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Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha Economy 2018

SOURCE: 2018 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha Economy 2018
SOURCE: 2018 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 28, 2018

Economy - overview:
The economy depends largely on financial assistance from the UK, which amounted to about $27 million in FY06/07 or more than twice the level of annual budgetary revenues. The local population earns income from fishing, raising livestock, and sales of handicrafts. Because there are few jobs, 25% of the work force has left to seek employment on Ascension Island, on the Falklands, and in the UK.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$31.1 million (FY09/10 est.)
country comparison to the world: 228

GDP (official exchange rate):
$NA
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GDP - real growth rate:
NA%
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GDP - per capita (PPP):
$7,800 (FY09/10 est.)
country comparison to the world: 154

GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: NA%
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industry: NA%
[see also: GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry country ranks ]
services: NA%
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Agriculture - products:
coffee, corn, potatoes, vegetables; fish, lobster; livestock; timber

Industries:
construction, crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fishing, collectible postage stamps

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
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Labor force:
2,486 (1998 est.)
country comparison to the world: 227
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Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 6%
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industry: 48%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - industry country ranks ]
services: 46% (1987 est.)
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - services country ranks ]

Unemployment rate:
14% (1998 est.)
country comparison to the world: 169
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Population below poverty line:
NA%
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
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highest 10%: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $8.342 million
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expenditures: $20.49 million
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note: revenue data reflect locally raised revenues only; the budget deficit is resolved by grant aid from the UK (FY06/07 est.)

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
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Exports:
$19 million (2004 est.)
country comparison to the world: 212
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Exports - commodities:
fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), coffee, handicrafts

Imports:
$20.53 million (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 217
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Imports - commodities:
food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts

Debt - external:
$NA
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Exchange rates:
Saint Helenian pounds (SHP) per US dollar - 0.7836 (2017) 0.6542 (2016) 0.6542 (2015) 0.607 (2014 est.) 0.6391 (2013 est.)


NOTE: 1) The information regarding Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha on this page is re-published from the 2018 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha Economy 2018 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha Economy 2018 should be addressed to the CIA.
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