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The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest The Nevis Statistical Digest 2016 (2011– 2015) Copyright© The Department of Statistics Government Road, Charlestown, Nevis Email: statsnevis@niagov.com Telephone: 1 (869) 469 5521 Ext 2168/2169 Fax: 1 (869) 469 0336 _____________ Disclaimer: While all care has been taken to produce accurate figures based on available data, the Department of Statistics does not accept any liability for any omission from such forecasts nor any loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on the information contained within this publication.
I The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest M Isson statemen T 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.
T V Ision Statemen 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 2016 Statistical Digest P R E F A C E The purpose of this publication is to bring together in one volume some of the major important statistical series on Nevis Economic and Social trends.
While it would be an exaggeration to suggest this publication is all inclusive, every effort has been made to include detailed descriptions of most of all the data presented.

This 2016th edition is another production of an annual flagship publication of the Department of Statistics.

It offers historic and current information on topics of interest, and contains 84 tables organized in 12 chapters for the reviewed period 2011 – 2015.

Improvements are continually made to enhance its value to users.
Users may download a soft copy of this publication via the Nevis Island Administration’s website for free.

For users with specific data requirements, the Department may be able to offer assistance.

While the information may be able to make informed decisions, the island’s economy continues to improve, the current revenue stood at over ECD $133 million by the end of 2015.

This shows an increase of some four percent when compared to the actual current revenue of over ECD $128 million by the end of 2014.
The data also demonstrates a continual growth of the economy between 2012 and 2015.

The actual figures produced show that in 2012, current revenue stood at ECD $116.52 million; in 2013 at ECD $121.10 million; in 2014 at ECD $ 128.47 million and in 2015 at ECD $133.86 million.

By the end of 2015, the island current expenditure stood at approximately ECD $130 million, and which reflects a decrease of some 3 % when compare to the actual current expenditure of over ECD $134 million by the end of 2014.
Except where other copyright is indicated, articles in this publication may be freely reproduced with acknowledgement for the Source.
The Department welcomes your questions and or comments which can be sent to: The Director: Department of Statistics and Economic Planning GMC Building, Government Road, Charlestown III The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Preface …………………………………………………………………………..…………… iii From the Director’s Desk …………………………………………………………………… vi Explanatory Notes ……………………..………………………………………….……….… vii Chapter 1 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT NEVIS ………….………....…….. 10 - 22 Notable Local & Historical Events Structure of Nevis Island Government Chapter 2 POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS ………………..….…….… 24 - 33 Population Growth – Housing, Birth, Death & Infant Mortality Marriages and Divorces Chapter 3 INFRASTRUCTURE …………………………………………..…….…… 35- 39 Building Permits Issued, Titles Issued and Deeds Registered Electricity Consumers and Production; Water Consumption Chapter 4 TRANSPORTATION ……………………….…………………………… 41 - 49 Registration and Licensing of Vehicles Drivers Written & Road Test; Traffic Accidents Recorded Aircraft Movements; Cargo Movements; Passengers Movements Inter-Island Ferry Passengers Movements; Cargo Movements via Sea Ports Chapter 5 TOURISM ……………………………..………………………………….. 51 - 60 Accommodation; Stayover Visitors Length of Stay; Arrivals from Traditional Territories Yacht and Cruise Calls/Passengers Arrivals Chapter 6 HEALTH AND SOCIAL ………………...……………………………….. 62 - 68 Intentional and Unintentional Injuries Registered Diabetics & Hypertensive Patients at Health Centers Dental Unit Trend of Services Rendered Family Services Gender Affairs IV The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter 7 FINANCE ………………………………………………………………… 70 - 82 NIA Revenue and Expenditure Inland Revenue Departments Customs Department SKB/NEV GDP by Economic Activity in Current & Constant Prices Chapter 8 EDUCATION …………………………………………………………….
84 - 88 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 Chapter 9 EMPLOYMENT ……………………………………………………… 90 - 97 Employees by Selected Industries and Services Work Permit Application by Sector Work Permit Application by Nationality, 2013 & 2014 Chapter 10 AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AND TRADE ……………..……………… 99 - 112 Egg Production Throughput at the Marketing Division Production Analysis of Targeted Crops Animals Slaughtered Export of Sea Foods Estimated Landings of Species of Fishes Revenue collected on Imports RAINFALL Chapter 11 CRIME AND PROTECTION ……………………….……..……… 114 - 121 Crimes Reported Fire and Rescue Services V The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK Dorriel Tross-Phillip Director of Statistics VI The Department of Statistics 2016 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 2011 – 2015.

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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.

- Container Brk.
- Container Brk.

- Break TEU - Twenty Equivalent Units (containers are 20ft or 40ft) GDP - Gross Domestic Product GNI - Gross National Income FOB - Freight on Board NBCO - Nevis Business Company Ordinance VII The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest LLC - Limited Liability Company Lbs - Pounds Kg - Mw\h Kilograms Milliwatt per hour VIII Restoration work continues on the New River Estate, the last functioning sugar plantation on Nevis, dates back to the 1700’s.
The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter One General Information Nevis, a 36 square miles jewel lies near the top of the Lesser Antilles archipelago.

Given the alias, ‘Queen of the Caribees’ in 1671, the island is accepted for its small, sombrero shape like statue.

Its charm and tranquility will take you back in time when things were simpler, life more peaceful and stress was just a word.
This gem intertwines as part of the Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis and has natural vegetation that is unparalleled.

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

The island is 7 miles (11.2 km) long by 6 miles (9.6 km) wide.

Location: It is located about 200 miles south of Puerto Rico or approximately 17º North Latitude, and just west of Anguilla, approximately 62º West Longitude.
Geographical Division (Parishes) The island of Nevis is geographically divided into five parishes: St. Paul’s, St. Thomas’, St. James, St. Georges, and St. Johns.

Highest Point: Nevis is conical in shape with a volcanic peak known as Nevis Peak.

It is the highest point on the island and stands at a height of 3,232 ft. Capital: The island’s capital is Charlestown.

Airport: Nevis’ airport is named Vance W Amory International Airport (formerly Newcastle Airport).
It is situated in the St. James Parish and a journey from it to Charlestown takes approximately 10 - 15 minutes.

10 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest 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 Christian beliefs as taught by several denominations in the society.
Traditionally, there were Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist and Wesleyan Holiness.

In recent times, others have been added including: Church of God, Brethren, Evangelical, Pentecostal, Seventh Day Adventist and Jehovah’s Witness.

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

Currency: The official currency is the Eastern Caribbean Dollar.

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

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

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

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

11 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Police & Fire Services: There are four (4) Police Stations and two (2) Fire Stations on the island.

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

The other police stations are Cotton Ground, New Castle and Gingerland.
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 Hanley’s Road Fishing Tournament May – June 12 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Culturama July – August (Nevis’ Premier Cultural Festival.

It is celebrated annually over the last weekend of July – August.)
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.
13 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Historical Events  1493: Sighted and named by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage.

 1834: Emancipation.

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

 1861: First Nevis postage stamp issued.

 1899: The hospital was destroyed in a hurricane.

It was located on Old Hospital Road.


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

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

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

o Newcastle Airport opened.


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

 1959: M.V.

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

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

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

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

o The new Constitution provided for the Nevis Local Council.

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

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

o The Nevis Island Administration Building was constructed.

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

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

Simeon Daniel was given the portfolio as Minister of Finance.

 1983: St. Kitts and Nevis attained political independence from Great Britain on September 19.
14 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest o Princess Margaret unveiled the dedication plaque as part of the Independence Celebration.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Simeon Daniel.

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

 1992: Local elections held on June 1.

First change of Government in the Local Assembly.


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

Hon.

Simeon Daniel was leader of the party.

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

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

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

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

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

15 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest  1996: The Nevis Island Administration dedicated Phase One of the Waterfront renovation project on September 19th.
 1997: In June the Nevis Island Assembly led by the Concerned Citizens Movement held the first reading of the Secession Ordinance, which called for a vote for separation from St. Kitts.

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

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

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

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

o Hurricane George caused several damages.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 2006: Opening of the Flamboyant Nursing Home.

16 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest o The Nevis Reformation Party was elected to government after 14 years in opposition.

 2007: The Hon.
 2007: The Hon.

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

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

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

o Charlestown Secondary School new wing was commissioned.

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

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

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

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

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

 2010: Hon.

Patrice Nisbett appointed as Attorney General in the Federal Government.

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

o Grove Park was renamed Elquemedo T. Willett Park.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

o The Court of Appeal up held its decision regarding the petition case.
17 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest o In November, the NRP Administration dissolved parliament without setting an election date.

 2013: January 22, Nevis Local Election.

Concerned Citizens Movement won 3 of 5 seats.

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

o November 27th, Belle Vue International School was renamed Nevis Academy under new management.
 2014: January 15th, Seaborne Airlines began its airlift service between Nevis and Puerto Rico.

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

o Special Education Unit in Nevis was renamed Cecele Thompson-Browne Integrated School on 29th April.
 2015: February 3rd, Official opening and renaming of two major roads in Charlestown:- The Hamilton Road which leads from Pump Road into Hamilton to the Carl Tucket Boulevard; and Pump Road which leads from the roundabout adjacent to the Bath Cemetery into the by-pass road to the Stuart Williams Drive.

o February 20th, Caribbean Helicopters Limited started its operations from Nevis via Antigua.

o February 22nd, Hon.


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

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

o April 7th, the removal of Value Added Tax (VAT) from all food items, medical supplies and funeral expenses.
18 The Department of Statistics 2016 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 Ministers Junior Minister Junior Minister Organization chart displaying the composition of the Nevis Island Administration 19 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chart displaying the composition of the Nevis Island Assembly as at December 31, 2015 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 2015.
20 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table I.1: Members of the Nevis Island Administration and their portfolios as at December 31, 2015 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.
21 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table I.2: Members of the Opposition Party as at December 31, 2015 Name Area Representing Position Joseph W Parry Elected representative for St. Thomas Leader of the Opposition Constituency, (Nevis 3) E Robelto Hector Elected representative for St. Paul Member of Parliament Constituency, (Nevis 1) Carlisle Powell Nominated Member of Parliament Member of Parliament Since obtaining independence as a Federation, the island of Nevis has participated in 15 elections by the end of December 2015.
These elections comprised of 8 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).


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 General Election Year Party 1984 - NRP 1989 CCM NRP 1993 CCM NRP 1995 CCM NRP 2000 CCM NRP 2004 CCM NRP 2010 CCM NRP 2015 CCM NRP Seats Won - 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 22 Nevis - an elegant and romantic venue for a wedding ceremony.
You can choose from picturesque churches, historic plantations, soft, sandy beaches or beautiful tropical gardens.

