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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $12.2 million NA (2000 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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3% (2000 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA
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Population below poverty line:
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NA
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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5% (2000 est.)
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Labor force:
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7,000 (2001 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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people make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those abroad (mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors)
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Unemployment rate:
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NA
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Budget:
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revenues: $22.5 million
expenditures: $11.2 million, including capital expenditures of $4.2 million (2000 est.)
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Industries:
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fishing, tourism, copra
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Industrial production growth rate:
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NA
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: NA
hydro: NA
nuclear: NA
other: NA
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Agriculture - products:
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coconuts; fish
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Exports:
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$1 million f.o.b. (2002)
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Exports - commodities:
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copra, fish
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Exports - partners:
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Poland 31.5%, Azerbaijan 13.7%, Italy 11%, France 11%, Germany 6.8%, Austria 6.8%, Rwanda 5.5%, Hungary 5.5%, Fiji 4.1% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$79 million c.i.f. (2002)
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Imports - commodities:
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food, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods
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Imports - partners:
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Fiji 26.7%, Australia 19.4%, Poland 14.7%, Germany 13.7%, Japan 11.4%, New Zealand 8.7% (2003 est.)
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Debt - external:
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NA
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$13 million ; note - major donors are Australia, Japan, and the US (1999 est.)
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Currency:
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Australian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar
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Currency code:
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AUD
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Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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