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Guernsey

1996 Edition — crown_dependency

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Communications
Military - note (Defense note) [time series]
defense is the responsibility of the UK
Broadcast media (Radio broadcast stations) [time series]
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0
Radios [time series]
NA
Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]
domestic: NA international: 1 submarine cable
Telephones - fixed lines (Telephones) [time series]
41,850 (1983 est.)
Broadcast media (Television broadcast stations) [time series]
1
Televisions [time series]
NA Defense
Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]
tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Budget [time series]
revenues: $238.3 million expenditures: $223.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1993 est.)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
1 Guernsey (LG) pound = 100 pence
Economic aid [time series]
none
Economic overview [time series]
Financial services account for about 55% 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.
Electricity [time series]
capacity: 173,000 kW production: 525 million kWh consumption per capita: 9,060 kWh (1992)
Exchange rates [time series]
Guernsey pounds (LG) per US$1 - 0.6535 (January 1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991); 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
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP) [time series]
$NA
GDP - composition, by sector of origin (GDP composition by sector) [time series]
agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
Real GDP per capita (GDP per capita) [time series]
$NA
Real GDP growth rate (GDP real growth rate) [time series]
NA%
Imports [time series]
$NA commodities: coal, gasoline, and oil partners: UK (regarded as internal trade)
Industrial production growth rate [time series]
NA%
Industries [time series]
tourism, banking
Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]
7% (1988)
Labor force [time series]
NA
Unemployment rate [time series]
3%-4% (1994 est.)
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
Geographic coordinates [time series]
49 28 N, 2 35 W
Geography - note (Geographic note) [time series]
large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
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: 12 nm territorial sea: 3 nm
Natural resources [time series]
cropland
Terrain [time series]
mostly level with low hills in southwest lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
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
Data code [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 (of the United Kingdom since 6 February 1952) is a hereditary monarch head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Vice-Admiral Sir John COWARD (since NA 1994) and Bailiff Mr. Graham Martyn DOREY (since February 1992) were appointed by the queen cabinet: Advisory and Finance Committee (other committees); appointed by the Assembly of 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)
International organization participation [time series]
none
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
Country name (Name of country) [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 of government) [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% (male 5,592; female 5,439) 15-64 years: 67% (male 20,636; female 21,472) 65 years and over: 15% (male 3,925; female 5,856) (July 1996 est.)
Birth rate [time series]
13.06 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate [time series]
9.73 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]
UK and Norman-French descent
Infant mortality rate [time series]
9.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Languages [time series]
English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
total population: 78.22 years male: 75.28 years female: 81.27 years (1996 est.)
Literacy [time series]
NA
Nationality [time series]
noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander
Net migration rate [time series]
9.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Population [time series]
62,920 (July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
1.28% (1996 est.)
Religions [time series]
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
Sex ratio [time series]
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female all ages: 0.92 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate [time series]
1.56 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Transportation
Airports [time series]
total: 2 with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 1 (1995 est.)
Roadways (Highways) [time series]
total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km
Merchant marine [time series]
none
Ports [time series]
Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
Railways [time series]
0 km