conditions in British Guiana is predicted and a sectoral growth of 58 % between 1960 and
1975 (at constant prices)is predicted. The importance of agriculture in the product de-
creases from 26.7 % in 1960 to 20.6 %. In Table 1.2. ii the aggregates are shown in total
and per capital form.


 Table 1.2.ii
 Projected growth of the West Indies economies

 1965 1970 1975
 Indicator and territory Total Per capital TotalPer capital Total Per capital

 Million Million Million BWI
 BWI$ BWI$ BWI$ BWI$ BWI$
Consumption by persons:
Jamaica 1,036 595 1,319 701 1,564 763
Trinidad and Tobago 801 840 1,014 924 1,223 968
Leeward Islands,Windward
 Islands and Barbados 256 355 310 401 368 443
 British Guiana 228 352 264 354 305 355
 Total 2,321 571 2,907 646 3,460 692
National income:
Jamaica 1,199 686 1,530 811 1,855 907
 Trinidad and Tobago 988 1,436 1,251 1,141 1,499 1,186
 Leeward Islands, Windward
 Islands and Barbados 278 386 340 440 418 503
 British Guiana 285 441 328 441 377 439
 Total 2,750 676 3,449 766 4,149 830

 Gross domestic product
 at factor cost:
 Jamaica 1,365 782 1,732 917 1,910 935
 Trinidad and Tobago 1,229 1,289 1,558 1,420 1,861 1,473
 Leeward Islands, Windward
 Islands and Barbados 293 404 357 460 438 527
 British Guiana 322 499 372 499 427 497
 Total 3,207 789 4,019 892 4,636 928



Long term projections of demand
 The final demand has been projected for the food groups cereals, sugar and sugar pre-
parations, roots and starchy vegetables, vegetables and pulses, fruit, meat, fish, milk
and milk products, eggs, oils and fats, and cotton. The average income elasticities for
the various territories under consideration, viz, Jamaica; Trinidad and Tobago; the
Leeward Islands, Windward Islands and Barbados; and British Guiana, have been esti-
mated for 1958 at 0.45, 0.30, 0.45 and 0.30, respectively.