Airports [time series]

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

Civil air [time series]

1 major transport aircraft

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

50 km, mostly good bitumen and concrete

Merchant marine [time series]

30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,399,594 GRT/2,667,656 DWT; includes 6 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 1 container, 10 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 combination oil/ore, 9 bulk; note--a flag of convenience registry

Ports [time series]

Gibraltar

Railways (Railroads) [time series]

1.000-meter-gauge system in dockyard area only

Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]

adequate international radiocommunication facilities; automatic telephone system with 14,000 telephones; stations--1 AM, 6 FM, 4 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

Military and security forces (Branches) [time series]

British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force

Note [time series]

defense is the responsibility of the UK

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

NA

Budget [time series]

revenues $136 million; expenditures $139 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY88)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

Gibraltar pound (plural--pounds); 1 Gibraltar pound (5G) = 100 pence

Economic aid [time series]

US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-88), $0.8 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $187 million

Electricity [time series]

47,000 kW capacity; 200 million kWh produced, 6,670 kWh per capita (1990)

Exchange rates [time series]

Gibraltar pounds (5G) per US$1--0.5171 (January 1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987), 0.6817 (1986), 0.7714 (1985); note--the Gibraltar pound is at par with the British pound

Exports [time series]

$82 million (1988); commodities--(principally reexports) petroleum 51%, manufactured goods 41%, other 8%; partners--UK, Morocco, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, US, FRG

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$318 million (1987)

Fiscal year [time series]

1 July-30 June

GNP [time series]

$182 million, per capita $4,600; real growth rate 5% (FY87)

Imports [time series]

$258 million (1988); commodities--fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs; partners--UK, Spain, Japan, Netherlands

Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]

growth rate NA%

Industries [time series]

tourism, banking and finance, construction, commerce; support to large UK naval and air bases; transit trade and supply depot in the port; light manufacturing of tobacco, roasted coffee, ice, mineral waters, candy, beer, and canned fish

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

3.6% (1988)

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

The economy depends heavily on British defense expenditures, revenue from tourists, fees for services to shipping, and revenues from banking and finance activities. Because more than 70% of the economy is in the public sector, changes in government spending have a major impact on the level of employment. Construction workers are particularly affected when government expenditures are cut.

Unemployment rate [time series]

NA%

Climate [time series]

Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers

Coastline [time series]

12 km Exclusive fishing zone: 3 nm; Territorial sea: 3 nm

Area - comparative (Comparative area) [time series]

about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Disputes - international (Disputes) [time series]

source of occasional friction between Spain and the UK

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

natural freshwater sources are meager so large water catchments (concrete or natural rock) collect rain water

Land boundaries [time series]

1.2 km with Spain

Land use [time series]

arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100%

Natural resources [time series]

negligible

Note [time series]

strategic location on Strait of Gibraltar that links the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

Terrain [time series]

a narrow coastal lowland borders The Rock

Area (Total area) [time series]

6.5 km2; land area: 6.5 km2

Administrative divisions [time series]

none (dependent territory of the UK)

Capital [time series]

Gibraltar

Political parties (Communists) [time series]

negligible

Constitution [time series]

30 May 1969

Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation) [time series]

none (dependent territory of the UK)

Executive branch [time series]

British monarch, governor, chief minister, Gibraltar Council, Council of Ministers (cabinet)

Flag [time series]

two horizontal bands of white (top, double-width) and red with a three-towered red castle in the center of the white band; hanging from the castle gate is a gold key centered in the red band

Independence [time series]

none (dependent territory of the UK)

Judicial branch [time series]

Supreme Court, Court of Appeal Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor and Commander in Chief Adm. Sir Derek REFFELL (since NA 1989); Head of Government--Chief Minister Joe BOSSANO (since 25 March 1988) Socialist Labor Party (SL), Joe BOSSANO; Gibraltar Labor Party/Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (GCL/AACR), Adolfo CANEPA; Independent Democratic Party, Joe PITALUGA

Legal system [time series]

English law

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral House of Assembly

Country name (Long-form name) [time series]

none

National holiday [time series]

Commonwealth Day (second Monday of March), 12 March 1990

Political parties (Other political or pressure groups) [time series]

Housewives Association, Chamber of Commerce, Gibraltar Representatives Organization

Suffrage [time series]

universal at age 18, plus other UK subjects resident six months or more House of Assembly: last held on 24 March 1988 (next to be held March 1992); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(18 total, 15 elected) SL 8, GCL/AACR 7

Government type (Type) [time series]

dependent territory of the UK

Birth rate [time series]

18 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate [time series]

8 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

mostly Italian, English, Maltese, Portuguese, and Spanish descent

Infant mortality rate [time series]

6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Labor force [time series]

about 14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers); UK military establishments and civil government employ nearly 50% of the labor force

Languages (Language) [time series]

English and Spanish are primary languages; Italian, Portuguese, and Russian also spoken; English used in the schools and for official purposes

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

72 years male, 78 years female (1991)

Literacy [time series]

NA% (male NA%, female NA%)

Nationality [time series]

noun--Gibraltarian; adjective--Gibraltar

Net migration rate [time series]

- 9 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Organized labor [time series]

over 6,000

Population [time series]

29,613 (July 1991), growth rate 0.1% (1991)

Religions (Religion) [time series]

Roman Catholic 74%, Protestant 11% (Church of England 8%, other 3%), Moslem 8%, Jewish 2%, none or other 5% (1981)

Total fertility rate [time series]

2.4 children born/woman (1991)