7,834 388 9,715 838.40 89,447 119,642 36,834 18,449 6,130 0 25,697 22,054 109,164 1,191 110,355 9,287 38,296 148,651 34,719 154,361 5,710 39.6 43.3 -28.6 10.5 -1.5 3.7 -25.40 -36.2 98.9 73.4 11,217 6,226 13,887 8,040 1,564 52,099 93,033 38,253 14,712 4,500 700 32,367 17,505 108,037 15,243 123,280 -30,247 37,717 160,997 19,392 112,425 -48,572 53.6 40.5 -4.0 -6.8 -5.7 -16.0 2.45 34.0 87.6 67.1 73 11,657 7,773 217 8,716 13 99,655 128,031 37,412 18,702 7,631 0 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 0 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 61,425 132,899 43,662 21,231 7,934 0 9,187 16,681 98,695 26,091 124,786 8,113 44,173 168,959 36,156 169,055 96 19.5 20.7 -2.8 -8.9 -358.5 -8.2 -5.72 0.1 79.1 58.4 Non-Discretionary/ Recurrent Rev (%) PE & Wages/Recurrent Expenditure PE & Wages/Recurrent Revenue 91.2 50.1 46 Source: The Ministry of Finance, Nevis (Figures are revised) 116.1 43.0 57 74.1 48.0 44 75.1 52.8 47 74.3 52.0 49 The Inland Revenue Department The Inland Revenue Department is the main hub for Government, with the responsibility of collecting taxes due and payable.
Table VII.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.

Between 2010 and 2014, a total of $242,918,325.64 was collected from different taxes, with an approximate average of $48,583,665.14 per year.

There was an increase at the end of 2014 by 56% when compared to the end of 2010.
The total revenue collected as at December 31, 2014 was $56,732,046 showing an increase of 14% when compared to 2013.

Table VII.3: Inland Revenue - Taxes collected by tax type in Nevis, 2010 – 2014 Type of Taxes Algorithm Nevis Bank Licence Boat Licence Bus.

& Occup Licence Cable Tv Tax Coastal Levy Consumption Tax Corporate Income Tax Dog Licence Driver Licence Electricians License Hotel & Restaurant Tax Insurance Prem.
Tax IRD fines Licence - Unclassified Liquor Licence Proceeds of Lotto Property Tax Property Tax - Cards Radio Licence Social Serv.
Levy- Nv Social Services Levy Type of Taxes cont’d Stamp Duty Stamp Duty (Bank Cheque) Stamp Duty Probate Stamp Duty Unclassified Stamp Duty (Transfer) Telecom Licence Temp Driver Licence Temp Liquor Licence Tourism Dev.
Levy Trader Tax Travel Tax Travel Tax (Unclassified) Unclassified Fees Unincorp.

Bus (Ret) Unicorp.

Bus.
(Ser) Value Added Tax Vehicle Rental Levy Wheel Tax Withholding Tax TOTAL Source: Nevis Inland Revenue Department The following chart displays that of the total revenue collected by the Department over the five year period.
COMPARISON OF REVENUE COLLECTED BETWEEN 2010 - 2014 2010 15% 2014 23% 2013 20% 2011 20% 2012 22% 75 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest The Customs Department The Customs Department, is another integral part of the Nevis Island Administration that provides another source of revenue in collection of taxes, duties and fees.

The illustrated table below represents a breakdown of taxes collected between 2010 and 2014.
Customs Service Charge is just one of the taxes that contributed significant revenue.

A total of $46,850,595.75 was collected from customs duty within the financial period 2010- 2014.

Consumption Tax showed a continuous decline over the five year period due to the introduction of VAT.

At the end of 2010, the amount collected for Consumption was $13,428,135.76 while $35,496.34 was collected at the end of 2014.

Comparing figures for Custom fees for 2010-2014, shows a constant increase for the time period.
The figure shows an amount of $62,925.00 at the end of 2013 collected and an amount of $64,320.00 at the end of 2014.
Table VII.4: Revenue collected by the Customs & Excise Department, Nevis 2010 - 2014 Revenue Collected 2010 EC$(‘000) 2011 EC$(‘000) 2012 EC$(‘000) 2013 EC$(‘000) 2014 EC$(‘000) Customs Duty Excise Tax & Duty Value Added Tax Consumption Tax Alcohol Duty 7,921,497.38 9,605,564.74 8,713,230.48 10,024,739.11 10,585,564.04 206,949.02 5,087,639.78 3,299,745.38 5,128,930.43 3,772,908.30 2,349,207.10 15,334,656.02 15,562,356.20 17,444,756.76 19,168,921.25 13,428,135.76 317,485.59 139,745.88 66,918.80 113,701.35 106,938.28 155,548.69 106,720.07 35,496.34 34,134.34 Environmental Levy 545,639.50 493,970.31 446,952.52 711,564.34 749,128.48 Custom Service Charge 6,556,703.42 6,966,710.51 6,424,844.58 6,391,417.12 6,235,142.37 Unclassified Custom Fees Yacht Fees Fees & Fines Bottle Levy 100,902.36 47,287.50 12,520.00 122,000.00 Gains on Exchange 0 7,024.36 50,440.00 15,200.00 23,516.92 46,394.66 0 43,499.89 54,774.00 13,090.00 83,500.00 62,925.00 11,680.00 7,500.00 51,454.59 169,353.80 0 0 64,320.00 12,900.00 4,000.00 0 36.95 8,252.00 140,865.41 TOTAL 31,404,543.39 38,055,541.17 34,988,742.21 40,134,757.43 40,803,417.48 76 Graph VII.2 below displays a trend of specific taxes being collected over the five year period that showed significant changes from year to year.
These taxes are Excise Tax & Duty, Customs Fees, Fees & Fines and Environmental Levy.

