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Guernsey

1999 Edition — crown_dependency

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Communications
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 (1997)
Televisions [time series]
NA
Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture--products) [time series]
tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Budget [time series]
revenues: $277.9 million expenditures: $248.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1995 est.)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
1 Guernsey (LG) pound = 100 pence
Debt - external (Debt--external) [time series]
$NA
Economic aid (Economic aid--recipient) [time series]
$NA
Economic overview (Economy--overview) [time series]
Financial services?banking, fund management, insurance, etc.--account for about 55% of total income in this tiny Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular tax haven. The evolving economic integration of the EU nations is changing the rules of the game under which Guernsey operates.
Electricity - consumption (Electricity--consumption) [time series]
NA kWh
Electricity - exports (Electricity--exports) [time series]
NA kWh
Electricity - imports (Electricity--imports) [time series]
NA kWh
Electricity - production (Electricity--production) [time series]
NA kWh
Electricity - production by source (Electricity--production by source) [time series]
fossil fuel: NA% hydro: NA% nuclear: NA% other: NA%
Exchange rates [time series]
Guernsey pounds (LG) per US$1--0.6057 (January 1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997), 0.6403 (1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994); note--the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound
Exports [time series]
$NA
Exports - commodities (Exports--commodities) [time series]
tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables
Exports - partners (Exports--partners) [time series]
UK (regarded as internal trade)
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%
Household income or consumption by percentage share [time series]
lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports [time series]
$NA
Imports - commodities (Imports--commodities) [time series]
coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment
Imports - partners (Imports--partners) [time series]
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
Population below poverty line [time series]
NA%
Unemployment rate [time series]
3%-4% (1994 est.)
Geography
Area [time series]
total: 194 sq km land: 194 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
Area - comparative (Area--comparative) [time series]
slightly larger than Washington, DC
Climate [time series]
temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Coastline [time series]
50 km
Elevation (Elevation extremes) [time series]
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Environment - current issues (Environment--current issues) [time series]
NA
International environmental agreements (Environment--international agreements) [time series]
party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA
Geographic coordinates [time series]
49 28 N, 2 35 W
Geography - note (Geography--note) [time series]
large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
Irrigated land [time series]
NA sq km
Land boundaries [time series]
0 km
Land use [time series]
arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% permanent pastures: NA% forests 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 hazards [time series]
NA
Natural resources [time series]
cropland
Terrain [time series]
mostly level with low hills in southwest
Government
Administrative divisions [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
Capital [time series]
Saint Peter Port
Constitution [time series]
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Country name [time series]
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey conventional short form: Guernsey
Data code [time series]
GK
Dependency status [time series]
British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
Diplomatic representation in the 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 Sir John COWARD (since NA 1994) and Bailiff Sir Graham Martyn DOREY (since NA February 1992) cabinet: Advisory and Finance Committee appointed by the Assembly of the States elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; bailiff appointed by the monarch
Flag (Flag description) [time series]
white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag
Government type [time series]
NA
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 Assembly of the States (60 seats--33 elected by popular vote; members serve six-year terms) elections: last held 20 April 1994 (next to be held NA 2000) election results: percent of vote--NA; seats--all independents
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
Military
Military - note (Military--note) [time series]
defense is the responsibility of the UK
People
Age structure [time series]
0-14 years: 18% (male 6,012; female 5,875) 15-64 years: 66% (male 21,287; female 22,165) 65 years and over: 16% (male 4,069; female 5,978) (1999 est.)
Birth rate [time series]
14.16 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Death rate [time series]
9.44 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Ethnic groups [time series]
UK and Norman-French descent
Infant mortality rate [time series]
8.42 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)
Languages [time series]
English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
total population: 78.72 years male: 75.78 years female: 81.77 years (1999 est.)
Literacy [time series]
NA
Nationality [time series]
noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander
Net migration rate [time series]
8.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Population [time series]
65,386 (July 1999 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
1.27% (1999 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: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (1999 est.)
Total fertility rate [time series]
1.74 children born/woman (1999 est.)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international (Disputes--international) [time series]
none
Transportation
Airports [time series]
2 (1998 est.)
Airports - with paved runways (Airports--with paved runways) [time series]
total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.)
Roadways (Highways) [time series]
total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km
Merchant marine [time series]
none
Ports (Ports and harbors) [time series]
Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
Railways [time series]
0 km