Compare American Samoa (2004) - Guernsey (2008)

Compare American Samoa (2004) z Guernsey (2008)

	American Samoa (2004)	Guernsey (2008)

Administrative divisions	none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three districts and two islands* at the second order; Eastern, Manu'a, Rose Island, Swains Island, Western	none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 10 parishes including Castel, Forest, Saint Andrew, Saint Martin, Saint Peter Port, Saint Pierre du Bois, Saint Sampson, Saint Saviour, Torteval, Vale
Age structure	0-14 years: 36.6% (male 10,983; female 10,208) 15-64 years: 60.3% (male 18,010; female 16,933) 65 years and over: 3.1% (male 699; female 1,069) (2004 est.)	0-14 years: 14.8% (male 4,914/female 4,784) 15-64 years: 67.4% (male 21,897/female 22,298) 65 years and over: 17.8% (male 4,955/female 6,725) (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products	bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock	tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Airports	3 (2003 est.)	2 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)	total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)	-
Area	total: 199 sq km land: 199 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island	total: 78 sq km land: 78 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
Area - comparative	slightly larger than Washington, DC	about one-half the size of Washington, DC
Background	Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago. The US formally occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the following year.	Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which held sway in both France and England. The islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II. Guernsey is a British crown dependency, but is not part of the UK. However, the UK Government is constitutionally responsible for its defense and international representation.
Birth rate	24.46 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)	8.65 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Budget	revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants) expenditures: $127 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY96/97)	revenues: $563.6 million expenditures: $530.9 million (2005 est.)
Capital	Pago Pago	name: Saint Peter Port geographic coordinates: 49 27 N, 2 32 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Climate	tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season from November to April, dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperature variation	temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Coastline	116 km	50 km
Constitution	ratified 1966, in effect 1967	unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Country name	conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS	conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey conventional short form: Guernsey
Currency	US dollar (USD)	-
Death rate	3.39 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)	10.07 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Debt - external	NA (2002 est.)	$NA
Dependency status	unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior	British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of the US)	none (British crown dependency)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of the US)	none (British crown dependency)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in 1994	$NA
Economy - overview	This is a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the US, with which American Samoa conducts most of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. Transfers from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well-being. Attempts by the government to develop a larger and broader economy are restrained by Samoa's remote location, its limited transportation, and its devastating hurricanes. Tourism is a promising developing sector.	Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance - account for about 23% of employment and 32% of total income in this tiny, prosperous Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Financial services, construction, retail, and the public sector have been growing. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular tax haven. The evolving economic integration of the EU nations is changing the environment under which Guernsey operates.
Electricity - consumption	120.9 million kWh (2001)	NA kWh
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2001)	0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2001)	0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - production	130 million kWh (2001)	NA kWh
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Lata 966 m	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Environment - current issues	limited natural fresh water resources; the water division of the government has spent substantial funds in the past few years to improve water catchments and pipelines	NA
Ethnic groups	Samoan (Polynesian) 89%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 4%, other 5%	UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries
Exchange rates	the US dollar is used	Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.4993 (2007), 0.5418 (2006), 0.5493 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003) note: the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound
Executive branch	chief of state: President George W. BUSH of the US (since 20 January 2001) and Vice President Richard B. CHENEY (since 20 January 2001) head of government: Governor Togiola TULAFONO (since 7 April 2003) cabinet: NA elections: US president and vice president elected on the same ticket for four-year terms; governor and lieutenant governor elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms; election last held 2 and 16 November 2004 (next to be held November 2008) election results: Togiola TULAFONO elected governor; percent of vote: Togiola TULAFONO 55.7%, Afoa Moega LUTU 44.3%	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor Sir Fabian MALBON (since 28 October 2005) head of government: Chief Minister Michael W. TORODE (since 5 March 2007) cabinet: Policy Council elected by the States of Deliberation elections: the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister is elected by States of Deliberation election results: Laurie MORGAN elected chief minister, percent of vote of the States of Deliberation NA
Exports	NA (2001)	$NA
Exports - commodities	canned tuna 93%	tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables
