Economía - descripción: The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with about 80% of the labor force earning its livelihood from agriculture (coconuts and vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), and fishing. About 4% of the population is employed in government. Revenues come from French Government subsidies, licensing of fishing rights to Japan and South Korea, import taxes, and remittances from expatriate workers in New Caledonia.

Producto Bruto Interno (PBI): purchasing power parity - $28.7 million (1995 est.)

PBI - Indice de Incremento real: NA%

PBI - por capital: purchasing power parity - $2,000 (1995 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: NA

Fuerza Laboral - por ocupación: agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%, government 4% (est.)

Indice de desempleo: NA%

Presupuesto:
revenues: $20 million
expenditures: $17 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)

Industrias: copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricidad - Producción: NA kWh

Electricidad - producción por fuente:
fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%

Electricidad - consumción: NA kWh

Electricidad - exportaciones: NA kWh

Electricidad - importaciones: NA kWh

Agricultura - productos: breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats

Exportaciones: $370,000 (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

Exporationes - comodidades: copra, breadfruit, yams, taro roots, handicrafts

Exportaciones - socios: NA

Importaciones: $13.5 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)

Importaciones - comodidades: foodstuffs, manufactured goods, transportation equipment, fuel, clothing

Importaciones - socios: France, Australia, New Zealand

Deuda - externa: $NA

Ayuda economica - recipiente: assistance from France

Moneda: 1 Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes

Indice de intercambio: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1 - 117.67 (January 2000), 111.93 (1999), 107.25 (1998), 106.11 (1997), 93.00 (1996), 90.75 (1995); note - linked at the rate of 18.18 to the French franc

Año Fiscal: calendar year