Statistics reflect decline for taxes collected between 2010 and 2012 for Environmental Levy while there was constant growth in Custom fees from 2010-2014.

Environmental Levy showed a steady increase from 2012 to 2014 despite the fluctuations between 2010 and 2012.

The amount collected in 2014 was 749,128.48.

At the end of 2013, Environmental Levy increased by $165,924.84 when compared to taxes collected in 2010.
On the other hand, Fees and Fines dropped significantly at the end of 2014 in comparison to taxes collected in 2010.

Custom Fees wavered over the years, when equate to 2010 - 2014, an increase of $17,032.50.
Graph VII.2: Trend of certain taxes collected in Nevis, 2010 – 2014 Displaying the trend of certain taxes collected between 2010 and 2014 (per '000) 18000 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Excise Tax & Duty Customs Fees Fees & Fines Environmental Levy 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 77 Chart: Taxes collected over the period 2010 - 2014 Yearly growth of taxes collected 2010 to 2014 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 40,803,417 40,134,757 34,988,742 38,055,541 31,404,453 0 5,000,000 10,000,000 15,000,000 20,000,000 25,000,000 30,000,000 35,000,000 40,000,000 45,000,000 78 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 in the earlier period between 2010 and 2013.

There were 2,521 new registered companies in 2010 compared to 7,619 in 2013 and 2,693 at the end of 2014.

However, comparing figures in 2013-2014 there was a significant decrease of 65% or 4,926 in 2014 which suggested that there was a downturn in the economy.

However, at the end of 2014, a grand total of $18,388 companies were registered.
Table VII.5: Number of New Companies (NBCOs, LLCs, Trusts, Foundations) Registered in Nevis, 2010 - 2014 YEARS No.

of NBCO's No.

of LLC'S No.

of TRUSTS NO.

OF FOUNDATIONS TOTAL 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 1,492 1,569 1,573 5,181 1,669 TOTAL 11,484 846 997 1,110 1,930 868 5,751 167 153 113 474 131 1,038 16 17 23 34 25 115 Table: VII.6 Number of Active Entities in Nevis between 2010 and 2014 Years 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 No.

of NBCO's 11,538 No.

of LLC'S 4,261 No.

of TRUSTS 1,063 NO.


Of FOUNDATIONS 86 Offshore Bank 1 11,366 11,590 11,628 11,928 4,449 4,938 5,086 5,159 1,064 1,022 877 1,093 92 92 97 103 1 1 1 1 Source: Nevis Financial Services 79 2,521 2,736 2,819 7,619 2,693 18,388 Total 16,949 16,972 17,643 17,689 18,284 In addition, there were 11,928 active NBCO’s by the end of 2014 showing a slight increase of 390 or 3.38% when compared to the end of 2010 with 11,538 active NBCSOs.
(See table VII.6) Over the five year period, when analyzed, it indicated a gradual increase in the total revenue collected from $11,219,347 in 2010 to $12,852,413.47 in 2014, signifying an increase of some 14.5% or $1,633,066.47.

The table below indicates the amount of revenue collected from Nevis Financial Services for that said period 2010 – 2014 on a quarterly basis.
Table VII.7: Revenue collected Quarterly by the Nevis Financial Services Sector, 2010 - 2014 Month per 1/4 2010 EC$(000) 2011 EC$(000) 2012 EC$(000) 2013 EC$(000) 2014 EC$(000) March June September December Total 3,167,392 3,111,153.50 3,313,692.16 3,170,457.78 3,860,478.69 2,717,532 2,897,804.90 2,718,012.71 3,477,350.55 2,806,233.87 2,310,620 2,497,181.90 2,692,860.47 2,637,869.58 2,834,381.90 3,023,803 2,916,300.30 3,048,039.20 3,392,872.00 3,351,319.01 11,219,347 11,422,440.60 11,772,604.54 12,678,549.91 12,852,413.47 According to the figures released by the Company Registry, a total of 491 companies (exclude NBCO, LLC, Trusts and Foundation) were registered over the period under review.
Statistics show that by the end of 2014, 285 new companies were registered.

In addition, by the end of that said year, the record showed there were 167 active companies; 27 non-profit companies and 12 external companies.

