The 2002 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

3.5% (2001 est.)

      Labor force: 5.9 million (2000 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 14%, industry 27%, services 59% (1997 est.)

      Unemployment rate: 10.1% (2001)

      Budget: revenues: $17 billion expenditures: $17 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

      Industries: copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles

      Industrial production growth rate: 2.5% (2001 est.)

      Electricity - production: 39.577 billion kWh (2000)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 51.17% hydro: 46.36% other: 2.47% (2000) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption: 37.897 billion kWh (2000)

      Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)

      Electricity - imports: 1.09 billion kWh (2000)

      Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, fruit; beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber

      Exports: $18.5 billion (f.o.b., 2001)

      Exports - commodities: copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals

      Exports - partners: US 17%, Japan 14%, UK 6%, Brazil 5%, China 5% (2000)

      Imports: $18 billion (f.o.b., 2001)

      Imports - commodities: consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical machinery, heavy industrial machinery, food

      Imports - partners: US 19%, Argentina 16%, Brazil 7%, China 6%, Japan 4% (2000)

      Debt - external: $39.6 billion (2001)

      Economic aid - recipient: ODA, $40 million (2001 est.)

      Currency: Chilean peso (CLP)

      Currency code: CLP

      Exchange rates: Chilean pesos per US dollar - 651.90 (January 2002), 618.70 (2001), 535.47 (2000), 508.78 (1999), 460.29 (1998), 419.30 (1997)

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      Communications Chile

      Telephones - main lines in use: 2.603 million (1998)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: 944,225 (1998)

      Telephone system: general assessment: modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities domestic: extensive microwave radio relay links; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 180 (eight inactive), FM 64, shortwave 17 (one inactive) (1998)

      Radios: 5.18 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: 63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997)

      Televisions: 3.15 million (1997)

      Internet country code: .cl

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 7 (2000)

      Internet users: 1.75 million (2001)

      Transportation Chile

      Railways: total: 6,702 km broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified) narrow gauge: 117 km 1.067-m gauge (28 km electrified); 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (37 km electrified) (2000 est.)

      Highways: total: 79,800 km paved: 11,012 km unpaved: 68,788 km (1996)

      Waterways: 725 km

      Pipelines: crude oil 755 km; petroleum products 785 km; natural gas 320 km

      Ports and harbors: Antofagasta, Arica, Chanaral, Coquimbo, Iquique,

       Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Talcahuano,

       Valparaiso

      Merchant marine: total: 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 669,670 GRT/931,647 DWT ships by type: bulk 11, cargo 4, chemical tanker 10, container 5, liquefied gas 2, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 4, roll on/roll off 5, vehicle carrier 3, includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Netherlands 1 (2002 est.)

      Airports: 363 (2001)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 70 over 3,047 m: 6 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 20 914 to 1,523 m: 22 under 914 m: 16 (2001)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 293 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 11 914 to 1,523 m: 60 under 914 m: 217 (2001)

      Military Chile

      Military branches: Army of the Nation, National Navy (including naval air, coast guard, and marines), Air Force of the Nation, Chilean Carabineros (National Police), Investigations Police

      Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 4,104,197 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 3,034,912 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 136,830 (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $2.5 billion (FY99)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 3.1% (FY99)

      Transnational Issues Chile

      Disputes - international: Bolivia continues to demand a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific Ocean since the Atacama region was lost to Chile in 1884; territorial claim in Antarctica (Chilean Antarctic Territory) partially overlaps Argentine and British claims; dispute with Peru over the economic zone delimited by the maritime boundary

      Illicit drugs: a growing transshipment country for cocaine destined for the US and Europe; economic prosperity has made Chile more attractive to traffickers seeking to launder drug profits; imported precursors passed on to Bolivia; domestic cocaine consumption is rising

      This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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      Cayman Islands

      Introduction

      Cayman Islands

      Background: The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries. Administered by Jamaica from 1863, they remained a British dependency after 1962 when the former became independent.

      Geography Cayman Islands

      Location: Caribbean, island group in Caribbean Sea, nearly one-half of the way from Cuba to Honduras

      Geographic coordinates: 19 30 N, 80 30 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area: total: 262 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 262 sq km

      Area - comparative: 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 160 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM

      Climate: tropical marine; warm, rainy summers (May to October) and cool, relatively dry winters (November to April)

      Terrain: low-lying limestone base surrounded by coral reefs

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point:

       The Bluff 43 m

      Natural resources: fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism

      Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: hurricanes (July to November)

      Environment - current issues: no natural fresh water resources; drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater