Airports [time series]

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

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

total: NA (mainland 107 km, Ascension NA, Tristan da Cunha NA) paved: 169.7 km (mainland 87 km, Ascension 80 km, Tristan da Cunha 2.70 km) unpaved: NA (mainland 20 km earth roads, Ascension NA, Tristan da Cunha NA)

Ports [time series]

Jamestown (Saint Helena), Georgetown (Ascension)

Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]

1,500 radio receivers; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, no TV; 550 telephones in automatic network; HF radio links to Ascension, then into worldwide submarine cable and satellite networks; major coaxial submarine cable relay point between South Africa, Portugal, and UK at Ascension; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations

Note [time series]

defense is the responsibility of the UK

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

maize, potatoes, vegetables; timber production being developed; crawfishing on Tristan da Cunha

Budget [time series]

revenues: $3.2 million expenditures: $2.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1984 est.)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

1 Saint Helenian pound (#S) = 100 pence

Economic aid [time series]

recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1992-93), $13.5 million

Electricity [time series]

capacity: 9,800 kW production: 10 million kWh consumption per capita: 1,390 kWh (1989)

Exchange rates [time series]

Saint Helenian pounds (#S) per US$1 - 0.6699 (January 1994), 0.6033 (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989); note - the Saint Helenian pound is at par with the British pound

Exports [time series]

$23,900 (f.o.b., 1984) commodities: fish (frozen and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), handicrafts partners: South Africa, UK

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$NA

Fiscal year [time series]

1 April - 31 March

Imports [time series]

$2.4 million (c.i.f., 1984) commodities: food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts partners: UK, South Africa

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

growth rate NA%

Industries [time series]

crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fishing

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

-1.1% (1986)

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

GDP $NA

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

$NA

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

NA%

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

The economy depends primarily on financial assistance from the UK. The local population earns some income from fishing, the raising of livestock, and sales of handicrafts. Because there are few jobs, a large proportion of the work force has left to seek employment overseas.

Unemployment rate [time series]

NA%

Area [time series]

total area: 410 sq km land area: 410 sq km comparative area: slightly more than 2.3 times the size of Washington, DC note: includes Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha

Climate [time series]

tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds

Coastline [time series]

60 km

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

current issues: NA natural hazards: active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha international agreements: NA

Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]

none

Irrigated land [time series]

NA sq km

Land boundaries [time series]

0 km

Land use [time series]

arable land: 7% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 7% forest and woodland: 3% other: 83%

Location [time series]

Southern Africa, in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1,920 km west of Angola, about two-thirds of the way between South America and Africa

Map references [time series]

Africa

Maritime claims [time series]

exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

Natural resources [time series]

fish; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns, no minerals

Note [time series]

Napoleon Bonaparte's place of exile and burial (the remains were taken to Paris in 1840); harbors at least 40 species of plants unknown anywhere else in the world

Terrain [time series]

rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains

Administrative divisions [time series]

1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*; Ascension*, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha*

Capital [time series]

Jamestown

Constitution [time series]

1 January 1989

Digraph [time series]

SH

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

none (dependent territory of the UK)

Executive branch [time series]

chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Governor A. N. HOOLE (since NA) cabinet: Executive Council

Flag [time series]

blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield features a rocky coastline and three-masted sailing ship

Independence [time series]

none (dependent territory of the UK)

Judicial branch [time series]

Supreme Court

Legal system [time series]

NA

Legislative branch (Legislative Council) [time series]

elections last held October 1984 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (15 total, 12 elected) number of seats by party NA

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral

International organization participation (Member of) [time series]

ICFTU

Country name (Names) [time series]

conventional long form: none conventional short form: Saint Helena

National holiday [time series]

Celebration of the Birthday of the Queen, 10 June 1989 (second Saturday in June)

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

Saint Helena Labor Party; Saint Helena Progressive Party note: both political parties inactive since 1976

Suffrage [time series]

NA

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]

9.64 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate [time series]

6.55 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

NA

Infant mortality rate [time series]

37.24 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Labor force [time series]

2,516 by occupation: professional, technical, and related workers 8.7%, managerial, administrative, and clerical 12.8%, sales people 8.1%, farmer, fishermen, etc. 5.4%, craftspersons, production process workers 14.7%, others 50.3% (1987)

Languages [time series]

English

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 74.75 years male: 72.68 years female: 76.58 years (1994 est.)

Literacy [time series]

age 15 and over can read and write (1987) total population: 98% male: 97% female: 98%

Nationality [time series]

noun: Saint Helenian(s) adjective: Saint Helenian

Net migration rate [time series]

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Population [time series]

6,741 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate [time series]

0.31% (1994 est.)

Religions [time series]

Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic

Total fertility rate [time series]

1.14 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha