Economy of Wallis and Futuna
| Economy - overview: | The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with about 80% of labor force earnings from agriculture (coconuts and vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), and fishing. About 4% of the population is employed in government. Revenues come from French Government subsidies, licensing of fishing rights to Japan and South Korea, import taxes, and remittances from expatriate workers in New Caledonia. |
| GDP (purchasing power parity): | $60 million (2004 est.) |
| GDP (official exchange rate): | NA |
| GDP - real growth rate: | NA% |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | $3,800 (2004 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% |
| Labor force: | 3,104 (2003) |
| Labor force - by occupation: | agriculture: 80% industry: 4% services: 16% (2001 est.) |
| Unemployment rate: | 15.2% (2003) |
| Population below poverty line: | NA% |
| Household income or consumption by percentage share: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 2.8% (2005) |
| Budget: | revenues: $29,730 expenditures: $31,330 (2004 est.) |
| Public debt: | 5.6% of GDP (2004 est.) |
| Agriculture - products: | breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats; fish |
| Industries: | copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber |
| Industrial production growth rate: | NA% |
| Electricity - production: | NA kWh |
| Electricity - production by source: | fossil fuel: 0% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% |
| Electricity - consumption: | NA kWh |
| Electricity - exports: | 0 kWh (2002) |
| Electricity - imports: | 0 kWh (2002) |
| Exports: | $47,450 f.o.b. (2004) |
| Exports - commodities: | copra, chemicals, construction materials |
| Exports - partners: | Italy 40%, Croatia 15%, US 14%, Denmark 13% (2006) |
| Imports: | $61.17 million f.o.b. (2004) |
| Imports - commodities: | chemicals, machinery, passenger ships, consumer goods |
| Imports - partners: | France 97%, Australia 2%, NZ 1% (2006) |
| Debt - external: | $3.67 million (2004) |
| Economic aid - recipient: | assistance from France, $NA |
| Currency (code): | Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF) |
| Currency code: | XPF |
| Exchange rates: | Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 95.03 (2006), 95.89 (2005), 96.04 (2004), 105.66 (2003), 126.71 (2002) |
| Fiscal year: | calendar year |