The Four Seasons Resort is no exception to the wedding locations.

The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter Two Population & Vital Statistics 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 preliminary 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 2011P 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. John has grown tremendously over the last two censuses.
This parish accounts for approximately 32% of the island’s population as recorded by the last census.

In the table below (11.2), the other four parishes also showed significant increases over the years.
Year 1970 1980 1991 2001 2011P 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 24 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest 2001 to 2,038 persons in 2011.

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

Overall, a 10.5% growth was recorded for the population on Nevis.
TABLE II.3: Population by Parish and Sex, 2001 and 2011 Parish Male Female 2001 883 907 1,414 1,487 1,248 1,316 997 881 1,050 925 Both Sexes 1,790 2,901 2,564 2,047 1,806 5,423 5,685 11,108 Male 906 1,854 1,242 1,083 1,041 6,126 2011 Female 941 1,973 1,254 986 997 Both Sexes 1,847 3,827 2,496 2,069 2,038 Difference 2011/2001 57 926 -68 22 232 6,151 12,277P 1,169 Source: Department of Statistics 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, which showed an overall decrease of sixty-eight (68), six (6) males and sixty-two (62) females.

The male population showed an increase of 703 while females were 466 over the two census period.
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 25 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table II.4: Population by Age Group and Parish Nevis (Census 2001) Age Group Total St Paul St John St George 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 26 The Department of Statistics 2016 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 9,052 or 73.74 % persons alive; while the lowest figure recorded of persons alive was between the age groups of 50-85+ with 3,225 or 26.27%.
27 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 2016 Statistical Digest Of that figure, the age group 85+ top the number with some 244 persons alive.
This number reflects the longevity of the island’s residents.

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

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

St. John parish recorded 48 females alive during the time the census was conducted.
PARISH ST. Paul ST. John ST. George ST. Thomas ST. James Table II.5: Population by Age Group 85+ and parish, Nevis (Census 2011) 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 103 104 85+ TOTAL 23 36 14 12 69 Ethnic Groups, Nevis (Census 2011) Valid African/Negro/Black Chinese East Indian Hispanic Indigenous people Mixed Portuguese Syrian/Lebanese Frequency Percent 86.0 .3 5.9 1.6 .0 3.0 .0 .1 10,556 35 721 196 2 370 4 8 Age 85+ St. Pauls St. John St. George St. Thomas St. James Total Male 5 20 13 17 26 81 Female 23 48 34 19 39 163 Total 28 68 47 36 65 244 White/Caucasian Other Total Ethnic groups or ethnicity is a category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural or national experience.
According to the data, there were 721 or 5.9% of East Indian residents living on the island, while at the same time 341 or 2.8% were White/Caucasian.

The data will also show that in comparison of locals (African/Negro/Black), to East Indians, the ratio is 68:1.

341 44 12,277 2.8 .4 100.0 28 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Vital Statistics Vital Statistics is probably the major source of information about the health of a population.
Therefore, the data collected from ongoing recording and or registration of all “vital events”, included but not limited to birth, death, marriages, fetal deaths, and divorces.

This ongoing process is the only source that provides individuals with a legal status and or legal document and fundamental rights such as identity, inheritance, education, health and other social services.
Birth, Death and Infant Mortality While the Population and Housing Census conducted every ten years will reveal changes in the distribution of a country’s age groups, thus the result will have long lasting economic and social impact as the size of the population determines the demand for goods and services.

The table below shows that by the end of 2015, 105 births were recorded by the Registry of Births and Deaths.
61 were females and 44 were males, indicating a slim increase of 1.9% when compared to 2014.

Additionally, the data revealed that of the 558 live birth for the past 5 years, 280 were females and 278 males, a narrow difference of 2 for gender comparison.
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Table II.5: Nevis Births and Deaths, 2011 – 2015 Female 48 63 64 44 61 Live Births Female Total Male 37 113 65 44 126 63 44 111 47 43 103 59 49 105 44 Source: Ministry of Health, Nevis Deaths Male 58 39 48 52 59 Total 95 83 92 95 108 Meanwhile, the table above also revealed that by the end of 2015, a total of 108 persons died; showing a 13.7% increase when compared to 2014.
Of the 108, 49 were females and 59 were males, a gender difference of 10. deaths, 217 were females and 256 were males, a gender difference of 39.

For the reporting period, the Registry had recorded a total of 473 29 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Between 2011 and 2015, Crude Birth Rate fluctuated between 8.7 and 11.0.

2012 accounted for 11.0; 2011 was 9.9 and 2013 9.7.
Meanwhile, Crude Death Rate increased over the period displayed in Table 11.6 by 4.8% where it moved from 8.3 in 2011 to 8.7 in 2015.
Table II.6: Nevis Crude Birth and Death Rates, 2011 – 2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Crude Birth Rate 9.9 11.0 9.7 9.0 8.7 Crude Death Rate 8.3 7.4 8.1 8.1 8.7 Table II.7: Nevis Infant Mortality Rate, 2011 - 2015 Year Infant Deaths % per 1000 Live Births 2011 0 0 2012 2 16.0 2013 1 9.1 2014 1 9.8 2015 4 39.2 Source: Ministry of Health, Nevis Infant mortality can be refer to deaths of young children, less than one year of age.
It is measured by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births.

By the end of 2015, the number of infant deaths increased by four.

When compared to the past three years, the rate increased to 39.2% per 1000 live births.
I N F A N T D E A T H S , 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 5 L I V E B I R T H S , 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 5 4 2 0 40 20 Infant Death % of Live Births per '000 30 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Teenage Pregnancy For this purpose, the teenage age-range is 13-19.

From the 2011 census, there were 2,072 persons living within the age range of 10-19.

In 2015, there were 14 babies born.


The teenage birth figure indicates an increase of 56% when compared to 2014.

The teen birth rate has fluctuated over the period under review, with the highest recorded figure of 21 in 2012.
AGE Table II.8: Teenage Pregnancies by age in Nevis, 2011 – 2015 2011 2012 YEAR 2013 2014 2015 14 Total 12 21 12 TEENAGE PREGNANCIES BY AGE Pregnancies The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Marriages and Divorces Marital status can be used as an indicator which is included in the demographics of vital statistics.
The data revealed that between 2011 and 2015, 491 marriages were recorded that took place at different locations on the island.

Of that total, 209 took place in a church, 66 took place in the Court House, 150 took place at a hotel and 66 took place at other locations.

By the end of 2015, there was an increase in the number of marriages by some 33.33% or a difference of 29, when compared to 2014.
Table II.9: Location where Marriages took place in Nevis, 2011 – 2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 TOTAL Church Court House Hotel Other TOTAL Source: Ministry of Health, Nevis Graph II.4: Comparison of places where marriages took place 2011 - 2015 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Year 2011 Year 2012 Year 2013 Year 2014 Year 2015 Church Court House Hotel Other 32 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Divorce (or dissolution of marriage) is the termination of a marriage or marital union that is legally recognized.
This indicator forms part of the vital statistics data gathered to determine the country’s health and or wealth.

Table 11.10 below shows that of the 91 divorces which took place over a five year period 27 divorces were legally granted to persons who were married for the duration of 10 to 14 years.

Although the total of divorces granted for 2015 remained at 23 when compared to 2014, there was an increase for the duration period of 5-9 in 2015 by some 5 divorces or 100%.
By the end of 2015, divorces granted recorded a decline by some 75% for marriages within the duration of 25+ years, when compared to 2014.
Table II.10: Number of Absolute Decree granted in Nevis, 2011– 2015 Year Duration of Marriages per year 0-4 0 2 2 1 3 8 Source: Registry Office, High Court, Nevis 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total 5-9 0 2 4 5 10 21 10-14 3 5 8 7 4 27 15-19 4 5 2 3 3 17 20-24 0 2 1 3 2 8 25+ 4 1 0 4 1 10 Total 11 17 17 23 23 91 Graph II.5: Duration of Marriage per year between 2011 and 2015 15 10 5 0 25 and over 20 -24 yrs 10 - 19 yrs 0 - 9 yrs Year 2011 Year 2012 Year 2013 Year 2014 Year 2015 0 - 9 yrs 10 - 19 yrs 20 -24 yrs 25 and over 33 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Courtesy: Sherina Pemberton & Abigail Parry Recently enhanced area at a key intersection in Pinney.
Right is the island main road which leads to Charlestown while on the left is a road which runs into New Cut Road onto Craddock Road.

34 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter Three Infrastructure Housing Historically, the best leading indicator for the economy has been housing.

While data was being collected during the last census, a household was observed as a living arrangement of people, individually or in groups, who provided for themselves, the basic necessities of living.
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 35 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Building Permits Building permits are required for new buildings, renovations and additions to existing buildings.
These permits are issued on an annual basis once inspection is done by the Physical Planning Unit.

Between 2011 and 2015, the number of residential permits issued fluctuated over the years.

By the end of 2015, the amount issued decreased by 2 and increased by 43 when compared to the figures for 2014.

The information presented also revealed that the number of commercial permits issued for construction fluctuated over the years.
The overall total number of permits issued for the five year review period was 1,058 permits.
Table III.2: Number of Building Permits Issued in Nevis, 2011- 2015 Year Removals *Change of Use Fencing Pool Other New Erections 136 158 120 140 126 680 Additional & Renovations 44 54 30 43 39 210 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 TOTAL 6 6 5 9 7 3 4 5 2 7 24 30 * Change of use – usage of structure was changed from one purpose to another Source: Physical Planning 1 1 5 3 2 12 23 14 18 16 20 91 1 0 0 0 0 1 Table III.3: Number of Building Permits Issued by development type in Nevis, 2011- 2015 SECTORS Residential Residential Villa Residential/ Apartment Commercial Commercial/Residential Industrial Institutional Hotel/Tourism Other TOTAL The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Deeds & Titles At the end of 2015, the table showed a total of 314 deeds were registered at the Supreme Court Registry in Charlestown.
This figure showed a decline of 23 registered deeds or 6.8% as compared to 2014.

Comparing the five year review period it can be seen that the totals fluctuated and 2013 recorded the largest increase of registered deeds.
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, 2011-2015 Certificates of Title and Deed issued 2011-2015 400 300 200 100 0 337 314 377 365 389 2014 2011 TOTAL 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 37 Electricity Consumers & Electricity Production The number of persons in a household would have a great impact on the consumption of electricity on a regular basis.
The data collected from the Nevis Electricity Company shows the consumption of electricity for Government, Domestic and Commercial.

