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Jersey

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]
63,700 telephones local: NA intercity: NA international: 3 submarine cables
Broadcast media (Television) [time series]
broadcast stations: 1 televisions: NA
Defense Forces
Note [time series]
defense is the responsibility of the UK JOHNSTON ATOLL (territory of the US)
Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]
potatoes, cauliflowers, tomatoes; dairy and cattle farming
Budget [time series]
revenues: $308 million expenditures: $284.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1985)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
1 Jersey pound (#J) = 100 pence
Economic aid [time series]
none
Electricity [time series]
capacity: 50,000 kW standby production: power supplied by France consumption per capita: NA kWh (1992)
Exchange rates [time series]
Jersey pounds (#J) per US$1 - 0.6250 (January 1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603 (1990); 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
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.)
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]
8% (1987 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 EU 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%
Geography
Area [time series]
total area: 117 sq km land area: 117 sq km comparative area: about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Climate [time series]
temperate; mild winters and cool summers
Coastline [time series]
70 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: 57% permanent crops: NA% meadows and pastures: NA% forest and woodland: NA% other: NA%
Location [time series]
Western Europe, island 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]
agricultural land
Note [time series]
largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier
Terrain [time series]
gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast
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 - (56 total, 52 elected) 52 independents
Capital [time series]
Saint Helier
Chief of State [time series]
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
Constitution [time series]
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Digraph [time series]
JE
Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation in US) [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
Flag [time series]
white with the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland) extending to the corners of the flag
Executive branch (Head of Government) [time series]
Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Air Marshal Sir John SUTTON (since NA 1990); Bailiff Sir Peter L. CRILL (since NA) cabinet: committees; appointed by the States
Independence [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
Judicial branch [time series]
Royal Court
Legal system [time series]
English law and local statute
Legislative branch [time series]
unicameral
International organization participation (Member of) [time series]
none
Country name (Names) [time series]
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey conventional short form: Jersey
National holiday [time series]
Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]
none; all independents
Suffrage [time series]
NA years of age; universal adult
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: 17% (female 7,029; male 7,450) 15-64 years: 69% (female 30,156; male 29,916) 65 years and over: 14% (female 7,202; male 4,896) (July 1995 est.)
Birth rate [time series]
12.83 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate [time series]
9.97 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]
UK and Norman-French descent
Infant mortality rate [time series]
4.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Labor force [time series]
NA
Languages [time series]
English (official), French (official), Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
total population: 76.9 years male: 73.81 years female: 80.32 years (1995 est.)
Literacy [time series]
NA%
Nationality [time series]
noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander
Net migration rate [time series]
4.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Population [time series]
86,649 (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
0.7% (1995 est.)
Religions [time series]
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian
Total fertility rate [time series]
1.44 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Transportation
Airports [time series]
total: 1 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
Roadways (Highways) [time series]
total: NA paved: NA unpaved: NA
Merchant marine [time series]
none
Ports [time series]
Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier
Railways (Railroads) [time series]
0 km