Exports - partners	Samoa 33.3%, Japan 22.2%, Australia 11.1%, Canada 11.1%, New Zealand 11.1% (2003)	UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)
Fiscal year	1 October - 30 September	calendar year
Flag description	blue, with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the outer side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a staff and a war club	white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow equal-armed cross of William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint George cross
GDP	purchasing power parity - $500 million (2000 est.)	-
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA	agriculture: 3% industry: 10% services: 87% (2000)
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $8,000 (2000 est.)	-
GDP - real growth rate	NA	3% (2005 est.)
Geographic coordinates	14 20 S, 170 00 W	49 28 N, 2 35 W
Geography - note	Pago Pago has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the South Pacific Ocean, sheltered by shape from rough seas and protected by peripheral mountains from high winds; strategic location in the South Pacific Ocean	large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
Highways	total: 350 km paved: 150 km unpaved: 200 km	-
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports	NA (2001)	$NA
Imports - commodities	materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6%	coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment
Imports - partners	Australia 33.3%, New Zealand 33.3%, Mauritius 9%, Japan 5.1%, South Korea 5.1%, UK 5.1% (2003)	UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)
Independence	none (territory of the US)	none (British crown dependency)
Industrial production growth rate	NA	NA%
Industries	tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts	tourism, banking
Infant mortality rate	total: 9.48 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.06 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)	total: 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	NA (2003 est.)	3.4% (June 2006)
International organization participation	Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UPU	UPU
Irrigated land	NA sq km	NA
Judicial branch	High Court (chief justice and associate justices are appointed by the US Secretary of the Interior)	Royal Court
Labor force	14,000 (1996)	31,470 (March 2006)
Labor force - by occupation	tuna canneries 34%, government 33%, other 33% (1990)	-
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 10% permanent crops: 15% other: 75% (2001)	arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%
Languages	Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English note: most people are bilingual	English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Legal system	NA	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply; justice is administered by the Royal Court
Legislative branch	bicameral Fono or Legislative Assembly consists of the House of Representatives (21 seats - 20 of which are elected by popular vote and 1 is an appointed, nonvoting delegate from Swains Island; members serve two-year terms) and the Senate (18 seats; members are elected from local chiefs and serve four-year terms) elections: House of Representatives - last held 7 November 2002 (next to be held 2 November 2004); Senate - last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held 2 November 2004) election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independents 18 note: American Samoa elects one nonvoting representative to the US House of Representatives; election last held 7 November 2002 (next to be held 2 November 2004); results - Eni F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA (Democrat) reelected as delegate	unicameral States of Deliberation (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote for four years); note - Alderney and Sark have parliaments elections: last held 21 April 2004 (next to be held in 2008) election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 75.62 years male: 72.05 years female: 79.41 years (2004 est.)	total population: 80.53 years male: 77.53 years female: 83.64 years (2007 est.)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 98% female: 97% (1980 est.)	definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
Location	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand	Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references	Oceania	Europe
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
Merchant marine	none	-
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of the US	defense is the responsibility of the UK
National holiday	Flag Day, 17 April (1900)	Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Nationality	noun: American Samoan(s) adjective: American Samoan	noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander
Natural hazards	typhoons common from December to March	NA
Natural resources	pumice, pumicite	cropland
Net migration rate	-20.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)	3.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Political parties and leaders	Democratic Party [leader NA]; Republican Party [leader NA]	none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders	NA	none
Population	57,902 (July 2004 est.)	65,573 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA	NA%
Population growth rate	0.04% (2004 est.)	0.239% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors	Aunu'u (new construction), Auasi, Faleosao, Ofu, Pago Pago, Ta'u	-
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Religions	Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant and other 30%	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2004 est.)	at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.027 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.982 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.737 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	general assessment: NA domestic: good telex, telegraph, facsimile and cellular telephone services; domestic satellite system with 1 Comsat earth station international: country code - 1-684; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: 1 submarine cable
Telephones - main lines in use	15,000 (2001)	45,100 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular	2,377 (1999)	43,800 (2004)
Television broadcast stations	1 (2004)	1 (1997)
Terrain	five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island)	mostly level with low hills in southwest
Total fertility rate	3.41 children born/woman (2004 est.)	1.4 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate	6% (2000)	0.9% (March 2006 est.)

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