Domestic users showed a steady increase for the period 2012-2015, while the commercial users increased their usage over the same reporting period.
CONSUMER Government Domestic Commercial TOTAL Total Electricity Generated/Gross Generation (mw/h) Maximum Demand Load Factor Commercial Domestic Government 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 178 178 194 182 171 817 806 788 787 784 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6,100 6,025 5,911 5,735 5,820 6000 7000 Comparison of Electricity Consumers between 2011-2015 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Water Consumption A country that is growing with more people and more activities will demand more water.
See the table below indicates that the amount of water consumption for domestic users varied from year to year with a slight decreased in 2015 when compared to 2014.

By the end of 2015, the overall total of water consumption was 404,710,258 gallons.

Commercial Consumers use of water increased at the end of 2015 by some 4,250,211 gallons, or some 5% when compared to 2014.
This indicates that water is also a necessity in the commercial industry, to include schools, hospitals, restaurants and the manufacturing of products.
CONSUMER DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL FARMERS IRRIGATION GOVERNMENT TOTAL Table III.6: Water Consumption (per gallon) by Consumers, 2011 - Graph III.3: Comparison of the consumption of water between the different consumers, 2011-2015 Consumption of water per ('000, 000') gallon 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Domestic Commercial Farmers Irrigation 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 39 Nevis Island Administration purchases a new 30-seater Toyota Coaster bus, to be added to the aging fleet of school buses at the Department of Education.
The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter Four Transportation With a combined total of 3,008 registered vehicles over the period under review, a total of 836 vehicles were registered, at the end of the fiscal year 2015.

However, while the figures display a constant increase in registration, the number of private cars and motorcycles registration at the end of 2015 increased by 125 when compared to 2014.
Source: Traffic Department of the Royal St Christopher & Nevis Police Force, Division “C”.
Category Private Cars and Motorcycles Public Service Vehicles (all types) Commercial Vehicles (all types) Type of Vehicle Private Cars Private Jeeps Motorcycles Motor Scooters Gulf Car TOTAL Motor Omnibuses (passenger bus) Taxi Cars Taxi Jeeps Taxi Buses Rental Cars Rental Pickups Rental Jeeps Rental Buses Rental Motorcycles TOTAL Lorries Vans Other/Jeeps Pickups Tractors Loaders Forklifts Backhoes Cranes TOTAL Overall Total Total 939 1,089 53 42 16 2,139 92 8 13 33 28 0 120 10 10 314 124 128 13 261 6 3 2 15 3 555 3,008 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table IV.2: Number of vehicles licensed in Nevis, 2011 – 2015 Category Type of Vehicle 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Private Cars and Motorcycles Private Cars Private Jeeps Motorcycles Motor Scooters Gulf Car 1,334 1,317 1,336 1,331 1,509 1,805 1,845 1,896 1,857 1,979 20 8 17 21 16 18 22 14 8 28 13 13 28 32 1 TOTAL Motor Omnibuses 3,184 69 3,217 69 3,276 71 3,242 63 3,549 187 Public Service Vehicles (all types) Taxi Cars Taxi Jeeps Taxi Buses Rental Cars Rental Pickups Rental Jeeps Rental Buses Commercial Vehicles (all types) Rental Motorcycles TOTAL Lorries Vans Other/Jeeps Pickups Tractors Loaders Forklifts Backhoes Cranes TOTAL OVERALL TOTAL 1,082 4,638 1,022 4,605 995 4,672 1,026 4,661 998 5,080 Source: Department of the Royal St. Christopher & Source: Traffic Nevis Police Force, “C” Division 42 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Drivers Written/Road Test The Drivers Written Test is administered by the Traffic department to individuals who are learning to drive.
This test must be passed before doing the road test with a Police Officer from the traffic department.

During 2011-2015, there were a total of 2,880 tests taken, where 1,035 were passed and 1,845 were failures.

There were no disqualifications recorded for the stated period.
Table IV.3: Results of written test taken at the Traffic Department, 2011 - 2015 Number of Passes Number Disqualified Number of Failures Total Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 162 165 208 233 267 TOTAL 1,035 0 0 0 0 0 0 333 317 409 397 389 495 482 617 630 656 1,845 2,880 Driver’s Road Test The illustrated graph below shows a total of the road test that were taken for the review period 2011-2015.

It demonstrates fluctuations over the reporting period.
450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Driver's Road Test taken Between 2011-2015 409 397 389 333 317 267 233 208 162 165 0 0 0 0 0 Number of Passes Number Disqualified Number of Failures 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 43 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Traffic Accidents Recorded Over the five year period, a total of 1,206 road accidents were recorded.

At the end of 2015, 237 non-injury accidents were recorded as opposed to 201 at the end of 2014.
The data also revealed that number of accidents recorded for the last three years and involved fatalities, remained constant as opposed to results of serious injuries varied over the said time period.
Table IV.4: Results of Accident Recorded at the Traffic Department, 2011 – 2015 Results of Accident 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Fatalities Serious Injury Slight Injury Non-Injury Total Road Accidents 1 6 32 196 235 0 6 31 180 217 2 5 37 193 237 2 7 35 201 245 2 3 30 237 272 Total 7 27 165 1,007 1,206 Accident Results for the period 2011-2015 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Fatalities Serious Injury Slight Injury Non-Injury Total Road Accidents Source: Traffic Department of the Royal St. Christopher & Nevis Police Force, Division “C” 44 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Air Transportation Air lifts or transport is one of the most important factors in any country as this is also a means of bringing tourists to our country on a daily basis.
For the review period there were a total of 15,918 Arrivals and 15,903 Departures.

In 2015, the half year ending in December showed that the figure remained constant for both arrivals and departures and also was the largest number recorded from 2011-2014.
Table IV.5: Aircraft movements via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2011– 2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Per ½ Year Arrival Departure June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total Total 3,031 2,599 5,630 3,325 2,807 6,132 3,255 2,855 6,110 3,640 3,016 6,656 4,180 3,113 7,293 OVERALL TOTAL 15,918 15,903 31,821 Source: Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority 45 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest FedEx and DHL are the only two cargo planes that continue to operate at the Vance Amory International airport on a daily basis.
The following table shows that the cargo coming in is larger than cargo going out, the largest of which was the fiscal year (2015).
See table below: Table IV.6: Cargo movements via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2011 - 2015 2012 158,680 2014 186,124 2013 170,505 2011 182,222 2015 198,583 Year Cargo IN Cargo OUT 23,194 22,059 19,493 22,719 21,111 Total Cargo (Lbs) 205,416 180,739 189,998 208,843 219,694 Source: Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority Graph IV.3: Movements of Cargo (lbs) via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2011-2015 Movement of Cargo for period 2011-2015 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Cargo IN Cargo OUT Source: Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority 46 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Passenger Movements Vance W Amory International Airport ushered in the New Year (2015), with the arrival of the Seaborne Airlines offering its services from Nevis to Puerto Rico on a weekly basis.
The service commenced on January 15, 2015, an additional airlift for customers.

The table below displays a grand total of 46,626 passengers arriving over a five year period as opposed to 52,028 passengers departing over the said period.

By the end of 2015, inbound passengers totaled 10,036 while the outgoing passengers total some 10,236.

Table IV.7 demonstrates figures per half year for the period under review.
Throughout the review period, movement of passengers fluctuated as there was a decrease in passenger movements at the end of 2015 by some 1,018 or some 5% when compared to 2014.
Table IV.7: Passengers movements via Vance W Amory International Airport, 2011 – 2015 Per ½ Year Arrival Departure Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total June December Total OVERALL TOTAL Source: Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority Total The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Sea Transportation Travelling by boat is the only means of transportation to get to and from St Kitts.
There are a variety of five local passenger ferries which operates between each island, with a patch work of schedule to meet individuals’ need.
Table IV.8: Inter-Island Ferry Passengers movements between Charlestown and Basseterre, 2011 – 2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Per ¼ Year March June September December Total March June September December Total March June September December Total March June September December Total March June September December Total OVERALL TOTAL Source: Nevis Air and Sea Ports Authority Arrivals 29,661 26,928 31,731 29,943 118,263 29,684 28,452 32,332 27,604 Departures 27,863 26,245 31,057 29,346 114,511 26,416 27,039 30,565 26,121 Total The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table IV.9: Cargo Movement (per tonnage) via the Sea Ports, 2011 – 2015 YEAR MONTH 2011 March OIL Tonnage 3,338 Sand, stone, etc Tonnage 9,412 Vehicle Tonnage 301 Vegetable Tonnage 667 Con.
Tonnage 9,342 Brk Bulk Tonnage 485 June 4,780 17,785 September 2,734 December 4,100 4,293 3,031 453 217 262 719 377 426 7,585 6,519 8,755 375 370 425 TOTAL 14,952 34,521 1,233 2,189 32,201 1,655 2012 March June 2,564 3,286 September 6,237 December 2,512 7,738 7,957 2,263 8,548 TOTAL 14,599 26,506 2013 March June 475 3,918 September 3,007 December TOTAL 14,135 16,775 1,028 2,544 35,507 1,259 2014 March June 3,391 5,331 September 3,613 December 5,931 6,087 4,179 7,966 7,739 193 728 460 456 1,042 9,156 1,197 9,605 595 8,402 1,281 10,296 243 258 354 384 TOTAL 18,266 25,971 1,837 4,115 37,459 1,239 2015 March June 4,235 3,484 8,826 9,260 766 422 974 855 9,041 8,443 September 5,389 8,794 1,313 1,297 9,611 December 6,707 3,193 1,135 1,198 10,996 243 193 302 425 TOTAL 19,815 30,073 3,636 4,324 38,091 1,163 Source: Nevis Air and Sea Ports Authority 49 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest The existing covered hot pool at the Bath Stream.
One of Nevis’ tourist attractions located on the grounds of the historic Bath Hotel.

The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter Five Tourism Accommodation The data provided in this publication for the period under review as it relates to this chapter, plays an important role not only in the economic and employment policies, but in social and environmental implications.
With the most up-to-date statistics for monitoring inbound trends into Nevis, the data would show that tourists from the customary markets continue to grace our shores, via the Vance W Amory International Airport and the Charlestown Harbour.

There’s the assurance that all of the accommodations offer peaceful and tranquil privacy, and the facts provided include the number of establishments, the number of bedrooms and the number of beds.
Hence, offering the choices between staying on a historic plantation, a guest house, a condo or in a luxury hotel.

The 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 386 hotel rooms and 530 beds have remained constant for 2014 and 2015.

Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Table V.1: Number of Hotels, Rooms and Beds in Nevis 2011- 2015 No.

of Hotels No.
of Hotels No.

of Rooms No.

of Beds 507 530 533 530 530 8 8 8 8 8 368 386 386 386 386 51 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Visitors Arrivals Over the past five years (2011-2015) the number of visitor arrival to the shores of Nevis has varied.

