| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $1 billion (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
5% (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $5,600 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 14%
industry: 23%
services: 63% (2001 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
4% (2001 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
90,000 (2000 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $105 million
expenditures: $119 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2001-02) |
| Industries : |
food processing, building materials, auto parts |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
2.8% (2000) |
| Electricity - Production : |
105.1 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 58%
hydro: 42%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
97.74 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
coconuts, bananas, taro, yams, coffee, cocoa |
| Exports : |
$14 million f.o.b. (2002) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
fish, coconut oil and cream, copra, taro, automotive parts, garments, beer |
| Exports - Partners : |
Australia 65%, Indonesia 14.6%, US 4.9% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$113 million f.o.b. (2002) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs |
| Imports - Partners : |
New Zealand 21.2%, Fiji 19.1%, Australia 16.5%, Japan 12.7%, US 5.1%, Singapore 4.7% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$197 million (2000) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$42.9 million (1995) |
| Currency : |
tala (SAT) |
| Currency Code : |
SAT (former WST code is still in wide use) |
| Exchange Rates : |
tala per US dollar - 2.9732 (2003), 3.3763 (2002), 3.478 (2001), 3.2864 (2000), 3.0132 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
June 1 - May 31 |
