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Guernsey

1995 Edition — crown_dependency

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Communications
Broadcast media (Radio) [time series]
broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: NA
Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]
41,900 telephones local: NA intercity: NA international: 1 submarine cable
Broadcast media (Television) [time series]
broadcast stations: 1 televisions: NA
Defense Forces
Note [time series]
defense is the responsibility of the UK GUINEA
Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]
tomatoes, flowers (mostly grown in greenhouses), sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Budget [time series]
revenues: $208.9 million expenditures: $173.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1988)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
1 Guernsey (#G) pound = 100 pence
Economic aid [time series]
none
Electricity [time series]
capacity: 173,000 kW production: 525 million kWh consumption per capita: 9,060 kWh (1992)
Exchange rates [time series]
Guernsey pounds (#G) per US$1 - 0.6350 (January 1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603 (1990); note - the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound
Exports [time series]
$NA commodities: tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables partners: UK (regarded as internal trade)
Debt - external (External debt) [time series]
$NA
Fiscal year [time series]
calendar year
Imports [time series]
$NA commodities: coal, gasoline, and oil partners: UK (regarded as internal trade)
Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]
growth rate NA%
Industries [time series]
tourism, banking
Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]
7% (1988)
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]
9% (1987)
Economic overview (Overview) [time series]
Financial services account for more than 50% of total income. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Bank profits (1992) registered a record 26% growth. Fund management and insurance are the two other major income generators. Per capita output and living standards are somewhat lower than the levels of the less affluent EU countries.
Unemployment rate [time series]
NA%
Geography
Area [time series]
total area: 194 sq km land area: 194 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
Climate [time series]
temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Coastline [time series]
50 km
Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]
current issues: NA natural hazards: NA 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: NA% permanent crops: NA% meadows and pastures: NA% forest and woodland: NA% other: NA%
Location [time series]
Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references [time series]
Europe
Maritime claims [time series]
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 3 nm
Natural resources [time series]
cropland
Note [time series]
large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
Terrain [time series]
mostly level with low hills in southwest
Government
Administrative divisions [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
Legislative branch (Assembly of the States) [time series]
elections last held NA (next to be held NA); results - no percent of vote by party since all are independents; seats - (60 total, 33 elected), all independents
Capital [time series]
Saint Peter Port
Constitution [time series]
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Digraph [time series]
GK
Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation in US) [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
Executive branch [time series]
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Vice-Admiral Sir John COWARD (since NA 1994); Bailiff Mr. Graham Martyn DOREY (since February 1992) cabinet: Advisory and Finance Committee (other committees); appointed by the States
Flag [time series]
white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag
Independence [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
Judicial branch [time series]
Royal Court
Legal system [time series]
English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court
Legislative branch [time series]
unicameral
International organization participation (Member of) [time series]
none
Country name (Names) [time series]
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey conventional short form: Guernsey
National holiday [time series]
Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]
none; all independents
Suffrage [time series]
18 years of age; universal
Government type (Type) [time series]
British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US (US diplomatic representation) [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
People
Age structure [time series]
0-14 years: 18% (female 5,664; male 5,892) 15-64 years: 66% (female 21,574; male 21,030) 65 years and over: 16% (female 6,059; male 4,134) (July 1995 est.)
Birth rate [time series]
13.29 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate [time series]
9.93 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]
UK and Norman-French descent
Infant mortality rate [time series]
6.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Labor force [time series]
NA
Languages [time series]
English, French; Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
total population: 78.34 years male: 75.63 years female: 81.07 years (1995 est.)
Literacy [time series]
NA%
Nationality [time series]
noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander
Net migration rate [time series]
6.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Population [time series]
64,353 (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
0.98% (1995 est.)
Religions [time series]
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
Total fertility rate [time series]
1.7 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Transportation
Airports [time series]
total: 2 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 1
Roadways (Highways) [time series]
total: NA paved: NA unpaved: NA
Merchant marine [time series]
none
Ports [time series]
Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
Railways (Railroads) [time series]
0 km