In 2011, a total of 7,702 tourists visited the island compared to 6,848 in 2015.

The difference in the total is 854 or 11.09% reduction in tourist arrivals.
The information provided shows that visitor arrivals between 2011 and 2015 fluctuated over the period.
Table V.2: Total Monthly Visitors Arrivals to Nevis, 2011 – 2015 Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Total Grand Total 4,066 3,792 3,841 3,375 2,763 2,234 3,618 2,624 1,651 1,578 2,306 4,373 36,221 Referring to the table that follows, the analytic data shows that the tourist arrivals to Nevis during the tourism season, has been increasing over the last three years.
This can be attributed to the marketing strategies of the Nevis Tourism Authority and Ministry of Tourism.

The tourism season runs from September of one year to April of the following year.

The season of 2010/2011 shows the highest number of 5,265 visitors arriving, while 2011/2012 shows the lowest of 4,676.

There were steady increase in visitors for the seasons 2012/2013 to 2014/2015.
(See the table following) 52 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table V.3: Total Visitors Arrivals to Nevis during the Tourism Season, 10/11 – 14/15 Tourism Season – Visitors Arrivals Year 2010/2011 to 2014/2015 Months 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 Total September October November December January February March April Total Accommodations for stayover Visitors 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 shows a gradual decline in stay over arrivals for various accommodations.

In analyzing the period under review, stay over accommodations declined by some 12.76% or 955 by the end of 2015 when compared to 2014.

Table V.4 will also reveal that 2011 recorded the highest number of visitors with a total of 13,140.

The majority of the stay over visitors stayed in hotels which accounted for 15,346 visitors over the five year period.
Table V.4: Accommodations for Stayover Visitors in Nevis, 2010- 2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Accommodation Hotel 3,265 2,920 3,219 3,307 2,635 15,346 Guest Houses Apt/Villas Other Accommodations 356 301 266 339 165 422 189 164 403 271 1,140 1,736 9,218 4,680 4,842 3,587 3,461 25,788 Total Stay Over 13,140 8,205 8,648 7,486 6,531 44,010 53 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Source: Department of Statistics & Economic Planning, Nevis Comparison of Stay Over Visitors Accommodation to Nevis 2011 - 2015 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 s r o t i s i V r e v O y a t S f o r e b m u N HOTELS GUEST HOUSES APT/VILLAS OTHERS Type of Accommodation 2013 2011 2012 2014 2015 Length of Stay (stay over visitors) Length of stay refers to the average number of nights/days a guest stays in an establishment.
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 of the island.

The time period ranges from 1-15+ days.
Length of Stay for Tourist Arrivals 2011 - 2015 " 0 0 0 ' s l a v i r r A 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 1 -3 days 4 -7 days 8-14 days 1108 1438 1186 1215 1322 2537 3000 2784 2684 2962 1227 1415 1166 1316 1438 54 15+ 957 880 688 956 943 Not stated 706 876 164 225 171 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest 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 from different states within the United States of America to Nevis during the period 2011 to 2015.
Monthly Tourist Arrivals by US States to Nevis 2011 - 2015 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Jan 424 351 516 469 422 Feb 361 334 417 421 485 Mar 446 342 594 474 389 Apr 253 236 416 443 301 May 259 165 278 335 229 Jun 250 149 190 231 134 Jul 173 155 188 384 188 Aug 110 142 134 331 181 Sept 51 90 116 132 155 Oct 68 77 156 165 160 Nov 119 159 281 308 220 Dec 341 305 476 605 450 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 55 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest CENTRAL AMERICA, 13 SOUTH AMERICA, 50 NOT STATED, 261 OTHER COUNTRIES, 145 EUROPE, 872 CANADA, 345 C… S… N… O… C… E… C… U… CARIBBEAN, 2,465 USA, 3,133 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 Yacht and Cruise Passengers Yacht and Cruise Passenger adds to the tourist arrivals to the island.
During the tourist season, while yachts call are year round, the cruise ships calls are seasonal.

The information shows that between 2011/2012 the percentage change was -14.04% while 2012/2013 showed an increase of 17.1%.

The year 2015 recorded the highest yacht and cruise passenger for the five year period with 9,984 passengers.

The graph and table also reflects changes for each year, in comparison to the total yacht and cruise passenger arrivals.
-12% 16% 17% -14% 41% 56 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table V.5: Percentage change per ½ year between Yacht and Cruise Passengers, 2011 – 2015 Per ½ Year Yacht Passengers Cruise Total Yacht and Passengers Cruise Passenger 7,454 2,287 9,741 6,277 2,103 8,380 39.9 (14.0) 5,875 3,938 9,813 7,522 1,112 8,634 17.1 (12.0) 7,580 2,404 9,984 16.0 Year 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 Percentage change 2013/2014 2015 June December Total Percentage change 2014/2015 Source: Department of Statistics and Economic Planning, Nevis Cruise Calls Cruise Calls to Nevis 2011 - 2015 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 57 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest The above graph describes that cruise call in 2015 displayed a tremendous increase over 2014, of 68.42% or an additional 26 when compared to 2014.
The table will also show that between 2011 and 2014, there was a declined in cruise calls.

Nevertheless, when comparing 2011 to 2015, the data will show an increase of 30 cruise calls.

Yacht Calls Yacht call also increased by 4.06% or 29 more call in 2015 over 2014.The table below also indicates that the number of yachts call had steadily declined between 2012 and 2014.
In comparing 2015 to 2011, the calls to the island was reduced significantly by some 222 calls 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 Table V.6: Number of Cruise and Yacht Calls to Nevis, 2011 – 2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Cruise Calls Yacht Calls 34 31 28 38 64 195 965 963 844 714 743 4,229 The review period 2011 to 2015, showed an overall total of 7,184 yacht passengers visiting our shore with 25,083 cruise passengers.
2015 showed a year of increase in both yacht and cruise passengers after varied increases and decreases throughout the five year period.
58 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table V.7: Number of Cruise and Yacht Passengers to Nevis, 2011 - 2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Yacht 496 572 1,813 1,015 3,288 7,184 Cruise 5,277 4,020 4,064 5,026 6,696 25,083 Months 2010/2011 Tourism Season - Cruise Calls Year 2010 to 2015 2012/2013 2011/2012 2013/2014 2014/2015 Total September October November December January February March April Total Tourism Season - Cruise Passengers Year 2010/2011 to 2014/2015 Months September October November December January February March April Total 2010/2011 0 0 117 845 666 1,121 2,233 263 5,245 2011/2012 31 0 137 826 193 919 1,504 377 3,987 2012/2013 0 0 488 539 1,312 228 954 522 4,043 2013/2014 0 0 145 903 801 1,009 755 102 3,715 2014/2015 0 0 360 1999 2255 1228 1230 346 7418 Total 31 0 1,247 5,112 5,227 4,505 6,676 1,610 24,408 59 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Tourism Season - Yacht Calls Year 2010/2011 to 2014/2015 Months September October November December January February March April Total 2010/2011 11 22 32 81 143 146 196 103 734 2011/2012 14 25 49 102 141 139 182 144 796 2012/2013 9 26 58 72 111 123 145 139 683 2013/2014 2014/2015 3 22 53 68 84 125 152 87 594 13 23 37 65 103 126 173 101 641 2013/2014 2014/2015 Months September October November December January February March April Total 2010/2011 0 0 0 138 19 102 134 28 421 Tourism Season - Yacht Passengers Year 2010/2011 to 2014/2015 2011/2012 1 0 8 161 133 96 116 65 580 2012/2013 0 15 0 99 160 73 161 46 554 0 65 167 967 29 95 106 116 1,545 92 118 29 152 53 84 147 52 727 Total 50 118 229 388 582 659 848 574 3,448 Total 93 198 204 1,517 394 450 664 307 3,827 60 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Nurse Jean Tyson administers a blood pressure check to a staff member of the St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board branch in Nevis when the health sector performed screening sessions at business places.
61 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter Six Health and Social Health facts As policy makers, health statistics is one of the indicators used to provide information as it relates to the public health and the economic burden associated with intentional and unintentional injuries.

Based on the information provided from the Health Promotion Unit, the graph below shows data for intentional and unintentional injuries recorded at the Alexandra Hospital for the period 2011 to 2015.
The overall highest being physical assaults with 510 injuries.

Stabbing/stashing injuries and sexual assaults have shown constant decrease between 2011 and 2014 then a significant increase based on percentage of 60% and 140% respectively.

Statistics revealed that for domestic violence, there was a drastic decrease between 2012 and 2015 of 21 cases or 91%.

Excellent indication of improved social relations.
INTENTIONAL AND UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES 2011 - 2015 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Sexual Assault Physical Assault Domestic Violence Motor Vehicle Accidents Stabbing/Slashing TOTAL 53 510 68 445 50 Stabbing/Slashing Motor Vehicle Accidents Domestic Violence Physical Assault Sexual Assault The highest number of motor vehicle accidents recorded over the five year period was in 2015 with 120 a 10% and 21% increase when compared to 2011 and 2014 respectively.
In 2011 106 62 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest injuries were recorded representing the second highest number of injuries in that five year period.

Physical Assault decline steadily between 2011 and 2013 then a sharp increase of 51% in 2014, then a 16% decrease in 2015.

In 2014 there were additional types of injuries that were not recorded in previous years.
These include gunshot injuries with 11, suicidal attempts 3 and other 8 alongside the 5 in stabbing, 99 in motor vehicle accidents, 7 in domestic violence, 125 in physical assault and 5 in sexual assault.

These figures will be captured in the next 3 years so as to allow for reasonable analysis of trend.
INTENTIONAL AND UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES 2015 - by month 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Gunshot Injuries Stabbing/Slashing Injuries Motor Vehicle Accidents Domestic Violence Physical Assault Sexual Assaut Suicidal Attempt Other Total Diabetic & Hypertensive Cases According to the collected data, inquires revealed that 482 diabetic patients were registered at the end of 2015, of which 21 are new cases.
This figure also shows a slight decline in the number of registered cases between 2014 and 2015; and between 2013 and 2015 at the various health centers.

The same can be said for the hypertensive cases where a total of 526 patients are registered at the various health centers on the island by the end of 2015.

This also shows a decrease of 11 cases when compared to 2014.

