Airports [time series]

total: 1 useable: 1 with permanent surface runways: 1 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

50 km, mostly good bitumen and concrete

Merchant marine [time series]

32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 642,446 GRT/1,141,592 DWT; includes 4 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 1 container, 18 oil tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 5 bulk; note - a flag of convenience registry

Pipelines [time series]

none

Ports [time series]

Gibraltar

Railways (Railroads) [time series]

1.000-meter-gauge system in dockyard area only

Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]

adequate, automatic domestic system and adequate international radiocommunication and microwave facilities; 9,400 telephones; broadcast stations - 1 AM, 6 FM, 4 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

Affiliation [time series]

(possession of France)

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]

none

Budget [time series]

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

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

1 Gibraltar pound (#G) = 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 (1970-89), $188 million

Electricity [time series]

47,000 kW capacity; 200 million kWh produced, 6,740 kWh per capita (1992)

Exchange rates [time series]

Gibraltar pounds (#G) per US$1 - 0.6527 (January 1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988); note - the Gibraltar pound is at par with the British pound

Exports [time series]

$82 million (f.o.b., 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

Imports [time series]

$258 million (c.i.f., 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)

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

GNP - exchange rate conversion - $182 million (FY87)

Real GDP per capita (National product per capita) [time series]

$4,600 (FY87)

Real GDP growth rate (National product real growth rate) [time series]

5% (FY87)

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%

Area [time series]

total area: 6.5 km2 land area: 6.5 km2 comparative area: about 11 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC

Climate [time series]

Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers

Coastline [time series]

12 km

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

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

Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]

source of occasional friction between Spain and the UK

Irrigated land [time series]

NA km2

Land boundaries [time series]

total 1.2 km, Spain 1.2 km

Land use [time series]

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

Location [time series]

Southwestern Europe, bordering the Strait of Gibraltar, which links the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, on the southern coast of Spain

Map references [time series]

Africa, Europe

Maritime claims [time series]

exclusive fishing zone: 3 nm territorial sea: 3 nm

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

Administrative divisions [time series]

none (dependent territory of the UK)

Capital [time series]

Gilbraltar

Constitution [time series]

30 May 1969

Digraph [time series]

GI

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

none (dependent territory of the UK)

Executive branch (Elections) [time series]

House of Assembly: last held on 16 January 1992 (next to be held January 1996); results - SL 73.3%; seats - (18 total, 15 elected) number of seats by party NA

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

Executive branch (Leaders) [time series]

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)

Legal system [time series]

English law

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral House of Assembly

International organization participation (Member of) [time series]

INTERPOL (subbureau)

Country name (Names) [time series]

conventional long form: none conventional short form: Gibraltar

National holiday [time series]

Commonwealth Day (second Monday of March)

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

Housewives Association; Chamber of Commerce; Gibraltar Representatives Organization

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

Socialist Labor Party (SL), Joe BOSSANO; Gibraltar Labor Party/Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (GCL/AACR), leader NA; Gibraltar Social Democrats, Peter CARUANA; Gibraltar National Party, Joe GARCIA

Suffrage [time series]

18 years of age; universal, plus other UK subjects resident six months or more

Government type (Type) [time series]

dependent territory of the UK

Diplomatic representation from the US (US diplomatic representation) [time series]

none (dependent territory of the UK)

Birth rate [time series]

15.68 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate [time series]

8.89 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

Italian, English, Maltese, Portuguese, Spanish

Infant mortality rate [time series]

8.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Labor force [time series]

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

Languages [time series]

English (used in schools and for official purposes), Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 76.06 years male: 73.18 years female: 78.91 years (1993 est.)

Literacy [time series]

total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Nationality [time series]

noun: Gibraltarian(s) adjective: Gibraltar

Net migration rate [time series]

-1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Population [time series]

31,508 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate [time series]

0.53% (1993 est.)

Religions [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]

2.37 children born/woman (1993 est.)