Broadcast media (Radio) [time series]

broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: NA

Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]

225 telephones local: NA intercity: NA international: NA

Broadcast media (Television) [time series]

broadcast stations: 0 televisions: NA

Note [time series]

defense is the responsibility of France WEST BANK Note--The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements ("the DOP"), signed in Washington on 13 September 1993, provides for a transitional period not exceeding five years of Palestinian interim self-government in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Under the DOP, final status negotiations are to begin no later than the beginning of the third year of the transitional period.

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

dominated by coconut production, with subsistence crops of yams, taro, bananas, and herds of pigs and goats

Budget [time series]

revenues: $2.7 million expenditures: $2.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1983 est.)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

1 CFP franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes

Economic aid [time series]

recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $118 million

Electricity [time series]

capacity: 1,200 kW production: 1 million kWh consumption per capita: 70 kWh (1990)

Exchange rates [time series]

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1 - 96.25 (January 1995), 100.94 (1994), 102.96 (1993), 96.24 (1992), 102.57 (1991), 99.0 (1990); note - linked at the rate of 18.18 to the French franc

Exports [time series]

$6.6 million (f.o.b., 1986) commodities: copra, handicrafts partners: NA

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$NA

Fiscal year [time series]

NA

Imports [time series]

$13.3 million (c.i.f., 1984) commodities: foodstuffs, manufactured goods, transportation equipment, fuel, clothing partners: France, Australia, New Zealand

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

growth rate NA%

Industries [time series]

copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

NA%

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

GDP - purchasing power parity - $28.7 million (1994 est.)

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

$2,000 (1994 est.)

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

NA%

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with about 80% of the labor force earning its livelihood from agriculture (coconuts and vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), and fishing. About 4% of the population is employed in government. Revenues come from French Government subsidies, licensing of fishing rights to Japan and South Korea, import taxes, and remittances from expatriate workers in New Caledonia. Wallis and Futuna imports food - particularly sugar and beef - fuel, clothing, machinery, and transport equipment, but its exports are negligible, consisting of copra and handicrafts.

Unemployment rate [time series]

NA%

Area [time series]

total area: 274 sq km land area: 274 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets

Climate [time series]

tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April); cool, dry season (May to October)

Coastline [time series]

129 km

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

current issues: deforestation (only small portions of the original forests remain) largely as a result of the continued use of wood as the main fuel source; as a consequence of cutting down the forests, the mountainous terrain of Futuna is particularly prone to erosion; there are no permanent settlements on Alofi because of the lack of natural fresh water resources 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: 5% permanent crops: 20% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 75%

Location [time series]

Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Map references [time series]

Oceania

Maritime claims [time series]

exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

Natural resources [time series]

negligible

Note [time series]

both island groups have fringing reefs

Terrain [time series]

volcanic origin; low hills

Administrative divisions [time series]

none (overseas territory of France)

Capital [time series]

Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)

Constitution [time series]

28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

Digraph [time series]

WF

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

none (overseas territory of France)

Executive branch [time series]

chief of state: President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981) head of government: High Administrator Philippe LEGRIX (since NA); President of the Territorial Assembly Soane Mani UHILA (since NA March 1992) cabinet: Council of the Territory consists of 3 kings and 3 members appointed by the high administrator on advice of the Territorial Assembly note: there are three traditional kings with limited powers

Flag [time series]

the flag of France is used

Legislative branch (French National Assembly) [time series]

elections last held 21 and 28 March 1992 (next to be held by NA September 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) MRG 1; note - Wallis and Futuna elect one deputy

Legislative branch (French Senate) [time series]

elections last held 24 September 1989 (next to be held by NA September 1998); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (1 total) RPR 1

Independence [time series]

none (overseas territory of France)

Judicial branch [time series]

none; justice generally administered under French law by the chief administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu

Legal system [time series]

French legal system

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral

International organization participation (Member of) [time series]

FZ, SPC

Country name (Names) [time series]

conventional long form: Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands conventional short form: Wallis and Futuna local long form: Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna local short form: Wallis et Futuna

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

Rally for the Republic (RPR); Union Populaire Locale (UPL); Union Pour la Democratie Francaise (UDF); Lua kae tahi (Giscardians); Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche (MRG)

Suffrage [time series]

18 years of age; universal

Legislative branch (Territorial Assembly (Assemblee Territoriale)) [time series]

elections last held 15 March 1987 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (20 total) RPR 7, UPL 5, UDF 4, UNF 4

Government type (Type) [time series]

overseas territory of France

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

none (overseas territory of France)

Age structure [time series]

0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA

Birth rate [time series]

25.06 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate [time series]

5.14 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

Polynesian

Infant mortality rate [time series]

24.92 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Labor force [time series]

NA by occupation: agriculture, livestock, and fishing 80%, government 4% (est.)

Languages [time series]

French, Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language)

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 72.24 years male: 71.62 years female: 72.9 years (1995 est.)

Literacy [time series]

age 15 and over can read and write (1969) total population: 50% male: 50% female: 51%

Nationality [time series]

noun: Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders adjective: Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander

Net migration rate [time series]

-8.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Population [time series]

14,499 (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate [time series]

1.11% (1995 est.)

Religions [time series]

Roman Catholic

Total fertility rate [time series]

3.11 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Airports [time series]

total: 2 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

total: 120 km (Ile Uvea 100 km, Ile Futuna 20km) paved: 16 km (on Il Uvea) unpaved: 104 km (Ile Uvea 84 km, Ile Futuna 20 km)

Waterways (Inland waterways) [time series]

none

Merchant marine [time series]

total: 1 oil tanker (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 26,000 GRT/40,000 DWT

Ports [time series]

Leava, Mata-Utu

Railways (Railroads) [time series]

0 km