Economía - descripción: The economy depends largely on financial assistance from the UK, which amounted to about $5 million in 1998. The local population earns income from fishing, the raising of livestock, and sales of handicrafts. Because there are few jobs, a large proportion of the work force has left to seek employment overseas.

Producto Bruto Interno (PBI): purchasing power parity - $13.9 million (FY94/95 est.)

PBI - Indice de Incremento real: NA%

PBI - por capital: purchasing power parity - $2,000 (FY94/95 est.)

PBI - Composición por Sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Población bajo linea de pobertad: NA%

Ingreso en casa o porcentage de consumción:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Indice de Inflación (precios del consumidor): NA%

Fuerza Laboral: 2,416 (1991 est.)
note: a large proportion of the work force has left to seek employment overseas

Fuerza Laboral - por ocupación: farmers and fishermen 6%, industry (mainly construction) 48%, services 46% (1987 est.)

Indice de desempleo: 18% (1996)

Presupuesto:
revenues: $11.2 million
expenditures: $11 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY92/93)

Industrias: construction, crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fishing

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricidad - Producción: 6 million kWh (1998)

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

Electricidad - consumción: 6 million kWh (1998)

Electricidad - exportaciones: 0 kWh (1998)

Electricidad - importaciones: 0 kWh (1998)

Agricultura - productos: corn, potatoes, vegetables; timber; fish, crawfish (on Tristan da Cunha)

Exportaciones: $704,000 (f.o.b., 1995)

Exporationes - comodidades: fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), coffee, handicrafts

Exportaciones - socios: South Africa, UK

Importaciones: $14.434 million (c.i.f., 1995)

Importaciones - comodidades: food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts

Importaciones - socios: UK, South Africa

Deuda - externa: $NA

Ayuda economica - recipiente: $12.6 million (1995); note - $5.3 million from UK (1997)

Moneda: 1 Saint Helenian pound = 100 pence

Indice de intercambio: Saint Helenian pounds per US$1 - 0.6092 (January 2000), 6.180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6047 (1997), 0.6403 (1996), 0.6335 (1995); note - the Saint Helenian pound is at par with the British pound

Año Fiscal: 1 April - 31 March