Company Registry 80 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Table.
VII.8: Number of Companies (non LLCs, NBCOs, Trusts, Foundations) Registered, 2010 - 2014 Status New Active Non-Profit External Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Source: Company Registry, NIA Companies registered between 2010 - 2014 80 60 40 20 0 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 New Companies Active Companies Non-Profit Companies External Companies 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 81 St. Kitts and Nevis Gross Domestic Product Table.VII.9: St. Kitts and Nevis Gross Domestic Product by Economic Activity at Basic Current INDUSTRIES Agriculture Crops Sugar Other crops Livestock Forestry Fishing Prices 2010-2014 (EC$ mill) 2011 2010 Prelim Prelim Est 2012 Prel Est 2013 Prel Est 2014 Prel Est Mining & Quarrying 2.25 1.44 1.44 2.37 3.06 Manufacturing Sugar Other Electricity & Water Electricity Water Construction Wholesale & Retail Trade 138.89 135.80 142.89 152.33 165.69 Hotels & restaurants Hotels Restaurants Transport, Storage and Communications Transport and Storage Road Sea Air Supporting and auxiliary transportation activities Communications Post Office Courier Services Telecommunications Financial Intermediation 126.11 120.61 113.82 118.00 125.10 Banks & Other
 Financial Institutions Insurance and pension funding Activities Auxiliary to Financial Intermediation 81.23 23.74 21.14 75.79 23.98 20.84 70.30 24.20 19.33 72.80 25.17 20.02 77.65 26.19 21.26 Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities 290.35 285.07 283.80 297.19 308.11 Owner Occupied Dwellings Real estate activities Renting of machinery and equipment Computer and related activities Business Services Public Administration, Defence & Compulsory Social Security Education Public Private Health and Social Work Public Private Other community, social &personal 43.61 45.41 46.28 50.53 55.92 services Public Private 2.54 41.08 2.58 42.83 4.36 41.92 4.84 45.69 5.11 50.81 Private Households with Employed Persons 5.27 5.55 5.29 5.76 5.18 Less FISIM 17.50 16.74 16.02 15.82 17.28 Gross Value Added at Basic Prices 1,638.39 1,662.01 1,677.02 1,805.95 1,956.08 GROWTH RATE Taxes on products Less Subsidies GDP at Market Prices GROWTH RATE -2.92 1.44 0.90 7.69 8.31 231.24 303.75 298.74 316.18 362.38 0.00 - - - - 1,869.63 1,965.75 1,975.76 2,122.14 2,318.46 -2.32 5.14 0.51 7.41 9.25 83 INDUSTRIES Table.VII.
9: St. Kitts and Nevis Gross Domestic Product by Economic Activity at Basic Constant Prices 2010-2014 (EC$ mill) 2011 2010 Prelim Prelim Est 23.01 13.83 8.26 0.00 8.26 5.23 0.34 Primary Activities Agriculture Crops Sugar Other Crops Livestock Forestry 20.65 13.72 8.10 0.00 8.10 5.28 0.34 20.84 13.14 8.04 0.00 8.04 4.75 0.35 21.45 14.09 8.12 0.00 8.12 5.61 0.36 22.18 14.75 9.58 0.00 9.58 4.82 0.35 2013 Prel Est 2014 Prel Est 2012 Prel Est Fishing Secondary Activities Mining & Quarrying Manufacturing Sugar Other Electricity & Water Electricity Water Construction Services related Activities Wholesale & Retail Trade 1,126.16 113.69 1,120.66 103.75 1,123.04 107.67 1,181.95 113.09 1,242.56 121.18 Hotels & Restaurants Accommodations Restaurants Transport, Storage and Communications Transport and Storage Road Sea Air Supporting and auxiliary transport activities Communications Post Office Courier Services Telecommunications 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 Education Public Private Health and Social Work Public Private Other community, social & personal services Public Private Private Households with Employed Persons Less FISIM 28.82 30.59 31.66 30.82 33.15 GDP at Basic Prices, Constant GROWTH RATE 1,472.19 (3.83) 1444.48 (1.88) 1,432.05 (0.86) 1,525.10 6.50 1,619.19 6.17 CPI Index Derived GDP Index; adjusted by change in CPI GDP at Basic Prices- Current Plus Taxes on Products Less Subsidies on Products GDP at Market Prices Source: St. Kitts Nevis Statistics Department/ECCB 85 Section VIII  Number of Public & Private Primary & Secondary Schools  Number of Students and Teachers (private & public)  Statistical Information on Nurseries and Pre-Schools  CXC Subject Passes – Charlestown & Gingerland Secondary  Enrollment at Sixth Form College  CAPE Grade Distribution at Sixth Form College 86 Education Education is of vital importance for the development of any nation.
The Nevis Island Administration through the Ministry of Education is geared towards educating the residents on Nevis from preschool to the Sixth Form College.

Table VIII.1 illustrates that by the end of 2014, there were ten (10) preschools centres with six (6) being private and four (4) government owned.

The data will also illustrates that there was an increased in government-owned preschools.

Additionally, there are ten (10) primary schools where seven (7) are public and three (3) privately owned.
Table VIII.1: General Information on Pre-schools and Nurseries in Nevis, 2009/10 – 2013/14 Year 2009/ 2010/ 2011/ 2012/ 2013/ 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Private Preschool Centers Government Preschool Centers Total Supervisors for Public & Private Preschools 8 3 9 7 3 9 Total Auxiliary Staff for Public & Private Preschools 26 24 Supervisors/Auxiliary Staff for Nurseries Centre Based Home Based Total Children in Preschools Total Children in Nurseries Total Enrollment in Preschools and Nurseries It is important to note, that secondary education is becoming a growing concern and a major challenge for education policymakers and researchers.
There are two public secondary schools - Charlestown and Gingerland, and one privately owned – Nevis International Secondary School, (no data currently available).
87 Table VIII.2: Number of Public and Private Schools in Nevis, 2009/10 – 2012/14 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 PRIMARY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL Public Private Total Public Private Total 7 3 10 2 1 3 7 3 10 7 3 10 7 3 10 SECONDARY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 7 3 10 2 1 3 Source: Department of Education Statistics shows that among the primary schools on the island, there were 1,239 students and 131 teachers by the end of the school year 2013/2014.
When comparing gender differences between the students for the said period, the female students have a 50.4% rate or (624) while the male were 49.6% or (615).

The rate among the teachers was females with 93.9% (123) rate in comparison to the males with 6.1% (8).

In the private primary schools there are no male teachers over the five year period under review.
Table VIII.3: Number of Students and Teachers in Public Primary School, in Nevis 2009/10 – 2013/14 Year 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Students 653 654 617 635 606 612 564 585 562 571 Teachers 19 112 19 111 21 110 13 93 8 103 Table VIII.4: Number of Students and Teachers in Private Primary School, in Nevis 2009/10 – 2013/14 Year 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Students 83 Teachers 0 93 17 77 0 86 17 80 18 63 0 58 18 53 0 53 20 81 0 88 In comparison to Primary Schools and Secondary Schools, there are more male students in the secondary schools with a 50.3% rate over the female with a 49.7% at the end of 2014.
Over the five year period, there were approximately 25 to 35 students enrolled in the private secondary school.
(See table below) Table VIII.5: Number of Students and Teachers in Public Secondary School, in Nevis 2009/10 – 2013/14 Year 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Students 538 502 479 545 484 557 456 567 517 511 Teachers 36 82 44 75 37 63 42 87 42 90 Table VIII.6: Number of Students and Teachers in Private Secondary School in Nevis, 2009/10 – 2013/14 2013-2014 2009-2010 2011-2012 2010-2011 2012-2013 Year Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Students 15 Teachers 1 20 7 17 2 15 9 15 2 13 7 15 2 13 7 6 2 6 7 Source: Department of Education The Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) offers over 13 different subject areas to be tested.
Secondary students, having reach their final year are required to take the CSEC, which is administrated by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC).

Table VII.7 shows the number of passes obtained by students attending the public secondary schools on the island.

For the past five years, there was an 8.4% decrease in the number of passes and an 898 overall total passes.

Of that total, 202 were attained in 2010, 186 in 2011, 162 in 2012, 163 in 2013 and 185 in 2014.
In 2014, the highest amount of passes were in the range 3 – 5 subjects in an amount of 63; followed by 53 for 6 – 8 subjects, 40 for 0 – 2 subjects and 29 for 9+ subjects.
Table VIII.7: CSEC Subject passes for Charlestown and Gingerland Secondary Schools, 2010 - 2014 Subject Passes 0 – 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9+ TOTAL Source: Department of Education Comparison of Subject Passes at Public Secondary Schools in Nevis, 2010 - 2014 100 50 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 3 - 5 Subjects 9+ Subjects 9+ Subjects 6 – 8 Subjects 3 - 5 Subjects 0 - 2 Subjects The Nevis Sixth Form College is the only tertiary level school on the island.
This college is a two- year college that caters for secondary students having completed the CSEC Examination Level.

It offers courses at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) level and at the end of the two years, a student would be awarded an Associate’s Degree.

Table VII.8 shows that in 2014 there was a total of 438 grades where 327 were passes and 87 were failures.
Over the years being examined, grades range III, IV and V showed the largest passes compared to the remaining grade ranges indicated in the table.

Within the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, the top students at the tertiary level is awarded the honor as State Scholar.
Table VIII.8: CAPE Grade Distribution at the Charlestown Sixth Form College in Nevis, 2010 - 2014 Number of Students Grade I II III IV V VI VII NB: Grades 1-V Passing Grades Grades V1-V11 Failing Grades 90 The table and graphs following illustrates the enrollment of students at the Nevis Sixth Form College.
Statistics shows that there were 643 students enrolled over the period, with 425 girls (66.1%) and 218 boys (33.9%).

In 2014, there were 93 students enrolled in the Sixth B class and 52 students enrolled in the Sixth A class with an overall total of 145 students enrolled.
Table VII.9: Enrollment of Students at the Nevis Sixth Form College in Nevis, 2010 - 2014 Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Sixth B Sixth A Total Girls 61 51 40 49 59 Boys 18 35 15 28 34 Girls 35 38 36 26 30 Boys 17 11 28 10 22 Girls 96 89 76 75 89 Boys 35 46 43 38 56 Comparison of Enrollment within the Nevis Sixth Form College Comparison of Enrollment for each level at the Nevis Sixth Form College, 2014 5 4 3 2 1 52, 36% Boys Girls Sixth B Sixth A 93, 64% 0 50 100 Source: Department of Education 91 Section IX mployment  Employees by Selected Industries and Services  Work Permit Application by Sectors  Work Permit Application by Nationality (2013 & 2014) 92 Employment This year’s report will suggest that the economy is slowly emerging from the global recession.
When figures for the years 2010-2014 are examined, it shows yearly increases in the number of persons employed in selected industries.

