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Tokelau

1998 Edition — territory

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Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture-products) [time series]
coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papaya, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats
Budget [time series]
revenues: $430,830 expenditures: $2.8 million, including capital expenditures of $37,300 (1987 est.)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents
Debt - external (Debt-external) [time series]
$0
Economic aid [time series]
recipient: ODA, $3.7 million from NZ (FY95/96)
Economic overview (Economy-overview) [time series]
Tokelau's small size, isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The people must rely on aid from New Zealand to maintain public services, annual aid being substantially greater than GDP. The principal sources of revenue come from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts. Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.
Electricity - capacity (Electricity-capacity) [time series]
NA kW
Electricity - consumption per capita (Electricity-consumption per capita) [time series]
NA kWh
Electricity - production (Electricity-production) [time series]
NA kWh
Exchange rates [time series]
New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1-1.7283 (January 1998), 1.5083 (1997), 1.4543 (1996), 1.5235 (1995), 1.6844 (1994), 1.8495 (1993)
Exports [time series]
total value: $98,000 (f.o.b., 1983) commodities: stamps, copra, handicrafts partners: NZ
Fiscal year [time series]
1 April-31 March Communications
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP) [time series]
purchasing power parity-$1.5 million (1993 est.)
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]
purchasing power parity-$1,000 (1993 est.)
Real GDP growth rate (GDP-real growth rate) [time series]
NA%
Imports [time series]
total value: $323,400 (c.i.f., 1983) commodities: foodstuffs, building materials, fuel partners: NZ
Industrial production growth rate [time series]
NA%
Industries [time series]
small-scale enterprises for copra production, wood work, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Inflation rate (consumer prices) (Inflation rate-consumer price index) [time series]
NA%
Labor force [time series]
NA
Broadcast media (Radio broadcast stations) [time series]
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA note: each atoll has a radio broadcast station of NA type that broadcasts shipping and weather reports
Radios [time series]
1,000 (1993 est.)
Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]
domestic: radiotelephone service between islands international: radiotelephone service to Western Samoa; government-regulated telephone service (TeleTok), with three satellite earth stations, established in 1997
Telephones - fixed lines (Telephones) [time series]
NA
Broadcast media (Television broadcast stations) [time series]
NA
Televisions [time series]
NA
Unemployment rate [time series]
NA%
Geography
Area [time series]
total: 10 sq km land: 10 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative (Area-comparative) [time series]
about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Climate [time series]
tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
Coastline [time series]
101 km
Elevation (Elevation extremes) [time series]
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Environment - current issues (Environment-current issues) [time series]
very limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to emigration to New Zealand
International environmental agreements (Environment-international agreements) [time series]
party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA
Geographic coordinates [time series]
9 00 S, 172 00 W
Irrigated land [time series]
NA sq km
Land boundaries [time series]
0 km
Land use [time series]
arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile) permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100% (1993 est.)
Location [time series]
Oceania, group of three islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half 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 hazards [time series]
lies in Pacific typhoon belt
Natural resources [time series]
NEGL
Terrain [time series]
low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
Government
Administrative divisions [time series]
none (territory of New Zealand)
Constitution [time series]
administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948, as amended in 1970
Country name [time series]
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Tokelau
Data code [time series]
TL
Dependency status [time series]
territory of New Zealand; note-Tokelauans are drafting a constitution, developing institutions and patterns of self-government as Tokelau moves toward fee association with Wellington
Diplomatic representation from the US [time series]
none (territory of New Zealand)
Diplomatic representation in the US [time series]
none (territory of New Zealand)
Executive branch [time series]
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II of the UK (since 6 February 1952); the queen and New Zealand are represented by Administrator Lindsay WATT (since NA March 1993) head of government: Aliki Faipule FALIMATEAO (since NA 1997) cabinet: the Council of Faipule, consisting of three elected leaders, one from each atoll; functions as a cabinet elections: none; the queen is a hereditary monarch; administrator appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in New Zealand; the head of government is chosen from the Council of Faipule and serves a one-year term
Flag (Flag description) [time series]
the flag of New Zealand is used
Government type [time series]
NA
Independence [time series]
none (territory of New Zealand)
International organization participation [time series]
SPC, WHO (associate)
Judicial branch [time series]
Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal jurisdiction
Legal system [time series]
British and local statutes
Legislative branch [time series]
unicameral General Fono (45 seats-15 from each of the three atolls; members chosen by each atoll's Council of Elders or Taupulega to serve three-year terms); note-the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers legislative power on the General Fono
Capital (National capital) [time series]
none; each atoll has its own administrative center
National holiday [time series]
Waitangi Day, 6 February (1840) (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand)
Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]
none
Suffrage [time series]
21 years of age; universal
Military
Military - note (Military-note) [time series]
defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
People
Age structure [time series]
0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA
Birth rate [time series]
NA births/1,000 population
Death rate [time series]
NA deaths/1,000 population
Ethnic groups [time series]
Polynesian
Infant mortality rate [time series]
NA deaths/1,000 live births
Languages [time series]
Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Nationality [time series]
noun: Tokelauan(s) adjective: Tokelauan
Net migration rate [time series]
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Population [time series]
1,443 (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
-1.35% (1998 est.)
Religions [time series]
Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2% note: on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant
Total fertility rate [time series]
NA children born/woman
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international (Disputes-international) [time series]
none TONGA
Transportation
Airports [time series]
none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Western Samoa
Roadways (Highways) [time series]
total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km
Merchant marine [time series]
none
Ports (Ports and harbors) [time series]
none; offshore anchorage only
Railways [time series]
0 km