XCD

Exchange rates:

East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar - 2.7 (2007), 2.7 (2006), 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003)

Communications
Saint Lucia

Telephones - main lines in use:

51,100 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

105,700 (2005)

Telephone system:

general assessment: adequate system domestic: system is automatically switched international: country code - 1-758; the East Caribbean Fiber Optic System (ECFS) and Southern Caribbean fiber optic system (SCF) submarine cables, along with Intelsat from Martinique, carry calls internationally; direct microwave radio relay link with Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; tropospheric scatter to Barbados

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2003)

Radios:

111,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (1 commercial broadcast station and 1 community antenna television or CATV channel) (2003)

Televisions:

32,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.lc

Internet hosts:

17 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

15 (2000)

Internet users:

110,000 (2007)

Transportation
Saint Lucia

Airports:

2 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 1,210 km (2002)

Ports and terminals:

Castries, Cul-de-Sac, Vieux-Fort

Military
Saint Lucia

Military branches:

no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit, Coast Guard) (2007)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 48,358 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 38,660 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 1,591 female: 1,504 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures: