nces. Foreign reserves are in a
relatively healthy state, the external debt is stable, and inflation
is low.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$1 billion (2002 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$399 million (2005)

GDP - real growth rate:
5.5% (2005 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$2,100 (2005 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 11.4%
industry: 58.4%
services: 30.2% (2004 est.)

Labor force:
90,000 (2000 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Unemployment rate:
NA%

Population below poverty line:
NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.3% (2005)

Budget:
revenues: $171.3 million
expenditures: $78.1 million; including capital expenditures of $NA
(FY04/05 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coconuts, bananas, taro, yams, coffee, cocoa

Industries:
food processing, building materials, auto parts

Industrial production growth rate:
2.8% (2000)

Electricity - production:
108 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 58%
hydro: 42%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
100.5 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Current account balance:
$-2.428 million (FY03/04)

Exports:
$94 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
fish, coconut oil and cream, copra, taro, automotive parts,
garments, beer

Exports - partners:
Australia 75.9%, American Samoa 13.6%, US 6.5% (2005)

Imports:
$285 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
NZ 31%, Australia 22.6%, US 13.5%, Japan 7.5%, Fiji 6%, China 4.6%
(2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$70.15 million (FY03/04)

Debt - external:
$177 million (2004)

Economic aid - recipient:
$30.8 million (2004)

Currency (code):
tala (SAT)

Currency code:
SAT (former WST code is still in wide use)

Exchange rates:
tala per US dollar - 2.710