The upward movement continues to be reflected in the industries for 2014 with the exception of Baking, Commercial and various selected Transportation.

According to the table that is presented, Baking declined by 11%, Commercial by 7% and Transportation by 25% when compared with the figures for 2013.

Table IX.
1: Employees by Selected Industries and Services 2010 – 2014 Industries and Services 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Agriculture Baking Civil Service Commercial Construction Domestic Financial Hotel & Guest Houses Manufacturing NE Workers Restaurants Services Statutory Corporations Telecommunications Transportation TOTAL Source: Labour Department, Nevis 93 Table IX.2 demonstrates that between 2010 and 2013, there was a gradual decrease in application for work permit.
From 1,112 in 2010 to 638 in 2013, while hotel and guest houses have increased its application process over the years from 74 to 96.

Over the period under review, the issuance and renewal of work permit amounted to 3,351.

According to the data received from the Department of Labour, there has been a steady decline in the number of work permits issued.

This attributes to a 43% decrease by the end of 2013 when compared to the end of 2010 when 1,112 work permits were issued.
Table IX.2: Work Permit application by Sector 2010 - 2014 Sector Agriculture Baking Nevis Island Administration Domestic Construction Commercial Financial Hotel and Guest Houses Manufacturing Miscellaneous Restaurants Services Statutory Corporation Telecommunication Transportation TOTAL Source: Department of Labour Total 328 38 507 153 760 264 47 423 123 0 266 858 53 2 47 3,869 Table IX.3 shows the number of work permit applications by nationality that was issued for the period 2013.
Included in the total of 638, 322 applications from the Caricom/OECS Region, 240 were Guyanese nationals.

83 from the United States of America, 74 from Jamaica, and 48 from India.

It is notable that the annual figure provided takes into consideration a percentage of renewals.
94 Table IX.3: 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 95 Male Female Total Table IX.3: Work Permit application by Nationality, 2013 con’t Region Europe/CIS Country Greece Ireland Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United Kingdom Africa Asia Pacific Egypt Gambian Kenya Nigeria South Africa Croatia/Singapore China India Indonesia Italy Filipinos New Zealand Turkey Malaysia/Thailand Male Female Total Total Source: The Department of Labour 416 222 636 At the end of 2014, the issuance of applications for non-nationals for work permits decreased by some 24% when compared to 2013.
Figures recorded illustrate that of a total of 518, 206 were females, where 73 were from Guyana, 41 from the United States of America and 26 from Jamaica.

The highest recorded figure for 2014 was 154 nationals who were from Guyana, followed by 68 from the United States of America.

Some 52 from Jamaica and 50 from India.
(See table below) 96 Table IX.4: 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 47 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 97 2 5 1 1 2 11 1 3 4 16 2 1 3 27 41 68 2 1 2 4 1 2 1 2 5 Table IX.4: Work Permit application by Nationality, 2014 con’t Region Europe/CIS Country Greece Ireland Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United Kingdom Africa Egypt Gambian Kenya Nigeria Saudi Arabia South Africa Syria Asia Croatia/Singapore Pacific Total China Jordon India Indonesia Nepal Argentina Filipinos Philippines Madrid Malaysia/Thailand 98 Male Female Total Section X griculture roduction, rade  Egg Production  Throughput at the Marketing Division  Extension Division  Abattoir - Animals Slaughtered  Department of Fisheries  Trade (Import value)  Rainfall 99 Agriculture Economic growth is basically the increase in a country’s productive capacity as measured by comparing the gross national product in a year with the gross national product in the previous year.
Sustainable development in a country has brought additional factors that must be taken into account in a growing economy.

Hence, one of the island’s main contributions to economic activities is Agriculture, which produces a large percentage of revenue.

The Department of Agriculture is the entity which generates such income from harvested crops as well as the Department of Fisheries which contributes to the foreign revenue.
Egg Production: Year 2010 Production per Quarter 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter The table on the right displays the consumption of eggs on the island of Nevis.

2011 The year 2014 was the year that the Department of Agriculture recorded the highest yield of egg 2012 production, some 160,592 dozens with the lowest recorded figure in 2010 of 93,146 dozens.

This increase in production is 2013 associated with a new egg producer coming on the Nevis market and thus enhancing egg production.
2014 The table also identified various fluctuations with the year 2012 as being significant.
Grand Total 100 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Total 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Total 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Total 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Total 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Total Total per Dozen 23,027 26,845 16,380 26,894 93,146 27,630 25,935 25,760 25,300 104,625 24,570 28,483 29,624 30,938 113,615 27,000 26,756 26,864 21,344 101,964 35,660 35,622.5 38,769.5 50,540 160,592 573,942 The chart below shows quartile data over the last five years, as the egg market is supplied by a number of private individuals.
Production of eggs per Quarter, (per '000) for the period 2010- 4t quart 3rd Quart 2nd Quart 1st Quart Marketing Division The Marketing Division of the Department of Agriculture is responsible for marketing the farmers’ produce and any individual who is interested in marketing their agricultural goods and services.
The figures produced by the Marketing Division, showed an average of 130,068.4 kg of harvested crop contribute to the annual growth of the economy.

