Airports [time series]

2 total; 2 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 2,439 m; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

100 km on Ile Uvea, 16 km sealed; 20 km earth surface on Ile Futuna

Waterways (Inland waterways) [time series]

none

Ports [time series]

Mata-Utu, Leava

Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]

225 telephones; stations--1 AM, no FM, no TV

Note [time series]

defense is the responsibility of France

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

dominated by coconut production, with subsistence crops of yams, taro, bananas, and herds of pigs and goats

Budget [time series]

revenues $2.7 million; expenditures $2.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1983)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (plural--francs); 1 CFP franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes

Economic aid [time series]

Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $118 million

Electricity [time series]

1,200 kW capacity; 1 million kWh produced, 70 kWh per capita (1990)

Exchange rates [time series]

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1--93.28 (January 1991), 99.0 (1990), 115.99 (1989), 108.30 (1988), 109.27 (1987), 125.92 (1986), 163.35 (1985); note--linked at the rate of 18.18 to the French franc

Exports [time series]

negligible; commodities--copra, handicrafts; partners--NA

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$NA

Fiscal year [time series]

NA

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP) [time series]

$7.5 million, per capita $470; real growth rate NA% (1990 est.)

Imports [time series]

$6.9 million (c.i.f., 1983); commodities--foodstuffs, manufactured goods, transportation equipment, fuel; partners--France, Australia, New Zealand

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

growth rate NA%

Industries [time series]

copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

NA%

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with about 80% of the labor force earning its livelihood from agriculture (coconuts and vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), and fishing. About 4% of the population is employed in government. 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. Wallis and Futuna imports food, fuel, clothing, machinery, and transport equipment, but its exports are negligible, consisting of copra and handicrafts.

Unemployment rate [time series]

NA%

Climate [time series]

tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October)

Coastline [time series]

129 km Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm; Territorial sea: 12 nm

Area - comparative (Comparative area) [time series]

slightly larger than Washington, DC

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

both island groups have fringing reefs

Land boundaries [time series]

none

Land use [time series]

arable land 5%; permanent crops 20%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 75%

Natural resources [time series]

negligible

Note [time series]

located 4,600 km southwest of Honolulu in the South Pacific Ocean about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Terrain [time series]

volcanic origin; low hills

Area (Total area) [time series]

274 km2; land area: 274 km2; includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets

Administrative divisions [time series]

none (overseas territory of France)

Capital [time series]

Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)

Constitution [time series]

28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

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

as an overseas territory of France, local interests are represented in the US by France

Executive branch [time series]

French president, high administrator; note--there are three traditional kings with limited powers

Flag [time series]

the flag of France is used

Independence [time series]

none (overseas territory of France)

Judicial branch [time series]

none; justice generally administered under French law by the chief administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu Chief of State--President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981); Head of Government--Chief Administrator Roger DUMEC (since 15 July 1988) Rally for the Republic (RPR); Union Populaire Locale (UPL); Union Pour la Democratie Francaise (UDF); Lua kae tahi (Giscardians); Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche (MRG)

Legal system [time series]

French

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral Territorial Assembly (Assemblee Territoriale)

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

Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands

International organization participation (Member of) [time series]

FZ, SPC

National holiday [time series]

Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)

Suffrage [time series]

universal adult at age 18 Territorial Assembly--last held 15 March 1987 (next to be held March 1992); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(20 total) RPR 7, UPL 6, UDF and Lua kae tahi 7; French Senate--last held NA September 1989 (next to be held by September 1992); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(1 total) RPR 1; French National Assembly--last held 12 June 1988 (next to be held by September 1992); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(1 total) MRG 1

Government type (Type) [time series]

overseas territory of France

Birth rate [time series]

28 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate [time series]

6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

almost entirely Polynesian

Infant mortality rate [time series]

30 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Labor force [time series]

NA

Languages (Language) [time series]

French, Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language)

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

70 years male, 71 years female (1991)

Literacy [time series]

50% (male 50%, female 51%) at all ages can read and write (1969)

Nationality [time series]

noun--Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders; adjective--Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander

Net migration rate [time series]

8 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Organized labor [time series]

NA

Population [time series]

16,590 (July 1991), growth rate 3.0% (1991)

Religions (Religion) [time series]

largely Roman Catholic

Total fertility rate [time series]

3.7 children born/woman (1991)