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

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has in the bank. The British military presence also provides a sizeable economic boost.

      GDP (purchasing power parity):

      $75 million (2002 est.)

      GDP (official exchange rate):

      $NA

      GDP - real growth rate:

      NA%

      GDP - per capita (PPP):

      $25,000 (2002 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector:

      agriculture: 95% industry: NA% services: NA%

      Labor force:

      1,724 (est.) (1996)

      Labor force - by occupation:

      agriculture: 95% (mostly sheepherding and fishing) industry and services: 5% (1996)

      Unemployment rate:

      full employment; labor shortage (2001)

      Population below poverty line:

      NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

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

      Budget:

      revenues: $66.2 million expenditures: $67.9 million (FY98/99 est.)

      Fiscal year:

      1 April - 31 March

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      3.6% (1998)

      Agriculture - products:

      fodder and vegetable crops; sheep, dairy products; fish, squid

      Industries:

      fish and wool processing; tourism

      Industrial production growth rate:

      NA%

      Electricity - production:

      16 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      14.88 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:

      252.3 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      248.9 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.)

      Exports:

      $125 million (2004 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      wool, hides, meat, fish, squid

      Exports - partners:

      Spain 81.9%, US 6%, UK 4.5% (2006)

      Imports:

      $90 million (2004 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      fuel, food and drink, building materials, clothing

      Imports - partners:

      UK 72.5%, US 15.1%, Netherlands 8.5% (2006)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $0 (1997 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $NA

      Currency (code):

      Falkland pound (FKP)

      Currency code:

      FKP

      Exchange rates:

      Falkland pounds (FKP) per US dollar - 0.4993 (2007), 0.5434 (2006), 0.5504 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003) note: the Falkland pound is at par with the British pound

      Communications

       Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      2,400 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      0 (2001)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: NA domestic: government-operated radiotelephone and private VHF/CB radiotelephone networks provide effective service to almost all points on both islands international: country code - 500; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) with links through London to other countries

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 1, FM 7, shortwave 0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service) (2006)

      Radios:

      1,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      2 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to members of UK Forces as well as islanders); cable television is available in Stanley (2006)

      Televisions:

      1,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .fk

      Internet hosts:

      91 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      2 (2000)

      Internet users:

      1,900 (2002)

      Transportation

       Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

      Airports:

      6 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 4 under 914 m: 4 (2007)

      Roadways:

      total: 440 km paved: 50 km unpaved: 390 km (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Stanley

      Military

       Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

      Military branches:

      no


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