The Division also recorded ten targeted crops for the past three years (2011-2013) as Cabbage, Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Melon, Carrot, Corn, Onion, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Pepper, Tomato and Water Melon.
The following tables, X.2, will display the throughput at the Marketing Division for the period 2011 to 2014 In the tables the production of Avocado and Cucumber have been gradually increasing over the years while there was a noticeable decrease in butternut squash between 2013 and 2014 of 2, 093 and cantaloupe of 4329.50.
101 Table X.2: Throughput at the Marketing Division on an annual basis 2011 – 2014 Produce Arugula Apricot Avocado Broccoli Basil Bora Beans Breadfruit Butternut Squash Cabbage Cauliflower Cantaloupe Carrots Cassava Christophene Cassava Meal Cherry Tomato Coconut Cucumber Dasheen Dragon Fruit Eddoes Eggplant Ginger Grapefruit Green Banana Green Papaya Green Plantain Golden Apple Guava Guava Pulp Herbs and Thyme Hot Peppers Honey Dew Melon Jelly Jujubi Lemon Grass Lettuce Limes Mangoes Table X.2: Throughput at the Marketing Division on an annual basis 2011 – 2014, con’t Produce Mint Okra Jumbo Onion Regular Onion Onion Oranges Papaya Ripe Passion Fruit Peanut Pineapple Pumpkin Red Pepper Ripe Banana Ripe Plantain Rosemary Sapodilla Seasoning Pepper Silk Banana Sorrel Sour Orange Sour Sop Star Apple String Beans Sugar Apple Sugar Cane Sweet Corn Sweet Pepper Sweet Potato Spinach Tania Thyme Tomatoes Watermelon Wax Apple White Potato Yams Zucchini Total 1602.5
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.
It also provides weekly and monthly crop forecasting information and evaluates all aspects for concession.

Table X.3 will display the accumulative total of acreage farmed and estimated yield for the period under review.

It must be noted, in 2014, the number of acres provided for farming increased by some 666 acres or some 90% when compared to 2013.

