| Europa Island (2003) | Europa Island (2005) | |
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| Airports | 1 (2002) | 1 (2004 est.) | 
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 1 
 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2002)  | 
				total: 1 
 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)  | 
				
| Dependency status | possession of France; administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion | possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 
| Industries | - | none | 
| Land use | arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (1998 est.)  | 
				arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2001)  | 
				
| Location | Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique | Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about half way between southern Madagascar and southern Mozambique | 
| Maritime claims | exclusive economic zone: 200 NM 
 territorial sea: 12 NM  | 
				territorial sea: 12 nm 
 exclusive economic zone: 200 nm  | 
				
| Population | no indigenous inhabitants 
 note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2003 est.)  | 
				no indigenous inhabitants 
 note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2005 est.)  | 
				
| Waterways | none | - |