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Economy Of Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands Information - Country Guides

Economy overview The inhabitants of this tiny isolated economy exist on fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, and postage stamps. The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans. Bartering is an important part of the economy. The major sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors and the sale of handicrafts to passing ships.
GDP purchasing power parity - NA
GDP - real growth rate NA
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - NA
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: na
industry: na
services: na
Investment gross fixed  
Population below poverty line NA
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%: na
highest 10%: na
Distribution of family income - Gini index  
Inflation rate consumer prices NA
Labor force 12 able-bodied men (1997)
Labor force by occupation no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing
Unemployment rate NA
Budget revenues: $729,900
expenditures: $878,100, including capital expenditures of na (fy94/95 est.)
Public debt  
Agriculture products wide variety of fruits and vegetables, goats, chickens
Industries postage stamps, handicrafts
Industrial production growth rate NA
Electricity production NA kWh; note - electric power is provided by a small diesel-powered generator
Electricity production by source  
Electricity consumption NA kWh
Electricity exports  
Electricity imports  
Oil production  
Oil consumption  
Oil exports  
Oil imports  
Oil proved reserves  
Natural gas production  
Natural gas consumption  
Natural gas exports  
Natural gas imports  
Natural gas proved reserves  
Current account balance  
Exports NA
Exports commodities fruits, vegetables, curios, stamps
Exports partners NA (2000)
Imports NA
Imports commodities fuel oil, machinery, building materials, flour, sugar, other foodstuffs
Imports partners NA (2000)
Reserves of foreign exchange gold  
Debt external NA
Economic aid recipient NA
Currency New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Currency code NZD
Exchange rates New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.7229 (2003), 2.162 (2002), 2.3776 (2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999)
Fiscal year 1 April - 31 March

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