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General Information

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	138	165	199^a
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2010 prices)	2.9	6.4	2.5^a
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 650.8	3 142.6	3 753.3^a
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	9.2	15.6	15.8^a
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	9.2	11.6	10.7^a
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	81.6	72.9	73.6^a
Employment: Agriculture (% of employed)	...	11^b,e	...
Employment: Industry (% of employed)	...	9.4^b,e	...
Employment: Services (% employed)	...	79.6^b,e	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	...	...	4.7^b,f
Labour force participation (female/male pop. %)	... / ...	... / ...	29.0 / 53.3^f
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	97	112	104^c
International trade: Exports^g (million current US$)	11	17	16^d
International trade: Imports^g (million current US$)	68	76	57^d
International trade: Balance (million current US$)	-57	-60	-41^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-3	-14	-16^c

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	-~0.0	0.1	0.2^j
Urban population (% of total population)	71.1	73.6	77.4
Urban population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	0.7	0.8	0.8^j
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	...	...	4.1^f
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	70.6 / 67.0^k	... / ...	72.5 / 71.3^b,f
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	40.6 / 3.6^l,m,k	40.9 / 4.5^l,m	39.0 / 5.5^b,c
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	2.4 / 4.6	3.1 / 5.9	3.3 / 6.2^a
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births)	...	...	25.4^n,f
Health: Current expenditure^o,p (% of GDP)	26.3	19.3	23.3^c
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	0.6	0.5^q
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	12.2^r	...	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	129.9 / 103.0	107.9 / 107.4^s	90.0 / 88.6^c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	75.7 / 75.6	104.4 / 101.4^s	76.5 / 69.8^c
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	18.3 / 14.2^t	... / ...	41.2 / 44.6^q
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	3	3	9.1

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	3.9	7^g	38.7^g,a
Threatened species (number)	13^k	84	101
Forested area (% of land area)	70.2	70.2	70.2^g,c
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.1 / 1.7	0.1 / 2.0	0.1 / 1.9^u
Energy production, primary^g (Petajoules)	0	0	0^c
Energy supply per capita^g (Gigajoules)	35	41	42^c
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	9^v	5^w	6^w,a
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	16.8	23.4	25.4^d
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	31.45	12.53	27.46^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Break in the time series.
c		2016
d		2018
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 3.
f		2011
g		Estimate.
h		Areas not elsewhere specified.
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		2015
k		2004
l		Estimates should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
m		Projections are prepared by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community based on 1999 census of population and housing.
n		Data refers to a 3-year period up to and including the reference year.
o		Data refer to fiscal years ending 30 September.
p		Health expenditure indicators are high as they spend a lot on health using direct funding from the United States and also from their domestic funds. Current health expenditure is mostly government.
q		2012
r		2003
s		2009
t		2002
u		2014
v		Air and sea arrivals.
w		Arrivals by air.