Airports [time series]

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m (Saint Peter)

Ports [time series]

Saint Helier, Gorey, Saint Aubin

Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]

63,700 telephones; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 3 submarine cables

Note [time series]

defense is the responsibility of the UK

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

potatoes, cauliflowers, tomatoes; dairy and cattle farming

Budget [time series]

revenues $308.0 million; expenditures $284.4 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1985)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

Jersey pound (plural - pounds); 1 Jersey pound (#J) = 100 pence

Economic aid [time series]

none

Electricity [time series]

50,000 kW standby capacity (1990); power supplied by France

Exchange rates [time series]

Jersey pounds (#J) per US$1 - 0.5799 (March 1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987), 0.6817 (1986); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound

Exports [time series]

$NA commodities: light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs, textiles partners: UK

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$NA

Fiscal year [time series]

1 April - 31 March

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

$NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate 8% (1987 est.)

Imports [time series]

$NA commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals partners: UK

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

growth rate NA%

Industries [time series]

tourism, banking and finance, dairy

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

8% (1988 est.)

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

The economy is based largely on financial services, agriculture, and tourism. Potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes, and especially flowers are important export crops, shipped mostly to the UK. The Jersey breed of dairy cattle is known worldwide and represents an important export earner. Milk products go to the UK and other EC countries. In 1986 the finance sector overtook tourism as the main contributor to GDP, accounting for 40% of the island's output. In recent years the government has encouraged light industry to locate in Jersey, with the result that an electronics industry has developed alongside the traditional manufacturing of knitwear. All raw material and energy requirements are imported, as well as a large share of Jersey's food needs.

Unemployment rate [time series]

NA%

Climate [time series]

temperate; mild winters and cool summers

Coastline [time series]

70 km

Area - comparative (Comparative area) [time series]

about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC

Disputes - international (Disputes) [time series]

none

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier

Area (Land area) [time series]

117 km2

Land boundaries [time series]

none

Land use [time series]

arable land NA%; permanent crops NA%; meadows and pastures NA%; forest and woodland NA%; other NA%; about 58% of land under cultivation

Maritime claims [time series]

Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm Territorial sea: 3 nm

Natural resources [time series]

agricultural land

Note [time series]

largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; 27 km from France

Terrain [time series]

gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast

Area (Total area) [time series]

117 km2

Administrative divisions [time series]

none (British crown dependency)

Capital [time series]

Saint Helier

Constitution [time series]

unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice

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

none (British crown dependency)

Executive branch (Elections) [time series]

Assembly of the States: last held NA (next to be held NA); results - no percent of vote by party since all are independents; seats - (56 total, 52 elected) 52 independents

Executive branch [time series]

British monarch, lieutenant governor, bailiff

Flag [time series]

white with the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland) extending to the corners of the flag

Independence [time series]

none (British crown dependency)

Judicial branch [time series]

Royal Court

Executive branch (Leaders) [time series]

Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) Head of Government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Air Marshal Sir John SUTTON (since NA 1990); Bailiff Peter CRILL (since NA)

Legal system [time series]

English law and local statute

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral Assembly of the States

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

Bailiwick of Jersey

International organization participation (Member of) [time series]

none

National holiday [time series]

Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)

Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]

none; all independents

Suffrage [time series]

universal adult at age NA

Government type (Type) [time series]

British crown dependency

Birth rate [time series]

12 births/1,000 population (1992)

Death rate [time series]

10 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

UK and Norman-French descent

Infant mortality rate [time series]

6 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

Labor force [time series]

NA

Languages [time series]

English and French (official), with the Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

72 years male, 78 years female (1992)

Literacy [time series]

NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education age 5 to 16

Nationality [time series]

noun - Channel Islander(s); adjective - Channel Islander

Net migration rate [time series]

6 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

Organized labor [time series]

none

Population [time series]

85,026 (July 1992), growth rate 0.8% (1992)

Religions [time series]

Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian

Total fertility rate [time series]

1.3 children born/woman (1992)