Economy - overview:
The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with 80% of labor force earnings coming from agriculture (coconuts and vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), and fishing. However, roughly 70% of the labor force is employed in the public sector, although only about 20% of the population is in salaried employment.Revenues come from French Government subsidies, licensing of fishing rights to Japan and South Korea, import taxes, and remittances from expatriate workers in New Caledonia. France directly finances the public sector and healthcare and education services. It also provides funding for key development projects in a range of areas, including infrastructure, economic development, environmental management, and healthcare facilities.A key concern for Wallis and Futuna is an aging population with consequent economic development issues. Very few people aged 18-30 live on the islands due to the limited formal employment opportunities. Improving job creation is a current priority for the territorial government.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - composition, by sector of origin: Agriculture - products: Industries: Industrial production growth rate: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Budget: Taxes and other revenues: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): Public debt: Fiscal year: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Exports: Exports - commodities: Imports: Imports - commodities: Debt - external: Exchange rates:
$60 million (2004 est.)
country comparison to the world: 225
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NA%
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$3,800 (2004 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
agriculture: NA%
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industry: NA%
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services: NA%
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coconuts, breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats; fish
copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber
NA%
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3,104 (2003)
country comparison to the world: 226
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agriculture: 80%
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industry: 4%
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services: 16% (2001)
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12.2% (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
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NA%
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lowest 10%: NA%
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highest 10%: NA%
revenues: NA
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expenditures: NA
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NA%
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NA% of GDP
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5.6% of GDP (2004 est.)
note: offical data; data cover general government debt, and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions
country comparison to the world: 202
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calendar year
2.8% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 123
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$47,450 (2004 est.)
country comparison to the world: 222
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copra, chemicals, construction materials
$61.17 million (2004)
country comparison to the world: 215
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chemicals, machinery, consumer goods
$3.67 million (2004)
country comparison to the world: 202
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Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar -
110.2 (2015 est.)
89.8 (2014 est.)
89.85 (2013 est.)
90.56 (2012 est.)