The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

potatoes, vegetables; sheep; salmon, other fish

      Industries:

      fishing, fish processing, small ship repair and refurbishment, handicrafts

      Industrial production growth rate:

      8% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 27

      Electricity - production:

      275.8 million kWh (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 171

      Electricity - consumption:

      264.4 million kWh (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 169

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2008)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2008)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 175

      Oil - consumption:

      5,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 169

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2008) country comparison to the world: 195

      Oil - imports:

      4,922 bbl/day (2008) country comparison to the world: 157

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 180

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 196

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 185

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 180

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 180

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 180

      Exports:

      $848 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 157 $634 million (2006)

      Exports - commodities:

      fish and fish products 94%, stamps, ships

      Exports - partners:

      Hungary 36.26%, Denmark 21.36%, UK 12.21%, Nigeria 7.72%, US 6.49%,

       Norway 5.46% (2009)

      Imports:

      $983 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 171 $751 million (2006)

      Imports - commodities:

      consumer goods 36%, raw materials and semi-manufactures 32%, machinery and transport equipment 29%, fuels, fish, salt

      Imports - partners:

      Denmark 54.42%, Norway 20.76%, Sweden 4.79% (2009)

      Debt - external:

      $68.1 million (2006) country comparison to the world: 185

      Exchange rates:

      Danish kroner (DKK) per US dollar - 5.774 (2009), 5.0236 (2008), 5.4797 (2007), 5.9468 (2006)

      Communications ::Faroe Islands

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      20,900 (2009) country comparison to the world: 192

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      57,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 194

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: good international communications; good domestic facilities

      domestic: conversion to digital system completed in 1998; both NMT (analog) and GSM (digital) mobile telephone systems are installed

      international: country code - 298; satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; 1 fiber-optic submarine cable to the Shetland Islands, linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark and Iceland; fiber-optic submarine cable connection to Canada-Europe cable

      Broadcast media:

      1 publicly-owned TV station; the Faroese telecommunications company distributes local and international channels through its digital terrestrial network; publicly-owned radio station supplemented by 2 privately-owned stations broadcasting over multiple frequencies (2008)

      Internet country code:

      .fo

      Internet hosts:

      8,936 (2010) country comparison to the world: 128

      Internet users:

      37,500 (2009) country comparison to the world: 175

      Transportation ::Faroe Islands

      Airports:

      1 (2010) country comparison to the world: 230

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2010)

      Roadways:

      total: 463 km (2006) country comparison to the world: 194

      Merchant marine:

      total: 26 country comparison to the world: 91 by type: cargo 11, chemical tanker 6, container 2, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1

      foreign-owned: 11 (Norway 6, Sweden 5) (2010)

      Ports and terminals:

      Fuglafjordur, Torshavn, Vagur

      Military ::Faroe Islands

      Military branches:

      no regular military forces

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 11,788 (2010 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 9,792

      females age 16–49: 8,354 (2010 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 379

      female: 368 (2010 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      NA

      Military - note:

      defense is the responsibility of Denmark

      Transnational Issues ::Faroe Islands

      Disputes - international:

      because anticipated offshore hydrocarbon resources have not been realized, earlier Faroese proposals for full independence have been deferred; Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm

      page last updated on January 19, 2011

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      @Fiji (Australia-Oceania)

      Introduction ::Fiji

      Background:

      Fiji became independent in 1970 after nearly a century as a British colony. Democratic rule was interrupted by two military coups in 1987 caused by concern over a government perceived as dominated by the Indian community (descendants of contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century). The coups and