Econom�a - descripci�n: The economy is heavily dependent on aid and remittances from New Zealand. Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, and the shortfall is made up by grants from New Zealand which are used to pay wages to public employees. Niue has cut government expenditures by reducing the public service by almost half. The agricultural sector consists mainly of subsistence gardening, although some cash crops are grown for export. Industry consists primarily of small factories to process passion fruit, lime oil, honey, and coconut cream. The sale of postage stamps to foreign collectors is an important source of revenue. The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population because of migration of Niueans to New Zealand. Efforts to increase GDP include the promotion of tourism and a financial services industry.

Producto Bruto Interno (PBI): purchasing power parity - $4.5 million (1994 est.)

PBI - Indice de Incremento real: NA%

PBI - por capital: purchasing power parity - $2,250 (1994 est.)

PBI - Composici�n por Sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Poblaci�n bajo linea de pobertad: NA%

Ingreso en casa o porcentage de consumci�n:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Indice de Inflaci�n (precios del consumidor): 1% (1995)

Fuerza Laboral: 450 (1992 est.)

Fuerza Laboral - por ocupaci�n: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board

Indice de desempleo: NA%

Presupuesto:
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Industrias: tourism, handicrafts, food processing

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricidad - Producci�n: 3 million kWh (1998)

Electricidad - producci�n por fuente:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)

Electricidad - consumci�n: 3 million kWh (1998)

Electricidad - exportaciones: 0 kWh (1998)

Electricidad - importaciones: 0 kWh (1998)

Agricultura - productos: coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle

Exportaciones: $117,500 (f.o.b., 1989)

Exporationes - comodidades: canned coconut cream, copra, honey, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts

Exportaciones - socios: NZ 89%, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia

Importaciones: $4.1 million (c.i.f., 1989)

Importaciones - comodidades: food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs

Importaciones - socios: NZ 59%, Fiji 20%, Japan 13%, Samoa, Australia, US

Deuda - externa: $NA

Ayuda economica - recipiente: $8.3 million (1995)

Moneda: 1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents

Indice de intercambio: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 - 1.9451 (January 2000), 1.8889 (1999), 1.8629 (1998), 1.5082 (1997), 1.4543 (1996), 1.5235 (1995)

A�o Fiscal: 1 April - 31 March