Vanuatu Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $77 million (1984>, average annual growth rate 5.0% (1985 est)

Natural resources: manganese, hardwood forests, cattle

Agriculture: export crops of copra, cocoa coffee, some livestock and fish production; subsistence crops of copra, taro, yams

Fishing. catch, 2,470 metric tons (1983)

Major industries: fish-freezing, canneries, tourism

Electric power: 10,000 kW capacity (1985);

20 million kWh produced (1985), 150 kWh per capita

Exports: $4 4 million (1984); 24% copra, 59% frozen fish meat

Imports: $66 million (,1984); 18% food

Aid. Australia (1980-83), $14 4 million

Monetary conversion rate: 102.034 vatu“US$l; 1 44 Australian dollars=US$l (6 February 1986'

NOTE: The information regarding Vanuatu on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vanuatu 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vanuatu 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.