Economy - overview:
Coconuts, grown throughout the islands, are the sole cash crop. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia. There is a small tourist industry.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$NA
GDP - real growth rate: Agriculture - products: Industries: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Budget: Fiscal year: Exports: Exports - commodities: Imports: Imports - commodities: Exchange rates:
1% (2003)
country comparison to the world: 184
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vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts
copra products, tourism
NA
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note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism is the other main source of employment
0.1% (2011)
60% (2000 est.)
country comparison to the world: 1
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revenues: $NA
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expenditures: $NA
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1 July - 30 June
$NA
[see also: Exports country ranks ]
copra
$NA
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foodstuffs
Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar -
1.311 (2017)
1.3442 (2016)
1.3442 (2015)
1.3291 (2014)
1.1094 (2013)