The 2001 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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and accumulating a large foreign debt. Subsequent reforms, including the sale of state assets, the strengthening of economic management, the encouragement of tourism, and a debt restructuring agreement, have rekindled investment and growth.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $100 million (1999 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate: NA%

      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $5,000 (1999 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 18%

      industry: 9%

      services: 73% (1995)

      Population below poverty line: NA%

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

      highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.6% (1999 est.)

      Labor force: 6,601 (1993)

      Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 29%, industry 15%, services 56% (1995) note - shortage of skilled labor

      Unemployment rate: NA%

      Budget: revenues: $25 million

      expenditures: $23 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 99/00)

      Industries: fruit processing, tourism, fishing

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity - production: 21 million kWh (1999)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%

      hydro: 0%

      nuclear: 0%

      other: 0% (1999)

      Electricity - consumption: 19.5 million kWh (1999)

      Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1999)

      Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1999)

      Agriculture - products: copra, citrus, pineapples, tomatoes, beans, pawpaws, bananas, yams, taro, coffee; pigs, poultry

      Exports: $3 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)

      Exports - commodities: copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee; fish; pearls and pearl shells; clothing

      Exports - partners: Japan 42%, New Zealand 25%, US 9%, Australia 9% (1999)

      Imports: $85 million (c.i.f., 1994)

      Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods

      Imports - partners: NZ 70%, Australia 8% (1999)

      Debt - external: $141 million (1996 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient: $13.1 million (1995); note - New Zealand continues to furnish the greater part

      Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD)

      Currency code: NZD

      Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 2.2502 (January 2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8632 (1998), 1.5083 (1997), 1.4543 (1996)

      Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

      Cook Islands Communications

      Telephones - main lines in use: 5,000 (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1994)

      Telephone system: general assessment: NA

      domestic: the individual islands are connected by a combination of satellite earth stations, microwave systems, and VHF and HF radiotelephone; within the islands, service is provided by small exchanges connected to subscribers by open wire, cable, and fiber-optic cable

      international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios: 14,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: 2 (plus eight low-power repeaters) (1997)

      Televisions: 4,000 (1997)

      Internet country code: .ck

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2000)

      Internet users: NA

      Cook Islands Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 320 km (1992)

      paved: NA

      unpaved: NA

      Waterways: none

      Ports and harbors: Avarua, Avatiu

      Merchant marine: total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,310

       GRT/2,181 DWT

      ships by type: cargo 1 (2000 est.)

      Airports: 7 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 1

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 6

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 3

      914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2000 est.)

      Cook Islands Military

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of New Zealand, in consultation with the Cook Islands and at its request

      Cook Islands Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none

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      @Coral Sea Islands

      Coral Sea Islands Introduction

      Background: Scattered over some 1 million square kilometers of ocean, the Coral Sea Islands were declared a territory of Australia in 1969. They are uninhabited except for a small meteorological staff on Willis Island. Automated weather stations, beacons, and a lighthouse occupy many other islands and reefs.

      Coral Sea Islands Geography

      Location: Oceania, islands in the Coral Sea, northeast of Australia

      Geographic coordinates: 18 00 S, 152 00 E

      Map references: Oceania

      Area: total: less than 3 sq km

      land: less than 3 sq km

      water: 0 sq km

      note: includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 1 million sq km, with the Willis Islets the most important

      Area - comparative: NA

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 3,095 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM

      territorial sea: 3 NM

      Climate: tropical

      Terrain: sand and coral reefs and islands (or cays)

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m

      highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m

      Natural resources: NEGL

      Land use: arable land: 0%

      permanent crops: 0%

      permanent pastures: 0%

      forests and woodland: 0%

      other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover)

      Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1993)

      Natural hazards: occasional tropical cyclones

      Environment - current issues: no permanent fresh water resources

      Geography