Numbers
GDP: purchasing power parity - $537 million (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 210
GDP (official exchange rate): $462.2 million (2005)
GDP - real growth rate: 3% (2003)
country comparison to the world: 139
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $7,874 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 120
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA% (2002)
Labor Force: 17,630 (2005)
country comparison to the world: 203
Labor force - by occupation: government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)
Unemployment rate: 23.8% (2010)
country comparison to the world: 175
Population below poverty line: NA% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $155.4 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants)
expenditures: $183.6 million (FY07)
Agriculture - products: bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock
Industries: tuna canneries (largely dependent on foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity - production: 180 GWh (2006)
country comparison to the world: 179
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption: 167.4 GWh (2006)
country comparison to the world: 179
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2007)
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2007)
Oil - production: 0 barrels per day (0 m3/d) (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 209
Oil - consumption: 4,053 barrels per day (644.4 m3/d) (604 m³/d), 2006
country comparison to the world: 170
Oil - exports: 0 barrels per day (0 m3/d) (2005)
country comparison to the world: 142
Oil - imports: 4,066 barrels per day (646.4 m3/d) (2005)
country comparison to the world: 166
Natural gas - production: 0 cu m (2007)
country comparison to the world: 208
Natural gas - consumption: 0 cu m (2007)
country comparison to the world: 207
Natural gas - exports: 0 cu m (2007)
country comparison to the world: 202
Natural gas - imports: 0 cu m (2007)
country comparison to the world: 201
Natural gas - proved reserves: 0 cu m (2006)
country comparison to the world: 205
Exports: $445.6 million (2004)
country comparison to the world: 167
Exports - commodities: canned tuna 93% (2004)
Exports - partners: Indonesia 70%, Australia 6.7%, Japan 6.7%, Samoa 6.7% (2002)
Imports: $308.8 million (2004)
country comparison to the world: 195
Imports - commodities: materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6% (2004)
Imports - partners: Australia 36.6%, New Zealand 20.3%, South Korea 16.3%, Mauritius 4.9% (2002)
Debt - external: $NA (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $NA; note - important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in 1994
Currency: US dollar (USD)
Currency code: USD
Exchange rates: US dollar is used
Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
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