The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

below poverty line:

      NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

      Budget:

      revenues: $204.7 million expenditures: $180.4 million (2004)

      Fiscal year:

      1 April - 31 March

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      2% (2005)

      Agriculture - products:

      fruits, vegetables; livestock, poultry; fish

      Industries:

      tourism, light industry, construction, rum, concrete block, offshore financial center

      Industrial production growth rate:

      NA%

      Electricity - production:

      45 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      41.85 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      650 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      649.8 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      $134.3 million (1999)

      Exports:

      $25.3 million (2002)

      Exports - commodities:

      rum, fresh fish, fruits, animals; gravel, sand

      Exports - partners:

      Virgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US (2006)

      Imports:

      $187 million (2002 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      building materials, automobiles, foodstuffs, machinery

      Imports - partners:

      Virgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US (2006)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $NA

      Debt - external:

      $36.1 million (1997)

      Currency (code):

      US dollar (USD)

      Currency code:

      USD

      Exchange rates:

      the US dollar is used

      Communications

       British Virgin Islands

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      11,700 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      8,000 (2002)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: worldwide telephone service domestic: NA international: country code - 1–284; connected via submarine cable to Bermuda; the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) submarine cable provides connectivity to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)

      Radios:

      9,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      1 (plus 1 cable company) (1997)

      Televisions:

      4,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .vg

      Internet hosts:

      465 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      16 (2000)

      Internet users:

      4,000 (2002)

      Transportation

       British Virgin Islands

      Airports:

      3 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)

      Roadways:

      total: 200 km paved: 200 km (2007)

      Merchant marine:

      registered in other countries: 1 (Panama 1) (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Road Town

      Military

       British Virgin Islands

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 7,101 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 5,921 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 184 female: 179 (2008 est.)

      Military - note:

      defense is the responsibility of the UK

      Transnational Issues

       British Virgin Islands

      Disputes - international:

      none

      Illicit drugs:

      transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe; large offshore financial center makes it vulnerable to money laundering

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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