In comparing 2015 to 2011, the number of registered cases increased by 36 or by some 8%.
(see tables on next page) 63 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table VI.1: Registered Diabetic Patients at different Health Centre in Nevis, 2011-2015 Health Centre 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Overall Total Charlestown Brown Hill Gingerland Butlers Combermere Cotton Ground Yearly Total 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 M 50 18 49 15 13 18 F 106 36 86 32 32 27 169 342 160 335 156 341 170 317 163 319 754 281 751 220 245 221 511 495 497 487 482 2,472 Table VI.2: Registered Hypertensive Patients at different Health Centre in Nevis, 2011-2015 Health Centre 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Overall Total Charlestown Brown Hill Gingerland Butlers Combermere Cotton Ground M 40 22 46 9 18 16 F 89 41 103 17 48 41 M 42 22 42 7 21 19 F 85 40 101 16 47 39 M 48 20 61 17 16 19 F 76 38 M 80 20 114 107 26 46 41 27 17 21 F 40 36 54 46 42 47 M 39 18 51 31 19 21 F 81 38 108 44 34 42 Yearly Total 151 339 153 328 181 341 272 265 179 347 620 295 787 240 308 306 490 481 522 537 526 2,556 Source: Health Promotion Unit, Nevis The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Dental Statistics 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 under review, there were a total of 7,717 children and 8,051 adults treated at both dental units.

There are seven different types of services rendered by the dental units such as extraction, fillings, prophylaxis/cleaning, sealants, root canal and examinations.
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 service, 27 in sealants and 24 in root canal.

Table VI.
3: Dental Unit trend by Services Rendered and by Patients 2011-2014 Services Rendered Patients Extraction Fillings Prophylaxis/Cleaning Sealants Root Canal Examinations Other Totals Adults Children Total Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 426 356 423 541 1,023 1,098 778 1,241 Total 1,740 4,140 Source: Health Promotion Unit, Nevis The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest The two tables below display a total of 720 HIV/AIDS tests conducted for 2014; 262 were males, 436 females and 22 unknown genders.
The results of these tests showed 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.4: 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.5: 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 66 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 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Social Statistics Social services are a range of public services provided by governmental or private organizations.
These public services aim to create more effective organizations, build stronger communities, and promote equity and opportunity.

Social services include the benefits and facilities such as education, food subsidies, health care, job training and subsidized housing, adoption, community management, policy research, and lobbying.
For this purpose, the Social Services Department on Nevis help to strengthen the protection of children at risk, the elderly and persons in need by ensuring equality and human rights among all in society.

The Family Services Division is the unit that caters to the needs of families, mainly the less fortunate ones.
According to the data collected from the Family Services Division, a total of 168 cases were reported for the period 2011 – 2015, in various categories as follows; child abuse, maintenance, domestic issues, counseling/mediation, attempted suicide, juvenile matters and incest.

This is followed by Juvenile Matters 87, Maintenance 50, Mediation Counselling 26, Domestic Issues 23 and Suicidal Attempt 2.
However, between 2011 and 2015 there was a drastic decline FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION REPORTED CASES 2011 -2015 Juvenile Matters Attempted Suicide Mediation Counselling Domestic Issues Maintenance Child Abuse 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 Child Abuse Maintenance Domestic Issues TOTAL 168 2011 2013 2014 2015 61 43 32 32 50 18 14 12 6 23 6 4 6 7 Mediation Counselling 26 Attempted Suicide 2 6 6 4 10 2 0 0 0 Juvenile Matters 87 32 8 20 27 TOTAL 2011 2013 2014 2015 in Child Abuse cases of 29 or 47.5%.
There were marginal decreases in the other areas except for Domestic Issues which saw a minute increase of just 1 case.

67 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Gender Affairs The Nevis Island Administration has created programs to provide services to the senior citizens Total No.

of Persons Male Female Parish Hot Meals program by Parish and Gender, Nevis St Pauls St Thomas St Johns St James St George of the island.
The provision of hot meals to Year 2011 the less fortunate elderly in each community; 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 345 persons taking part in the hot meal services for the period 2011 to 2015.

By Total 2012 Total 2013 the end of 2015, there were 74 persons enlisted Total 2014 at the end of 2014, a 2.7% increase.
The graph adjacent shows the ratio between males and females participation.
Social Source: Department, Nevis Services Total 2015 Total 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 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Nevis is popular with private investors as it offers a full range of financial services and products.
Private investors can maximize on their corporate and personal wealth management portfolio.

69 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter Seven Finance The Ministry of Finance is responsible for issues concerning central government finances, including coordination of the government budget and tax issues.

It also has the mandate to formulate economic and fiscal policy in order to realize balanced and sustainable economic growth as well as to reduce poverty.
NIA Revenue & Expenditure The table below displays the actual Current and Capital Revenue and Expenditure, for the period 2011 – 2015 of the Nevis Island Administration financial position.
Actual 2011 Actual 2012 Actual 2013 Actual 2014 Actual 2015 119,585,846 116,514,870 121,055,560 128,468,450 133,857,250 Current Revenue Current Expenditure 136,052,429 126,131,653 125,250,230 133,995,785 130,488,336 Capital Revenue Capital 34,719,183 19,141,026 8,272,370 13,163,251 26,640,030 Expenditure 38,296,272 17,681,686 9,634,700 23,548,636 25,927,065 Source: Ministry of Finance, Nevis The fiscal year under review, has shown strong economic growth of the island’s Current Revenue for the last three years.
With an average of 8% of economic growth, the Current Revenue at the end of 2015 stood at over ECD $133 million.

This shows an increase of some five percent when compared to the actual current revenue of over ECD $128 million by the end of 2014.

While Current Expenditure displayed a slight decrease by a 3% margin at the end of 2015, Capital Expenditure increased by a margin of 11%.
Several factors contributed to the increase in Capital Expenditure thus reflecting improvements on the country’s sustainability.

At the end of 2015, Current Revenue stood at ECD $133,857,250 in comparison to the budgeted figure of 130,058,987 for 2015, while the actual figure for 2014 stood at $128,468,451.
70 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table: VII.2: Revenue and Expenditure Analysis in Nevis, 2011 - 2015 Items 2011R Actual 2012 Actual 2013 Actual 2014 R Actual 2015 Actual 11,420 7,834 388 9,715 838.40 89,447 119,642 11,657 7,773 217 8,716 13 99,655 128,031 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 Loan Repayment Interest Payment Total non-discretionary Expenses Other Total Recurrent Expenditure Recurrent Surplus/(deficit) Total Capital Expenditure Total Expenditure Capital Revenue Total Revenue Total Surplus/(Deficit) Debt Service/Recurrent Revenue (%) Debt Service/Recurrent Expenditure (%) Recurrent Revenue Growth (%) Recurrent Expenditure Growth (%) Capital Expenditure Growth (%) Increment in Personal Emoluments (%) Increment In Wages (%) Increment Retiring Benefits (%) Non-Discretionary/Recurrent Exp.
(%) Non-Discretionary/Total Exp.
(%) Non-Discretionary/ Recurrent Rev (%) PE & Wages/Recurrent Expenditure PE & Wages/Recurrent Revenue Source: The Ministry of Finance, Nevis (Figures are revised) 36,834 18,449 6,130 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 91.2 50.1 46 37,412 18,702 7,631 9,349 21,803 94,897 21,886 116,783 11,248 51,801 168,584 34,566 162,597 -5,987 24.3 26.7 -7.0 -5.8 -35.3 -1.6 -1.37 - -1.0 1.9 81.4 -7.9 -7.4 -4.1 84.8 78.2 75.1 52.8 47 12,764 8,476 39,614 10,620 0 58,885 130,059 43,662 21,231 7,934 9,204 16,689 98,720 26,072 124,792 5,267 23,549 148,341 13,163 143,222 -5119 19.9 20.7 -0.6 -8.9 -144.4 -8.2 - -2.9 1.0 -10.1 1.3 -4.52 -0.1 77.5 64.0 71.5 52.9 49 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest The Inland Revenue Department The Inland Revenue Department is one of the main hub for Government revenue.
They are charged 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.

Over the five year period (2011-2015) the revenue was buoyant with increases and decreases throughout the years.

There was a marginal increase at the end of 2015 over 2014 by 3.63%.
The total revenue collected as at December 31, 2015 was $58,826,154 with the three major contributors being Value Added Tax of $17,718,414 Stamp Duty (transfer) of $13,216,773 and Social Security Levy of $9,103,008 Table VII.3: Inland Revenue - Taxes collected by tax type in Nevis, 2011 – 2015 Type of Taxes Bank Licence Boat Licence Bus.

& Occup Licence Coastal Levy Consumption Tax Corporate Income Tax Dog Licence Driver Licence Electricians License Hotel & Restaurant Tax Income Tax Insurance Prem.
Tax IRD fines Licence - Unclassified Liquor Licence Property Tax Property Tax - Cards Radio Licence Social Serv.

Levy- Nv Social Services Levy Stamp Duty (Bank Cheque) Stamp Duty Probate Stamp Duty Unclassified Stamp Duty (Transfer) Temp Driver Licence Temp Liquor Licence Tourism Dev.
Levy Trader Tax The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Travel Tax Travel Tax (Unclassified) Unclassified Fees Unincorp.
Bus (Ret) Unincorp.

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 under review.
2014 21% 2015 22% 2013 19% 2011 18% 2012 20% 73 The Department of Statistics 2016 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 2011 and 2015.
Value Added tax (VAT) and Custom Duty are the two taxes that generated the highest revenue yields in 2015 with 15,515,058 and 11,275,035 respectively.

Environmental Levy which is a tax imposed on the importation of vehicles has seen a steady increase over the five year period moving from 493,970 in 2011 to 1,858,936 in 2015.

Consumption Tax showed a continuous decline over the five year period due to the introduction of VAT which showed 317,486 collected in 2011 compare to 24,954 in 2015.
Table VII.4: Revenue collected by the Customs & Excise Department, Nevis 2011 - 2015 Custom Service Charge 6,966,711 6,424,845 6,391,417 6,235,142 Revenue Collected Customs Duty Excise Tax & Duty Value Added Tax Consumption Tax Alcohol Duty Environmental Levy Unclassified Custom Fees Yacht Fees Fees & Fines Bottle Levy Gains on Exchange TOTAL The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Graph VII.2: Trend of certain taxes collected in Nevis, 2011 – 2015 Displaying the trend of various taxes collected between 2011 and 2015 (per '000) 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Revenue collected during the period 2011 - 2014 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 0 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 32000000 34000000 36000000 38000000 40000000 42000000 Revenue Collected 75 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest The Financial Services The Financial Services sector is one of the most crucial sectors of the Nevis Economy.
Over the past five years, tremendous growth occurred in this sector.

The number of new Nevis Business Corporation Ordinance had significantly decreased since 2013 as well as the LLC’s and Trusts.

Overall the registration of new businesses dropped from 2,693 in 2014 to 2143 in 2015 or a decrease of 20.42%.