This produced a yield of some 1,036,303kg of production.
The following tables, X.5, X.6, X.7 and X.8 illustrate the production analysis for targeted crops per quarter for the period, 2011 - 2014.
Table X.3: Accumulative total of acreage farmed and estimated yield 2010- 2014 Institution Criteria Acres Yield (kg) Acres Yield (kg) Acres Yield (kg) Comparison of yield (kg) between the Farmers and Government 2010 - 2014 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 Farmers Yield (kg) Government Yield (kg) 104 Table X.4: Top ten targeted Crops for the period 2010- 2014 Crop Criteria 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 as a % of Production Cabbage Imports 51,100 54,621 48,570 52,192 61,637 Produce 11,300 5,936 2,186 617 794 Imports 1.3 Carrots Imports 78,300 67,571 50,063 47,745 60,706 7.8 Produce 7,100 5,374 1,296 9,403 4,717 Cantaloupe/ Imports 19,800 21,247 16,834 9,307 51,973 52.4 Honeydew Produce 20,600 34,922 8,579 1,637 27,238 Corn Imports 6,000 8,211 8,949 9,691 14,225 9.3 Produce 2,700 4,775 6,779 1,734 1,324 Sweet Peppers Imports 39,200 34,706 21,848 14,088 6,381 142.7 Produce 18,300 22,588 7,686 3,872 9,104 Pumpkin Imports 14,700 4,427 1,481 1,115 0 Produce 16,000 14,752 17,792 12,261 45,214 Sweet Potato Imports 5,100 0 0 0 0 Produce 12,500 17,159 3,515 4,818 11,741 0 0 Tomato Imports 31,800 22,534 20,815 15,910 22,936 282.5 Produce 69,500 71,055 19,711 21,049 64,787 Watermelon Imports 1,200 1,653 0 0 1,252 8507.7 Produce 72,400 103,334 31,456 31,859 106,517 Onion Imports 72,400 78,937 65,773 57,640 92,537 25.6 Produce 23,700 2,072 8,744 5,503 23,704 105 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Table X.5: PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR 2011 OF TARGETED CROPS (KGS) Crop Cabbage Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Carrot Corn Onion Pumpkin Sweet pepper Sweet potato Tomato Watermelon TOTAL Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated TOTAL production 1st quarter 3,402 9,592 1,705 1,631 1,769 1,633 3,583 227 18,598 13,245 55,385 production 2nd quarter 726 12,678
 2,631 340 272 8,505 6,895 0 16,329 48,217 96,593 production 3rd quarter 590 10,659 0 0 0 2,800 4,817 0 6237 25,174 50,277 Production 4th Quarter 1,220 1,985 1,043 2,835 0 0 7,276 9,221 29,889 16743 70,212 ESTIMATED PRODUCTION 5,938 34,914 5,379 4,806 2,041 12,938 22,571 9,448 71,053 103,379 272,467 Table X.6: PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR 2012 OF TARGETED CROPS (KGS) Crops Cabbage Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Carrot Corn Onion Pumpkin Sweet pepper Sweet potato Tomato Watermelon TOTAL Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated TOTAL 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 production 2nd quarter 3,211 8,026 453 8,437 4,535 5,669 5,025 1,378 13,586 33,837 84,157 production 3rd quarter 1,701 6,124 0 0 0 5,806 4,627 8,709 22,226 44,225 93,418 Production 4th Quarter 375 2722 1270 750 600 5,103 6,895 0 16,329 43,000 77,044 ESTIMATED PRODUCTION 6,725 25,037 2,857 13,996 12,846 22,238 26,358 15,824 69,310 140,144 335,335 106 Table X.7: PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR 2013 OF TARGETED CROPS (KGS) Crop Crop Cabbage Cabbage Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Carrot Carrot Corn Corn Onion Onion Pumpkin Pumpkin Sweet pepper Sweet pepper Sweet potato Sweet potato Tomato Tomato Watermelon Watermelon TOTAL TOTAL Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated Estimated TOTAL TOTAL production production 1st quarter 1st quarter 1043 1043 7665 7665 272 272 1161 1161 3515 3515 6169 6169 4264 4264 3774 3774 29,143 29,143 17,373 17,373 74,379 74,379 production production 2nd quarter 2nd quarter 227 227 6759 6759 363 363 2608 2608 2722 2722 7257 7257 1724 1724 499 499 1134 1134 22,453 22,453 45,746 45,746 production production 3rd quarter 3rd quarter 0 0 3175 3175 907 907 54 54 2948 2948 5987 5987 1415 1415 318 318 4223 4223 28,372 28,372 47,399 47,399 Production Production 4th Quarter 4th Quarter 91 91 3130 3130 2068 2068 0 0 0 0 7620 7620 1134 1134 227 227 11,906 11,906 2041 2041 28,217 28,217 ESTIMATED ESTIMATED PRODUCTION
 PRODUCTION 1,361 1,361 20,729 20,729 3,610 3,610 3,823 3,823 12,133 9,185 27,033 27,033 8,537 8,537 4,818 4,818 46,406 46,406 70,239 70,239 195,741 198,689 Table X.8: PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR 2014 OF TARGETED CROPS (KGS) Estimated production 2nd quarter Estimated production 3rd quarter Estimated Production 4th Quarter Crop TOTAL ESTIMATED PRODUCTION Cabbage Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Carrot Corn Onion Pumpkin Sweet pepper Sweet potato Tomato Watermelon TOTAL Source: Department of Agriculture Estimated production 1st quarter Animals Slaughter: The number of animals slaughtered between 2010 and 2014 fluctuated between 2,682 and 3,704.
The top seven animals slaughtered are Steers, Heifers, Cows, Bulls, Sheep, Goats and Pigs, with the slaughtering of pigs showing the highest in 2014 of 1,578 and the lowest in 2012 of 856.
Total 11 128 368 503 6185 2845 6127 16,167 Comparison of various animals slaughtered in Nevis, 2010 - 2014 Animals Steers Heifers Cows Bulls Sheep Goats Pigs Total Pigs Goats Sheep Bulls Cows Heifers Steers 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 108 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning – 2015 Statistical Digest Department of Fisheries The Department of Fisheries have the responsibility of providing a sustainable development of the 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 information collected revealed an overall total of 1,015,258 pounds of seafood which includes lobster, conch and crab, where the majority of this catch was exported over a five year period.

Conch shell contributed an amount of 425 pounds for export.

Table X.10 provides comprehensive analysis of the data collected by the Fisheries Department which shows the export of Seafood.

The data also revealed that conch was the largest amount of seafood to be exported; followed by crab and then lobster.
In 2013, 334,957 pounds was the highest recorded figure ever to be exported where conch contributed a total of 331,881 pounds within that same year.

Table X.11 outlines the various species of fishes that were hauled over the five year period 2010- 2014.

The Department of fisheries recorded an estimated overall total value of $15,392,208 and total overall haul of 1,581,879 pounds of various fishes for the period 2010-2014.
Table X.10: Export of Seafood per pound on a yearly basis, 2010 – 2014 Lobster 2,378 139 214 235 3,542 6,508 Conch 140,356 291,408 110,111 331,881 122,839 996,595 Crab 0 3,167 1,275 2,803 4,485 11,730 Conch Shell 0 33 14 38 340 425 Total 142,734 294,747 111,614 334,957 131,206 1,015,258 Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Comparison of Lobster, Conch and Crab exported to neighbouring islands between 2010 and 2014 500,000 0 Crab Lobster 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Lobster Conch Crab 109 Table X.11: Estimated Landings of species of fishes during the period 2010 – SPECIES Snapper Grouper Grunt Old Wife Parrot Goatfish Doctor Fish Squirrelfish Triggerfish Porgy Angel Fish Conch Lobster Gar Ballyhoo Jacks Dolphin Wahoo Tuna/Mackerel Kingfish Tuna/Kingfish Skip Jack Lion Fish Tuna Bonito Mackerel Mullet Marlin Shark Barracuda Shell Fish Crab Mixed Fish Tarpon Squid Other Turtle Congo Eel Total in (lbs) Value in (EC$) Source: Fisheries Department, Nevis 0 0 0 381219 3,707,790 0 0 0 671755 6,581,985 0 0 0 95069 940,165 0 350 162 168336 1,598,045 0 1985 157 265500 2,564,223 Trade The Customs Department also generates revenue from the value of imports.
A recorded amount of revenue to a total value of imported goods and services between 2010 and 2014 is $605,991,199.39.

