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Tokelau

2000 Edition — territory

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Communications
Internet users (Internet Service Providers (ISPs)) [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 unknown type that broadcasts shipping and weather reports (1998)
Radios [time series]
1,000 (1997)
Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]
domestic: radiotelephone service between islands international: radiotelephone service to Samoa; government-regulated telephone service (TeleTok), with 3 satellite earth stations, established in 1997
Telephones - fixed lines (Telephones - main lines in use) [time series]
NA
Telephones - mobile cellular [time series]
0 (1999)
Broadcast media (Television broadcast stations) [time series]
NA
Televisions [time series]
0 (1997)
Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture - products) [time series]
coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, 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 [time series]
$0
Economic aid (Economic aid - recipient) [time series]
$3.8 million (1995)
Economic overview (Economy - overview) [time series]
Tokelau's small size (three villages), isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The people must rely on aid from New Zealand to maintain public services, annual aid being substantially greater than GDP. The principal sources of revenue come from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts. Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.
Electricity - consumption [time series]
NA kWh
Electricity - exports [time series]
NA kWh
Electricity - imports [time series]
NA kWh
Electricity - production [time series]
NA kWh
Electricity - production by source [time series]
fossil fuel: NA% hydro: NA% nuclear: NA% other: NA%
Exchange rates [time series]
New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 - 1.9451 (January 2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8632 (1998), 1.5083 (1997), 1.4543 (1996), 1.5235 (1995)
Exports [time series]
$98,000 (f.o.b., 1983)
Exports - commodities [time series]
stamps, copra, handicrafts
Exports - partners [time series]
NZ
Fiscal year [time series]
1 April - 31 March
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%
Household income or consumption by percentage share [time series]
lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports [time series]
$323,400 (c.i.f., 1983)
Imports - commodities [time series]
foodstuffs, building materials, fuel
Imports - partners [time series]
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) [time series]
NA%
Labor force [time series]
NA
Population below poverty line [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 [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 [time series]
very limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to emigration to New Zealand
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)
Capital [time series]
none; each atoll has its own administrative center
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 free 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 (since 6 February 1952); the UK 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 monarch is hereditary; 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
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
Introduction
Background [time series]
Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925.
Military
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 years male: NA years female: NA years
Nationality [time series]
noun: Tokelauan(s) adjective: Tokelauan
Net migration rate [time series]
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Population [time series]
1,458 (July 2000 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
-0.89% (2000 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 [time series]
none [Country Listing] [ The World Factbook Home]
Transportation
Airports [time series]
none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Samoa
Roadways (Highways) [time series]
total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km
Merchant marine [time series]
none (1999 est.)
Ports (Ports and harbors) [time series]
none; offshore anchorage only
Railways [time series]
0 km