Table VII.5: Number of New Companies (NBCOs, LLCs, Trusts, Foundations) Registered in Nevis, 2011 - 2015 YEARS No.

of NBCO's No.

of LLC'S No.

of TRUSTS NO.


OF FOUNDATIONS TOTAL 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 1,569 1,573 5,181 1,669 1,365 TOTAL 11,357 Source: Nevis Financial Services 997 1,110 1,930 868 661 5,566 153 113 474 131 90 961 17 23 34 25 27 126 2,736 2,819 7,619 2,693 2,143 18,010 There has been gradual increases in the number of active entities in Nevis between 2011 and 2014 with a slight decrease been recorded in 2015.
This slight decrease is in the amount of 576 which indicates that some of the active entities has ceased to operate.

Years 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Table: VII.6 Number of Active Entities in Nevis between 2011 and 2015 No.

of NBCO's 11,366 No.

of LLC'S 4,449 No.

of TRUSTS 1,064 NO.


Of FOUNDATIONS 92 Offshore Bank 1 11,590 11,628 11,928 11,843 4,938 5,086 5,159 4,970 1,022 877 1,093 780 76 92 97 103 114 1 1 1 1 Total 16,972 17,643 17,689 18,284 17,708 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Over the five year period, the revenue collected by the Nevis Financial Services Department has been steadily growing.

This is seen where the annual revenue moved from $11,422.441 in 2011 to $13,929,042 in 2015.
It is also noted that the first and last quarters of each year under review shows significant revenue collection.

The increase between 2014 and 2015 is $1,076,628 or8.38%.
Table VII.7: Revenue collected Quarterly by the Nevis Financial Services Sector, 2011 - 2015 Month per 1/4 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 March June September December Total 3,111,154 2,897,805 2,497,182 2,916,300 11,422,441 3,313,692 2,718,013 2,692,861 3,048,039 11,772,605 3,170,458 3,477,351 2,637,870 3,392,872 12,678,551 3,860,479 2,806,234 2,834,382 3,351,319 12,852,414 3,976,162 3,252,282 3,139,539 3,558,060 13,926,043 Company Registry 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 showed 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.

77 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table.
VII.8: Number of Companies (non LLCs, NBCOs, Trusts, Foundations) Registered, 2011 – 2014 Status New Active Non-Profit External Total 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total 38 25 5 4 72 61 48 3 1 113 65 42 3 1 111 72 28 4 1 105 236 143 15 7 401 Source: Company Registry, NIA Companies registered between 2011 - 2014 80 60 40 20 0 2014 2013 2012 2011 New Companies Active Companies Non-Profit Companies External Companies 2011 2012 2013 2014 78 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest St. Kitts and Nevis Gross Domestic Product (Basic Current/Constant) Table.VII.9: St. Kitts and Nevis Gross Domestic Product by Economic Activity at Basic Current Prices 2011-2015 (EC$ mill) INDUSTRIES 2011 2012 Prel 2013 Prel 2014 Prel 2015 Est Agriculture Crops Sugar Other crops Livestock Forestry Fishing Mining & Quarrying Manufacturing Sugar Other Electricity & Water Electricity Water Construction Wholesale & Retail Trade Hotels & restaurants Hotels Restaurants Transport, Storage and Communications Transport and Storage Road Sea Air Supporting and auxiliary transportation activities Communications Financial Intermediation 120.61 113.82 118.00 125.10 135.41 Banks & Other Financial Institutions Insurance and pension funding Activities Auxiliary to Financial Intermediation
 75.79 23.98 20.84 70.30 24.20 19.33 72.80 25.17 20.02 77.65 26.19 21.26 85.08 27.25 23.08 Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities 285.07 283.80 297.19 308.11 323.70 Owner Occupied Dwellings 126.47 128.13 132.68 139.38 146.43 79 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest INDUSTRIES 2011 2012 Prel 2013 Prel 2014 Prel 2015 Est Real estate activities 114.95 117.20 121.37 127.50 133.94 Renting of machinery and equipment Computer and related activities 2.64 6.33 2.24 4.92 2.33 5.82 2.48 5.02 2.64 5.25 Business Services 34.69 31.32 35.00 33.75 35.45 Public Administration, Defence & 163.19 166.25 196.13 228.47 246.00 Compulsory Social Security Education Public Private Health and Social Work Public Private Other community, social &personal services Activities of Private Households as 5.55 5.29 5.76 5.18 5.39 Employers Less FISIM 16.74 16.02 15.82 17.28 18.99 Gross Value Added at Basic Prices 1,662.01 1,677.02 1,810.40 1,980.15 2,144.00 GROWTH RATE Taxes on products Less Subsidies 1.44 0.90 7.95 9.38 8.27 303.75 299.17 315.29 354.72 345.10 - - - - GDP at Market Prices 1,965.75 1,976.18 2,125.68 2,334.87 2,489.10 GROWTH RATE 5.14 0.53 7.57 9.84 6.61 80 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table.VII.
10: St. Kitts and Nevis Gross Domestic Product by Economic Activity at Basic Constant Prices 2011-2015 (EC$ mill) 2012 13.14 8.04 0.00 8.04 4.75 0.35 7.70 1.41 114.58 0.00 114.58 23.49 15.42 8.07 180.34 107.67 91.38 88.86 2.51 200.96 101.33 63.47 1.20 0.67 35.98 2013 2014 Prel Est INDUSTRIES Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry Crops Sugar Other Crops Livestock Forestry Fishing Mining & Quarrying Manufacturing Sugar Other Electricity & Water Electricity Water Construction Wholesale & Retail Trade Hotels & Restaurants Hotels Restaurants Transport, Storage and Communications Transport and Storage Road Sea Air Supporting and auxiliary transport activities Communications Financial Intermediation Banks & Other Financial Institutions Insurance and pension funding Activities Auxiliary to Financial Intermediation Real Estates, Renting and Business Activities Owner Occupied Dwellings Real estate activities Renting of machinery and equipment Computer and related activities Business Services Public Administration, Defence & Compulsory Social Security Education Public Private Health and Social Work Public Private Other community, social & personal services Private Households with Employed Persons The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Less FISIM 30.59 31.66 30.82 33.15 35.90 GDP at Basic Prices, Constant GROWTH RATE 1,444.48 (1.88) 1,432.05 (0.86) 1,520.87 6.20 1,613.11 6.07 1,720.26 6.64 Plus: Product Taxes less Subsidies GDP in Market Prices Growth Rate 263.98 1,708.46 1.70 255.47 1,687.51 (1.23) 264.86 1,785.73 5.82 288.97 1,902.08 6.52 276.90 1,997.16 5.00 Source: St. Kitts Nevis Statistics Department/ECCB 82 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Rol-J Williams, and Neila Jones exchanges pleasantries moments after he emerged victorious at the 2014 Junior Ministers/ Commissioners of Tourism competition at the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)’s State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) 2014, in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
Neila Jones (left) was the 2013 Junior Minister/Commissioner of Tourism winner.

83 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter Eight Education The Education Department mission is to maximize resources and increase accountability in order to provide the residents of Nevis with a quality and relevant education system, built upon strategic planning, research and evaluation, education and training, and school community partnership.
The following table shows that there was a decrease in the number of students in the Preschools for school year 2014/2015 when compared to the school year 2013/2014.

The data also revealed at the end of the school year 2014/2015 the total number of children enrolled in Nurseries were 150.

This total is the same as that of the previous year.
Table VIII.1: General Information on Pre-schools and Nurseries in Nevis, 2010/11 – 2014/2015 Year 2010/ 2011/ 2012/ 2013/ 2014/ 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Private Preschool Centers Government Preschool Centers Total Supervisors for Public & Private Preschools 7 3 9 Total Auxiliary Staff for Public & Private Preschools 24 Supervisors/Auxiliary Staff for Nurseries Centre Based Home Based Total Children in Preschools Total Children in Nurseries Total Enrollment in Preschools and Nurseries Secondary Schools There are two public secondary schools, Charlestown Secondary and Gingerland Secondary, and one privately owned – Nevis International Secondary School.
84 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table VIII.2: Number of Public and Private Schools in Nevis, 2010/11 – 2014/15 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 Public Private Total Public Private Total PRIMARY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL 7 3 10 7 3 10 7 3 10 7 3 10 SECONDARY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 7 3 10 2 1 3 Source: Department of Education Primary Schools 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 four year period under review.
Table VIII.3: Number of Students and Teachers in Public Primary School, in Nevis 2010/11 – 2013/14 2013-2014 2010-2011 2012-2013 2011-2012 Year Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Students 617 Teachers 19 635 111 606 21 612 110 564 585 562 571 13 93 8 103 Table VIII.4: Number of Students and Teachers in Private Primary School, in Nevis 2010/11 – 2013/14 Year 2010-2011 2012-2013 2013-2014 2011-2012 Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Students 77 Teachers 0 86 17 81 0 63 0 58 18 53 0 53 20 80 18 85 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest 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 tables below) Table VIII.5: Number of Students and Teachers in Public Secondary School, in Nevis 2010/11 – 2013/14 2013-2014 2010-2011 2012-2013 2011-2012 Year Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Students 479 545 484 557 456 567 517 511 Teachers 44 75 37 63 42 87 42 90 Table VIII.6: Number of Students and Teachers in Private Secondary School in Nevis, 2010/11 – 2013/14 2013-2014 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 Year Gender Students Teachers Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 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) continues to provide excellent testing standards for the high school students.
This excellence is demonstrated by the performance of one student of the Charlestown Secondary School who passed 15 subjects with 10 Grade 1’s therefore receiving top honours.

The table below illustrates the number of CSEC subject passes for the students of the Charlestown and Gingerland Secondary Schools over the period 2011- 2015.

These figures also show there was fluctuation in the total passes during the period under review.
There were 186 passes in 2011, 162 in 2012, 163 in 2013, 185 in 2014 and 146 in 2015.

Further analysis of the results for the school year 2015 indicates that most students tend to pass in the range of 3-5 subjects.
Table VIII.7: CSEC Subject passes for Charlestown and Gingerland Secondary Schools, 2011- 2015 Subject Passes 0 – 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9+ TOTAL The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Source: Department of Education Comparison of subject passes at public Secondary Schools in Nevis, 2011 - 2015 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 9+ Subjects 6 - 8 Subjects 3 - 5 Subjects 0 - 2 Subjects Based on the information that is presented, a large number of students obtained grade lll, IV and V passes for the exams that were held in 2015.
There was an overall increase of 34% in the number of students who wrote the 2015 exams when compared to the 2014 figures.
Table VIII.8: CAPE Grade Distribution at the Charlestown Sixth Form College in Nevis, 2011 - 2015 Number of Students Grade I II III IV V VI VII NB: Grades 1-V Passing Grades Grades V1-V11 Failing Grades Table VII.9: Enrollment of Students at the Nevis Sixth Form College in Nevis, 2011- 2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Sixth B Sixth A Total Girls 51 40 49 59 50 Boys 35 15 28 34 26 Girls 38 36 26 30 37 87 Boys 11 28 10 22 29 Girls 89 76 75 89 87 Boys 46 43 38 56 55 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Adult and Continuing Education The Department of Education not only oversees the education of children, but also sustains the education of school leavers.
The table below shows the adult education classes that are offered by the Education Department.

