Distillers Country guides / Montserrat
Montserrat
A one-page guide to Montserrat for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Plymouth (de jure, abandoned after 1997 eruption); Brades is the temporary seat of government
- Official languages
- English
- Currency
- East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
- Time zone
- UTC-4 (AST)
- Area
- 102 km²
People
- Population
- 4,399 (2024)
Climate
Tropical rainforest: warm and rainy year-round; summer and autumn are wetter because of Atlantic hurricanes.
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Montserrat (Wikipedia); World Bank country data; WHO Global status report on alcohol and health 2024 (via Wikipedia table); UN Comtrade public API, HS 2208. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.