The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

the most developed of the Pacific island economies, though still

       with a large subsistence sector. Sugar exports and a growing tourist

       industry - with 300,000 to 400,000 tourists annually - are the major

       sources of foreign exchange. Sugar processing makes up one-third of

       industrial activity. Long-term problems include low investment,

       uncertain land ownership rights, and the government's ability to

       manage its budget.

      GDP:

       purchasing power parity - $4.822 billion (2002 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       4.6% (2002 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $5,600 (2002 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 17% industry: 25% services: 58% (2000 est.)

      Population below poverty line:

       25.5% (1990–91)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA%

       highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       2% (2002 est.)

      Labor force:

       137,000 (1999)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       agriculture, including subsistence agriculture 70% (2001 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

       7.6% (1999)

      Budget:

       revenues: $427.9 million

       expenditures: $531.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA

       (2000 est.)

      Industries:

       tourism, sugar, clothing, copra, gold, silver, lumber, small

       cottage industries

      Industrial production growth rate:

       NA%

      Electricity - production:

       520.1 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 18.5% hydro: 81.5% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption:

       483.7 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       5,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Agriculture - products: sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet potatoes, bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish

      Exports:

       $442 million f.o.b. (2001)

      Exports - commodities:

       sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil

      Exports - partners:

       US 25.1%, Australia 19.5%, UK 10.6%, Japan 6.3%, Samoa 5.5% (2002)

      Imports:

       $642 million c.i.f. (2001)

      Imports - commodities:

       manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum

       products, food, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       Australia 37.3%, New Zealand 17.2%, Singapore 16.1%, Japan 4.2%,

       China 4% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $135.9 million (2000)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $40.3 million (1995)

      Currency:

       Fijian dollar (FJD)

      Currency code:

       FJD

      Exchange rates:

       Fijian dollars per US dollar - 2.19 (2002), 2.28 (2001), 2.13

       (2000), 1.97 (1999), 1.99 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Fiji

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       80,901 (1999)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       5,200 (1997)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: modern local, interisland, and international

       (wire/radio integrated) public and special-purpose telephone,

       telegraph, and teleprinter facilities; regional radio communications

       center

       domestic: NA

       international: access to important cable links between US and Canada

       as well as between NZ and Australia; satellite earth station - 1

       Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 13, FM 40, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

       541,476 (1999)

      Television broadcast stations:

       NA

      Televisions:

       88,110 (1999)

      Internet country code:

       .fj

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       2 (2000)

      Internet users:

       15,000 (2002)

      Transportation Fiji

      Railways:

       total: 597 km

       narrow gauge: 597 km 0.600-m gauge

       note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used

       to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to September) (2002)

      Highways: total: 3,440 km paved: 1,692 km unpaved: 1,748 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways: 203 km note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges

      Ports and harbors:

       Lambasa, Lautoka, Levuka, Malau, Savusavu, Suva, Vuda

      Merchant marine:

       total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 11,870 GRT/14,787 DWT

       note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of

       convenience: Australia 1, Singapore 4 (2002 est.)

       ships by type: chemical tanker 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 1,

       roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1

      Airports:

       27 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 3 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 24 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 18 (2002)

      Military