Analysing the table below, the figures for imported value over the reporting period varied each year.

At the end of 2014, a total of $142,556,590.19 was collected when compared to 2010, a total value of $108,769,818.90.

Comparing 2013 and 2014, there was an increase of $21,881,267.49 or 18.14%.

(The values include cost insurance, freight, government tax and other concessionary imports).
Table X.12: Total Value of Imports into Nevis 2010 – 2014 Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total $108,769,818.90 $121,950,706.60 $112,038,761.00 $120,675,322.70 $142,556,590.19 Total Value of Imports (%) into Nevis 2010-2014 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2014, 142 2013, 120 2012, 112 2011, 121 2010, 108 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Imports Value 111 Rainfall The collection of rainfall is the main responsibility of the Nevis Meteorological Office.
However, the Department of Agriculture also collect rainfall data with rain gauges located at various locations around the island.

The reporting period for the collection of rainfall data is from 2010 – 2014.

The highest record of rainfall was in 2010 with a total of 1762.2mm in comparison to 2014 of 772.3mm.

In 2014, the least amount of rainfall recorded was for the month of March of 13.1mm.
The collection of rainfall data is critical for the community in developing an understanding of the local climate.

The collection of data over the years assists in the study of climate change, global warming and a wide range of issues.

Rainfall data is also important for agricultural community; as it is used to determine when certain crops should be planted or harvested and even which type of crop or variety of crop that is to be chosen for that particular season.
In addition, the measurement of rainfall is used to understand if periods of drought conditions are in effect.
Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Total Table X.9: Rainfall Data (mm) in Nevis, 2010 - Section XI rime and rotection  Crime Statistics Reported to the Royal St Christopher & Nevis Police Force  Number of Fires by Category Crime The incidence of crime continues to be a major challenge not only for the enforcement agencies but for the government and people of Nevis.
The table below shows the occurrence of crimes committed during the five year period 2010-2014.

A casual glance at the table will indicate that the year 2014 showed the lowest incidence of crime during the period under review, especially in particular areas such as, Commercial Premises Breaking, Burglary, Housebreaking, Larceny and Possession of Controlled Drugs.

The years 2012 to 2014 showed a fluctuation in the number of gun related robberies: 25 in 2012; 18 in 2013, and 29 in 2014.
Table XI.1 Crime Statistics recorded between the period 2010 and 2014 Crime Category 2010 2011 2012 2013 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 Housebreaking Restaurant Breaking Housebreaking and Larceny (Other) Shop Breaking Supermarket Breaking Break & Enter Divine Place of Worship with intent to commit Felon Commercial Premise Breaking Storeroom Breaking Burglary Total 29 6 1 67 6 27 11 17 2 5 11 7 103 331 2 14 9 1 0 139 9 127 Table XI.1 Crime Statistics recorded between the period 2010 and 2014 con’t Crime Category Sacrilege Breaking with Intent to Enter and Steal Shooting with Intent Larceny Unlawful Possession Receiving Stolen Goods Obtaining Credit by Fraud Housebreaking with intent other Other Malicious Damage to Property 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 Possession of Firearm with intent to endanger life Other crime, danger to life or bodily harm Total Total 3 59 9 231 2 7 1 13 22 1 6 288 56 0 21 15 22 3 5 7 1 91 2 0 366 0
 381 3 368 0 392 0 285 3 1,792 115 Fire and Rescue Services The following tables show the number of fire calls by categories for the years 2010- 2014.
For the year 2014, the Fire and Rescue Services responded to 144 calls whereas in 2012, the number of calls was 106.

According to the data collected Grass/Bush fires resulted in the highest number of calls for the period 2010-2013.

The period 2013 to 2014 indicated that Garbage fires resulted in the highest number of calls with 50 in 2013 and 51 in 2014.
Class- A Class- B Class- C False Motor Vehicle Accident Motor Vehicle Fire Motorcycle Table XI.2: Number of Fires by Category broken down by fire call in Nevis, 2010 House 9 Fuel Grass/Bush 57 Oil Stove Garbage Vehicle Other Total 0 16 0 9 91 3 1 4 Electrical 18 9 18 9 Source: Fire Rescue Service 3 3 7 7 0 0 Table XI.3: Number of Fires by Category broken down by fire call in Nevis, 2011 Class- A Class- B Class- C False Motor Vehicle Accident Motor Vehicle Fire Motorcycle House 11 Fuel Grass/Bush 82 Oil Stove Garbage Vehicle Other Total 0 25 0 2 120 1 0 1 Electrical 9 18 9 18 Source: Fire & Rescue Service, Nevis 3 3 6 6 0 0 Table XI.4: 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 House 10 Fuel Grass/Bush 41 Oil Stove Garbage Vehicle Copper Other Total 0 32 3 1 0 87 0 0 0 Electrical 2 15 0 2 0 2 15 0 2 0 Source: Fire & Rescue Service, Nevis 117 Table XI.6: 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 XI.5: 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 118 The Department of Statistics & Economic Planning Government Road Charlestown Nevis 119