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Tokelau

1991 Edition — territory

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Communications
Airports [time series]
none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Western Samoa
Ports [time series]
none; offshore anchorage only
Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]
telephone service between islands and to Western Samoa
Defense Forces
Note [time series]
defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]
coconuts, copra; basic subsistence crops--breadfruit, papaya, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats
Budget [time series]
revenues $430,830; expenditures $2.8 million, including capital expenditures of $37,300 (FY87)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
New Zealand dollar (plural--dollars); 1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents
Economic aid [time series]
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $24 million
Electricity [time series]
200 kW capacity; 300,000 kWh produced, 180 kWh per capita (1990)
Exchange rates [time series]
New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1--1.6798 (January 1991), 1.6750 (1990), 1.6711 (1989), 1.5244 (1988), 1.6886 (1987), 1.9088 (1986), 2.0064 (1985)
Exports [time series]
$98,000 (f.o.b., 1983); commodities--stamps, copra, handicrafts; partners--NZ
Debt - external (External debt) [time series]
none
Fiscal year [time series]
1 April-31 March
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP) [time series]
$1.4 million, per capita $800; real growth rate NA% (1988 est.)
Imports [time series]
$323,400 (c.i.f., 1983); commodities--foodstuffs, building materials, fuel; partners--NZ
Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]
growth rate NA%
Industries [time series]
small-scale enterprises for copra production, wood work, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]
NA%
Economic overview (Overview) [time series]
Tokelau's small size, isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The people must rely on aid from New Zealand to maintain public services, annual aid being substantially greater than GDP. The principal sources of revenue come from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts. Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.
Unemployment rate [time series]
NA%
Geography
Climate [time series]
tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
Coastline [time series]
101 km Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm; Territorial sea: 12 nm
Area - comparative (Comparative area) [time series]
about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]
lies in Pacific typhoon belt
Land boundaries [time series]
none
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]
located 3,750 km southwest of Honolulu in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
Terrain [time series]
coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
Area (Total area) [time series]
10 km2; land area: 10 km2
Government
Administrative divisions [time series]
none (territory of New Zealand)
Capital [time series]
none, each atoll has its own administrative center
Political parties (Communists) [time series]
probably none
Constitution [time series]
administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948, as amended in 1970
Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation) [time series]
none (territory of New Zealand)
Executive branch (Elections) [time series]
NA
Executive branch [time series]
administrator (appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in New Zealand), official secretary
Flag [time series]
the flag of New Zealand is used
Independence [time series]
none (territory of New Zealand)
Judicial branch [time series]
High Court in Niue, Supreme Court in New Zealand Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); Head of Government--Administrator Neil WALTER; Official Secretary M. NORRISH, Office of Tokelau Affairs
Legal system [time series]
British and local statutes
Legislative branch [time series]
Council of Elders (Taupulega) on each atoll
Country name (Long-form name) [time series]
none
International organization participation (Member of) [time series]
SPC
National holiday [time series]
Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
Suffrage [time series]
NA
Government type (Type) [time series]
territory of New Zealand
People
Birth rate [time series]
NA births/1,000 population (1991)
Death rate [time series]
NA deaths/1,000 population (1991)
Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]
all Polynesian, with cultural ties to Western Samoa
Infant mortality rate [time series]
NA deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
Labor force [time series]
NA
Languages (Language) [time series]
Tokelauan (a Polynesian language) and English
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
NA years male, NA years female (1991)
Literacy [time series]
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
Nationality [time series]
noun--Tokelauan(s); adjective--Tokelauan
Net migration rate [time series]
NA migrants/1,000 population (1991)
Organized labor [time series]
NA
Population [time series]
1,700 (July 1991), growth rate 0.0% (1991)
Religions (Religion) [time series]
Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2%; on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant
Total fertility rate [time series]
NA children born/woman (1991)