It is further indicated that for the year 2015 there were a total of six adult education classes being offered by the Department.

Of the total number of persons who attended these classes for 2015, 26 were females and 8 were males.

For the period 2012-2014, a large percentage of females sat the clothing and textile exams.
Also it must be noted that for 2014, 6 females pursued the course of motor mechanic while no men attended these sessions.
Adult Education classes at the Education Department, Nevis 2012-2015 Year 2012 Total 2013 Total 2014 Total 2015 Total Males 2 0 2 Females Subject Mathematics Clothing & Textiles Mathematics Clothing & Textiles Agriculture Science EDPM Mathematics Clothing & Textiles Social Studies Agriculture Science Motor Mechanics Economics (CAPE) EDPM Mathematics Sewing for beginners Social Studies EDPM Information Technology Economics Source: Department of Education 88 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Water Enhancement that is currently underway promises to alleviate some of the water problems on the island.
This has provided much needed employment directly and indirectly.

89 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter Nine Employment The main focus of the Labour Department is to ensure that businesses are complying with the laws and regulations relating to the protection of its workers.

The table below reveals that the Construction sector showed a substantial decrease in average employment at the end of 2015 when compared to the 2014 figures.
This downward movement continued to be reflected in the following industries for 2015; Agriculture, Baking, Commercial, Domestic, Financial, Hotel and Guest Houses, Manufacturing, NE Workers and Transportation.

Over the five year period an average of 24, 747 employees were employed in the Selected Industries and Services.

Table IX.
1: Average Employees by Selected Industries and Services 2011 – 2015 Industries and Services 2015 2014 2011 2012 2013 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 The following table illustrates the work permit applications that were submitted by sector for the years 2011-2015.
For the years 2014 to 2015 there was an increase in the total number of work permit applications that were issued with 518 recorded in 2014 and 550 in 2015.

90 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest When one takes a closer look at the different sectors it is noted that the Construction sector contributed significantly to this increase in 2015.

There were 116 applications in 2015 when compared to 58 in 2014.
It further documented that for 2015, the Commercial and Services sectors showed a slight increase in the number of work permit applications of 25 and 157 respectively.
Table IX.2: Work Permit application by Sector 2011 - 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total 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 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 91 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest India.

It is notable that the annual figure provided takes into consideration a percentage of renewals.
Region Caricom/OECS Table IX.3: Work Permit application by Nationality, 2013 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 92 Male Female Total The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Germany Greece Ireland Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United Kingdom Africa Egypt Gambian Kenya Nigeria South Africa Asia Croatia/Singapore Pacific China India Indonesia Italy Filipinos New Zealand Turkey Malaysia/Thailand 2 2 Total 416 222 636 93 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest The data revealed that at the end of 2014, there was a total of 518 work permit applications submitted by nationality.
A closer inspection of the tables revealed that 154 work permit applications were issued to persons of Guyanese nationality with 81 being males and 73 females.

This was the highest for any nationality for that year.

This was followed with 68 from United States and 52 from Jamaica for the year 2014.
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 Canada America United States Europe/CIS Haiti Surinam Belize Bahamas Canada Ecuador Columbia Mexico/Caucasian Venezuela Honduras United States Austria Chile/Peru Denmark 94 1 2 1 5 1 1 41 2 11 1 3 27 2 1 47 1 4 1 16 2 1 3 68 2 1 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table IX.4: Work Permit application by Nationality, 2014 con’t Region Europe/CIS Country France Germany 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 95 Male Female Total The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest When a comparison was made between 2014 and 2015 it was indicated there was a substantial increase in the issuance of work permits by nationalities.
2015 showed an ending figure of 550 an increase of 6.2% when compared to 2014.

The majority of work permits continue to be issued to people of Guyanese descent with 130, Chinese with 114 and United States citizen with 66.
Table IX.5: Work Permit application by Nationality, 2015 Region Caricom/OECS Country Anguilla Barbados Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Montserrat St. Lucia St. Vincent Trinidad Other Caribbean Cuba Dominican Republic Canada America United States Europe/CIS Haiti Surinam Belize Bahamas Canada Ecuador Columbia Mexico/Caucasian Venezuela Honduras United States Austria Chile/Peru Denmark France 96 Male Female Total The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table IX.5: Work Permit application by Nationality, 2015 con’t Region Europe/CIS Country Germany Greece Ireland Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Africa United Kingdom Egypt Gambian Kenya Nigeria Saudi Arabia South Africa Syria Asia Croatia/Singapore China Jordon India Indonesia Nepal Argentina Filipinos Philippines Madrid Malaysia/Thailand Pacific Total Male Female Total The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Nevis’s Department of Agriculture experimented with one half acre plot of cabbage production at its Prospect Agriculture Station.
It was done in order to reduce the large importation of the produce and also as a means to revitalize the cabbage production on a large scale.

98 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter Ten Agriculture Production, Trade For decades, Agriculture played an important role in everyday living, and it has been associated with the production of essential food crops.
Today, processing, marketing and distribution of crops and live stocks products are all acknowledged as part of the current agriculture.

Additionally, it is also one of the key factors which contributes to the island’s GDP in a given year.

Thus the Department of Agriculture and its subsidiaries, is the entity which generates such income from harvested crops, marketing, distribution and trading.

Egg Production The below table displays quartile data for the past five years.
The egg market is supplied by local individuals and by the end of 2015, the total yield of egg production was 157,173.01.

This signaled a decrease of some 3% when compared to the yield of 157,173.01 in 2014.
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Production per 1st Quarter Production per Production per Production per Total per 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Year Production of eggs per Quarter, (per '000) for the period 2011-2015 50 26 26 16 25 27 23 29 28 25 25 24 30 38 26 35 21 35 26 27 4t quart 3rd Quart 2nd Quart 1st Quart 50 40 30 20 10 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 99 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Marketing Division Table X.2: Throughput at the Marketing Division on an annual basis 2011 – 2015 Produce Arugula Apricot Avocado Broccoli Basil Bora Beans Breadfruit Butternut Squash Cabbage Cauliflower Cantaloupe Carrots Cassava Celery Christophene Cassava Meal Cherry Tomato Coconut Cucumber Dasheen Dragon Fruit Eddoes Eggplant Fat Pork Garlic Ginger Grapefruit Green Banana Green Papaya Green Mango Golden Apple Guava Guava Pulp Ginip Herbs and Thyme Hot Peppers Honey Dew Melon Produce Jelly Jujubi Lemon Grass Lettuce Limes Mangoes Improved Mango Unimproved Manciport Mint Musk Melon Okra Onion Oranges Orange Pepper Papaya Ripe Passion Fruit Peanut Pigeon Peas Pineapple Plantain Plum Tomato Pomerac Pumpkin Red Pepper Ripe Banana Ripe
 Plantain Roma Tomato Rosemary Purple Pepper Purple Potato Seasoning Pepper Sea Grapes Silk Banana Sorrel Sour Sop Star Apple String Beans Sugar Apple Sugar Cane Sweet Corn Sweet Pepper The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Produce Sweet Potato Spinach Tania Tamarind Thyme Tomatoes Watermelon Wax Apple White Potato Yams Yellow Pepper Zucchini Total The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest The above table shows the total per year of agricultural produce over a five year period, 2011- 2015.
At the end of 2015, the total produce was 183,193 a significant increase of 24,738 or some 16% when compared to the total produce for 2014.

Additionally, there are ten targeted crops that the Marketing Division imported to complement its local production for the past five years.

They are Cabbage, Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Melon, Carrot, Corn, Onion, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Sweet Pepper, Tomato and Water Melon.

The table below demonstrates the production as a percentage of imports.
While table X.2, displays the throughput at the Marketing Division for the period 2011 to 2015, table X.3 shows the ten targeted crops for the said period.
Table X.3: Top ten targeted Crops for the period 2011- 2015 Crop Criteria 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 as a % of Production Cabbage Imports 54,621 107,079 115,063 135,886 43,200 Produce 5,936 4,819 1,361 1,750 499 Imports 1.16 Carrots Imports 67,571 110,370 105,259 133,833 63,662 2.88 Produce 5,374 2,857 20,729 10,400 1,833 Cantaloupe/ Imports 21,247 37,113 20,519 114,580 84,240 67.44 Honeydew Produce 34,922 18,913 3,610 60,050 56,812 Corn Imports 8,211 19,730 21,364 31,364 14,764 48.67 102 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Sweet Peppers Produce 4,775 14,946 3,823 2,920 7,185 Imports 34,706 48,166 31,058 41,067 54,203 18.10 Produce 22,588 16,945 8,537 27,020 9,810 Pumpkin Imports 4,427 3,266 2,459 0 0 100 Produce 14,752 39,225 27,033 99,680 24,186 Sweet Potato Imports 0 0 0 0 2,345 514.12 Produce 17,159 7,750 4,818 25,885 12,056 Tomato Imports 22,534 45,890 35,076 50,565 26,019 283.81 Produce 71,055 43,455 46,406 142,830 73,845 Watermelon Imports 1,653 0 0 2,760 12,699 896.72 Produce 103,334 69,348 70,239 234,830 113,874 Onion Imports 78,937 145,004 127,076 204,009 76,940 39.78 Produce 2,072 19,277 12,133 52,258 30,608 Extension Division The Extension Division is responsible for providing technical assistance to commercial and backyard farmers, schools and farmer groups in all aspects of crop production, as well as to provide information through education activities.
These activities will empower the farming families to adopt appropriate methods to improve their socio-economic well-being and contribution to nation building.

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

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

In 2015, the number of acres provided for farmers was 73.25 which yielded 832,845kg of produced.
It is noted that although the amount of acres used by the farmers in 2015 was less than the amount used in 2014, the yield for that year was 93,966kgs more than in 2014.

The amount of acres used by government in 2015 was also less than the amount used in 2014 and the yield for 2015 was less than the yield for 2014.
103 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest able X.4: Accumulative total of acreage farmed and estimated yield 2011- 2015 Institution Criteria Farmers Government Total Acres Yield (kg) Acres Yield (kg) Acres Yield (kg) By the end of 2015, farmers had yielded 614,601kg of produce more than the government.
They were provided with 37 acres more than government to harvest their crops.

