earing of livestock, and
sales of handicrafts. Because there are few jobs, a large proportion of the
work force has left to seek employment overseas.
GDP:
$NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
-1.1% (1986)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues $3.2 million; expenditures $2.9 million, including capital
expenditures of NA (1984)
Exports:
$23.9 thousand (f.o.b., 1984)
commodities:
fish (frozen and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), handicrafts
partners:
South Africa, UK
Imports:
$2.4 million (c.i.f., 1984)
commodities:
food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor
vehicles and parts, machinery and parts
partners:
UK, South Africa
External debt:
$NA
Industrial production:
growth rate NA%
Electricity:
9,800 kW capacity; 10 million kWh produced, 1,390 kWh per capita (1989)
Industries:
crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fish
Agriculture:
maize, potatoes, vegetables; timber production being developed; crawfishing
on Tristan da Cunha
Economic aid:
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89),
$198 million
Currency:
Saint Helenian pound (plural - pounds); 1 Saint Helenian pound (#S) = 100
pence
Exchange rates:
Saint Helenian pounds (#S) per US$1 - 0.5799 (March 1992), 0.5652 (1991),
0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987); note - the Saint Helenian pound
is at par with the British pound
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

:Saint Helena Communications

Highways:
87 km paved roads, 20 km earth roads on Saint Helena; 80 km paved roads on
Ascension; 2.7 km paved roads on Tristan da Cunha
Ports:
Jamestown (Saint Helena), Georgetown (Ascension)
Airports:
1 with permanent-surface runway 2,440-3,659 m on Ascension
Telecommunications:
1,500 radio receivers; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, no TV; 550
telephones in automatic network; HF radio links to Ascension, then into
worldwide submarine cable and satellite networks; major coaxial submarine
cable relay point between South Africa, Portugal, and UK at Ascension; 2
Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations

:Saint Helena Defense Forces

Note:
defense is the responsibility of the UK

:Saint Kitts and Nevis Geography

Total area:
269 km2
Land area:
269 km2
Comparative area:
slightly m