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General Information

Region		Western Africa
Population (000, 2019)		6^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2019)		15.5^a
Capital city		Jamestown
Capital city pop. (000, 2019)		0.6^c
Surface area (km2)		308^a,b
National currency		Saint Helena Pound (SHP)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.7^b

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Employment: Agriculture (% of employed)	...	7.3^d,e,f	...
Employment: Industry (% of employed)	...	20^d,e,f	...
Employment: Services (% employed)	...	72.7^d,e,f	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	5.2	2	...
International trade: Exports^g,h (million current US$)	1	~0	~0^c
International trade: Imports^g,h (million current US$)	12	20	63^c
International trade: Balance^h (million current US$)	-12	-20	-63^c

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rate^a,i (average annual %)	-3.6	-0.5	-0.7^j
Urban population^a (% of total population)	39.9	39.5	39.9
Urban population growth rate^a,i (average annual %)	-3.8	-0.7	-0.7^j
International migrant stock^a (000/% of total pop.)	0.5 / 11.4	0.6 / 13.6	0.6 / 15.0^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0	0^k	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	15.9	24.9	37.6^g,l
Threatened species^a (number)	60^m	60	155
Forested area (% of land area)	5.1	5.1^g	5.1^g,l
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	~0.0 / 2.0	~0.0 / 2.9	~0.0 / 3.1ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	33	38	37^g,l
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected^a (%)	0.6	16.7	54.8^c

Footnotes

a		Including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
b		2017
c		2018
d		Population aged 15 to 69 years.
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 3.
f		2008
g		Estimate.
h		Year ending 31 March of the following year.
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		2015
k		2009
l		2016
m		2004
n		2014