It must be noted, in 2014, the number of acres provided for farmers increased by some 22 acres or some 42% when compared to 2013.

This produced a yield of some 1,036,303kg of production.

The following tables, X.5, X.6, X.7, X.8 and X.9 illustrate the production analysis for targeted crops per quarter for the period, 2011 - 2015.
80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 900000 800000 700000 600000 500000 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 Local Farmers Extension Division Local Farmers Extension Division 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 104 The Department of Statistics 2016 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 69,310 140,144 335,335 105 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest 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) Crop Cabbage Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Carrot Corn Onion Pumpkin Sweet pepper Sweet potato Tomato Watermelon TOTAL Estimated production 1st quarter 150 18,300 2,660 770 5,000 53,920 5,100 1,685 55,500 75,250 218,335 Estimated production 2nd quarter Estimated production 3rd quarter Estimated Production 4th Quarter TOTAL ESTIMATED PRODUCTION The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table X.9: PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR 2015 OF TARGETED CROPS (KGS) Crop Cabbage Cantaloupe/Honey Dew Carrot Corn Onion Pumpkin Sweet pepper Sweet potato Tomato Watermelon TOTAL Estimated production 1st quarter 1,100 36,600 1,600 1,200 480 5,280 9,900 4,200 41,500 75,700 177,560 Estimated production 2nd quarter 0 40,100 300 440 0 4,600 6,700 5,000 81,333 62,200 200,673 Estimated production 3rd quarter 0 13,550 0 0 7,500 16,040 1,225 9,300 8,250 65,650 121,515 Estimated Production 4th Quarter 0 35,100
 2,140 14,200 59,500 27,400 3,800 8,080 31,750 47,500 229,470 TOTAL ESTIMATED PRODUCTION 1,100 125,350 4,040 15,840 67,480 53,320 21,625 26,580 162,833 251,050 729,218 Source: Department of Agriculture 107 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Animals Slaughter There are seven (7) animals that are slaughtered at the Nevis’ Abattoir for consumption as food for human use.
These animals, Steers, Heifers, Cows, Bulls, Sheep, Goats and Pigs were slaughtered with pigs showing the highest amount in 2015 of 1,908.

Between 2011 and 2015a, an overall total showed that 16,671 animals were slaughtered.

There was a slight reduction of the amount of animals slaughtered in 2012 when compared to 2011 by 362.

Over the last three years there was a steady increase in the number of animals slaughtered.
Total 6 146 323 447 6,346 2,801 6,602 16,671 Comparison of various animals slaughtered in Nevis, 2011 - 2015 Animals Steers Heifers Cows Bulls Sheep Goats Pigs Overall Total Pigs Goats Sheep Bulls Cows Heifers Steers 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2011 2012 2013 108 2014 2015 The Department of Statistics 2016 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 reporting period, 2011 to 2015 saw that by the end of 2015, there was an availability of some 1,852,145 pounds of seafood for export.

The seafood included lobster, conch and crab, as well as conch shell which contributed some 630 pounds.

Table X.10 provides an all-inclusive breakdown of the data collected by the Fisheries Department, and revealed that some 979,621 pounds of seafood was recorded by the end of 2015.

This shows a sizeable increase of 848,415 when compared to 2014.
The data also revealed that conch was the largest amount of seafood to be exported; followed by crab and then lobster.

Table X.11 outlines the various species of fishes that were hauled over the five year period 2011- 2015.

The Department of fisheries recorded an estimated overall total value of $14,462,750 and total overall haul of 1,473,326 pounds of various fishes for the period 2011-2015.
Table X.11: Export of Seafood per pound on a yearly basis, 2011– 2015 Lobster 139 214 235 3,542 1,288 5,418 Conch 291,408 110,111 331,881 122,839 972,593 1,828,832 Crab 3,167 1,275 2,803 4,485 5,535 17,265 Conch Shell 33 14 38 340 205 630 Total 294,747 111,614 334,957 131,206 979,621 1,852,145 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Table X.12: Estimated Landings of species of fishes during the period 2011– 2015 SPECIES Snapper Grouper Grunt Old Wife Parrot Goatfish Doctor Fish Squirrelfish Triggerfish The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Porgy Angel Fish Conch Lobster Gar Ballyhoo Jacks Dolphin Wahoo Tuna/Mackerel Kingfish Skip Jack Lion Fish Tuna Bonito Mackerel Mullet Marlin Shark Barracuda Shell Fish Crab Mixed Fish Tarpon Squid Other Turtle Blue Runner Congo Eel Sword Fish Sail Fish Total in (lbs) Value in (EC$) Source: Fisheries Department, Nevis The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Trade The total value of imports into the island of Nevis is recorded at the Customs and Excise Department.
As per release in the below table, the figures show that by the end of 2015, the total revenue collected stood at EC$128,533,323.45, a decrease of some EC$14,023,278.50 when compared to the figure recorded by the end of 2014.

The reporting period also shows that revenue collected changes from year to year.

(The values include cost insurance, freight, government tax and other concessionary imports).
(See below table) Table X.13: Total Value of Imports into Nevis 2011 – 2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total $121,950,706.60 $112,038,761.00 $120,675,322.70 $142,556,590.19 $128,533,323.45 Total Value of Imports (%) into Nevis 2011-2015 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2015, 128,533,323 2014, 142,556,590 2013, 120,675,322 2012, 112,038,761 2011, 121,950,706 0 50,000,000 100,000,000 150,000,000 Imports Value 111 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Rainfall The data collected from the Nevis Meteorological Office allows decision makers to analyze how best to invest infrastructure projects given the projected changes in climate.
Rainfall data is also important for an 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.

The below table reveals monthly figures of rainfall for the reporting period, 2011 to 2015.
The highest figure of rainfall recorded was October, 2012 with 350.9mm; and the least amount was in May 2015 with 6.3mm.
Month January February March April May June July August September October November December * Data not available Table X.9: Rainfall Data (mm) in Nevis, 2011- * * 112 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Ms. Merclyn Hughes, the first female Police Officer to reach the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police in the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force.
In addition, six new canine have been added to the force as a mean to bolster the capacity to detect devices that can be used to commit criminal acts.
The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Chapter Eleven Crime and Protection Table XI.1 Crime Statistics recorded between the period 2011 and 2015 Crime Category 2011 2012 2013 2014 Murder Attempted Murder Manslaughter Wounding Grievous Bodily Harm (Inflicting/Causing) Wounding with intent (Firearm) Rape Unlawful Carnal knowledge Defilement/Incest Uttering of forged documents Indecent Assault on Females Assault with Intent to Rob Robbery Armed Robbery House Breaking and Larceny (Residential) House Breaking and Larceny (Commercial) Housebreaking and Larceny (Other) House Breaking with Intent (Residential) House Breaking with Intent (Commercial) House Breaking with Intent (Other) Break & Enter Divine Place of Worship with intent to commit Felon Burglary Sacrilege Shooting with Intent Larceny Unlawful Possession Receiving Stolen Goods Obtaining Credit by Fraud Total The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest 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 Abduction/Kidnapping Indecent Assault on Males Total 3
Between January 2011 and December 2015, a total 1,613 criminal offences were recorded by the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, Nevis Division.
The array of offences ranged from murder to receiving stolen goods.

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

By the end of 2015, there was a significant decrease in the criminal activities, which showed some 35% when compared to the end of 2014.

In 2015, there was a total of 187 criminal offences; while in 2014, there were 285.
In 2013, there were 392 offences and demonstrated an increase of 7% when compared to 2012 with 368.

However, when compared to 2014 and 2015, the offences decreased by some 28% in 2014 and 53% in 2015.

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

Thus the data will show that by the end of 2015, 8 murders were recorded with an increase of some 60% when compared to 2014 with a total of 5 murders.
The period under review also demonstrates a fluctuation in the number of murders recorded.

115 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Of a total of 1,613 reported and recorded offences, 2013 recorded the highest with some 392.

The table below will display a decrease in armed robbery by the end of 2015 by some 14 incidents when compared to 2014 with 27.Between 2011 and 2015, the authorities recorded a total of 97 incidents of malicious damage.
At the end of 2015, an 80% decrease was recorded for the said offence when compared to 2014.
Comparison of violent crimes committed between 2011 and 2015 Murder Wounding Wounding with Intent Rape arm Robbery 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Comparison of various stealing offences committed between 2011 and 2015 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 HB&L Res HB&L Com HB&L Oth HBWI Res HBWI Com HBWI Oth HB&L Res - House Breaking & Larceny (Residence) HB&L Com (Commercial) HBR&L Oth (Other) HBWI Res - House Breaking with Intent (Residence) 116 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Comparison of serious crimes committed between 2011 and 2015 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Robbery Burglary Larceny Unlawful Possession Receiving Stolen Goods 2011 2012 Series 3 2014 2015 Comparision of offences committed under the Drug Act 2011 - 2015 Smuggling of Firearm Unlawful Possion of Ammunition Unlawful Possession of Firearm/Explosive Unlawful Possession of firearm/Explosives Importing Controlled Drugs Possession with Intent to Supply Possessuion of Controlled Drugs 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 117 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest The new fire tender which was recently commissioned and handed over to the Nevis Division of the St. Kitts-Nevis Fire and Rescue Services 118 Fire and Rescue The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Over the reported period January 2011 to December 2015, the Fire and Rescue Services responded to a number of calls.
The number of fires are displayed in the various categories on a yearly basis.

See the following tables and accordingly, the year 2015, saw the Fire and Rescue Services responding to 125 calls, a reduction of 19 calls when compared to 2014.

There were 144 calls in 2014; in 2013, 145; in 2012, 106 and in 2011 157.

According to the data collected Grass/Bush fires resulted in the highest number of calls for the period 2011-2015, with a total of 248.
Table XI.2: Number of Fires by Category broken down by fire call in Nevis, 2011 Class- A Class- B Class- C False Motor Vehicle 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 Accident 3 9 18 3 Source: Fire Rescue Service 6 6 0 0 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest Table XI.3: 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 Table XI.4: 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 0 120 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest 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 Class- A House Grass/Bush Tool Shed Garbage Lamp Pole Container Vehicle Smoke Disturbance Table XI.6: Number of Fires by Category broken down by fire call in Nevis, 2015 False Class- B Class- C Motor Vehicle Accident Motor Vehicle Fire Motorcycle Kitchen Propane 0 0 Electrical 7 13 0 0 0 10 33 0 53 4 1 4 0 Total 105 0 7 13 0 0 0 Source: Fire & Rescue Service, Nevis 121 The Department of Statistics 2016 Statistical Digest The Department of Statistics Government Road Charlestown Nevis 122