billion (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
NA
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $24,800 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 5%
industry: 2%
services: 93% (1996)
Population below poverty line:
NA
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.7% (1998)
Labor force:
57,050 (1996)
Unemployment rate:
0.7% (1998 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $601 million
expenditures: $588 million, including capital expenditures of $98
million (2000 est.)
Agriculture - products:
potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products
Industries:
tourism, banking and finance, dairy
Industrial production growth rate:
NA
Electricity - imports:
NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by France
Exports:
NA
Exports - commodities:
light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs, textiles
Exports - partners:
UK
Imports:
NA
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs,
mineral fuels, chemicals
Imports - partners:
UK
Debt - external:
none
Economic aid - recipient:
none
Currency:
British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Jersey pound
Currency code:
GBP
Exchange rates:
Jersey pounds per US dollar - 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596
(2000), 0.6180 (1999); the Jersey pound is at par with the British
pound
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Jersey
Telephones - main lines in use:
73,900 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
61,400 (2001)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: 3 submarine cables
Radio broadcast stations:
AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
NA
Television broadcast stations:
2 (1997)
Televisions:
NA
Internet country code:
.je
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA
Internet users:
NA
Transportation Jersey
Highways:
total: 577 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
Ports and harbors:
Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier
Airports:
1 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Military Jersey
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of the UK
Transnational Issues Jersey
Disputes - international:
none
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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