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Compare Guernsey (2002) - Anguilla (2005)
Compare Guernsey (2002) z Anguilla (2005)
| Guernsey (2002) | Anguilla (2005) | |
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| Administrative divisions | none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 10 parishes including St. Peter Port, St. Sampson, Vale, Castel, St. Saviour, St. Pierre du Bois, Torteval, Forest, St. Martin, St. Andrew | none (overseas territory of the UK) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 16% (male 5,250; female 5,101)
15-64 years: 66.7% (male 21,356; female 21,728) 65 years and over: 17.3% (male 4,622; female 6,530) (2002 est.) |
0-14 years: 23.2% (male 1,561/female 1,517)
15-64 years: 69.9% (male 4,767/female 4,501) 65 years and over: 6.9% (male 405/female 503) (2005 est.) |
| Agriculture - products | tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle | small quantities of tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising |
| Airports | 2 (2001) | 3 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002) |
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | - | total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.) |
| Area | total: 78 sq km
land: 78 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands |
total: 102 sq km
land: 102 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly larger than Washington, DC | about half the size of Washington, DC |
| Background | The island of 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. | Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants - was incorporated into a single British dependency, along with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Several attempts at separation failed. In 1971, two years after a revolt, Anguilla was finally allowed to secede; this arrangement was formally recognized in 1980, with Anguilla becoming a separate British dependency. |
| Birth rate | 9.69 births/1,000 population (2002 est.) | 14.26 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Budget | revenues: $381.3 million
expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) |
revenues: $22.8 million
expenditures: $22.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.) |
| Capital | St. Peter Port | The Valley |
| Climate | temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast | tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds |
| Coastline | 50 km | 61 km |
| Constitution | unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice | Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982; amended 1990 |
| Country name | conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey
conventional short form: Guernsey |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Anguilla |
| Currency | British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Guernsey pound | - |
| Death rate | 9.86 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.) | 5.43 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Debt - external | $NA | $8.8 million (1998) |
| Dependency status | British crown dependency | overseas territory of the UK |
| Diplomatic representation from the US | none (British crown dependency) | none (overseas territory of the UK) |
| Diplomatic representation in the US | none (British crown dependency) | none (overseas territory of the UK) |
| Disputes - international | none | none |
| Economic aid - recipient | $NA | $9 million (2004 est.) |
| Economy - overview | Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance, etc. - account for about 55% of total income in this tiny Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular tax haven. The evolving economic integration of the EU nations is changing the rules of the game under which Guernsey operates. | Anguilla has few natural resources, and the economy depends heavily on luxury tourism, offshore banking, lobster fishing, and remittances from emigrants. Increased activity in the tourism industry, which has spurred the growth of the construction sector, has contributed to economic growth. Anguillan officials have put substantial effort into developing the offshore financial sector, which is small, but growing. In the medium term, prospects for the economy will depend largely on the tourism sector and, therefore, on revived income growth in the industrialized nations as well as on favorable weather conditions. |
| Electricity - consumption | NA kWh | 42.6 million kWh |
| Electricity - exports | NA kWh | - |
| Electricity - imports | NA kWh | - |
| Electricity - production | NA kWh | NA |
| Electricity - production by source | fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA% nuclear: NA% other: NA% |
- |
| Elevation extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m |
| Environment - current issues | NA | supplies of potable water sometimes cannot meet increasing demand largely because of poor distribution system |
| Ethnic groups | UK and Norman-French descent | black (predominant) 90.1%, mixed, mulatto 4.6%, white 3.7%, other 1.6% (2001 Census) |
| Exchange rates | Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.6944 (January 2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997); note - the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound | East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000)
note: fixed rate since 1976 |
| Executive branch | chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Sir John FOLEY (since NA 2000) and Bailiff De Vic G. CAREY (since NA) cabinet: Advisory and Finance Committee appointed by the Assembly of the States elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; bailiff appointed by the monarch |
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Alan Eden HUCKLE (since 28 May 2004)
head of government: Chief Minister Osbourne FLEMING (since 3 March 2000) cabinet: Executive Council appointed by the governor from among the elected members of the House of Assembly elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed chief minister by the governor |
| Exports | $NA | $2.6 million (1999) |
| Exports - commodities | tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables | lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum |
| Exports - partners | UK (regarded as internal trade) | UK, US, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin (2000) |
| Fiscal year | calendar year | 1 April - 31 March |
| Flag description | 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 | blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an interlocking circular design on a white background with blue wavy water below |
| GDP | purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (1999 est.) | - |
| GDP - composition by sector | agriculture: 3%
industry: 10% services: 87% (2000) |
agriculture: 4%
industry: 18% services: 78% (2002 est.) |
| GDP - per capita | purchasing power parity - $20,000 (1999 est.) | purchasing power parity - $7,500 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate | 5.7% (1999 est.) | 2.8% (2001 est.) |
| Geographic coordinates | 49 28 N, 2 35 W | 18 15 N, 63 10 W |
| Geography - note | large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port | the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles |
| Highways | total: NA km
paved: NA km unpaved: NA km |
total: 105 km
paved: 65 km unpaved: 40 km (1997) |
| Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA% |
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA |
| Illicit drugs | - | transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe |
| Imports | $NA | $80.9 million (1999) |
| Imports - commodities | coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment | fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles |
| Imports - partners | UK (regarded as internal trade) | US, Puerto Rico, UK (2000) |
| Independence | none (British crown dependency) | none (overseas territory of the UK) |
| Industrial production growth rate | NA% | 3.1% (1997 est.) |
| Industries | tourism, banking | tourism, boat building, offshore financial services |
| Infant mortality rate | 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) | total: 21.03 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 27.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) | 3.99% (2000 est.) | 2.3% |
| International organization participation | none | Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS (associate), UPU |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) | NA | - |
| Irrigated land | NA sq km | NA |
| Judicial branch | Royal Court | High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court) |
| Labor force | 31,322 (2000) | 6,049 (2001) |
| Labor force - by occupation | - | agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%, manufacturing 3%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, commerce 36%, services 29% (2000 est.) |
| Land boundaries | 0 km | 0 km |
| Land use | arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA% other: NA% (1998 est.) |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds) (2001) |
| Languages | English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts | English (official) |
| Legal system | English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court | based on English common law |
| Legislative branch | unicameral Assembly of the States; consists of the bailiff, 10 Douzaine (parish council) representatives, 45 people's deputies elected by popular vote, 2 representatives from Alderney, Her Majesty's Procureur (Attorney General), Her Majesty's Comptroller (Solicitor General) and Her Majesty's Greffier (Court Recorder and Registrar General); note - Alderney and Sark have their own parliaments
elections: last held 12 April 2000 (next to be held NA 2004) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents |
unicameral House of Assembly (11 seats total, 7 elected by direct popular vote, 2 ex officio members, and 2 appointed; members serve five-year terms)
elections: last held 21 February 2005 (next to be held 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - AUF 38.9%, ANSA 19.2%, AUM 19.4%, APP 9.5 %, independents 13%; seats by party - AUF 4, ANSA 2, AUM 1 |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 79.9 years
male: 76.91 years female: 83.01 years (2002 est.) |
total population: 77.11 years
male: 74.18 years female: 80.12 years (2005 est.) |
| Literacy | definition: NA
total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA% |
definition: age 12 and over can read and write
total population: 95% male: 95% female: 95% (1984 est.) |
| Location | Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France | Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico |
| Map references | Europe | Central America and the Caribbean |
| Maritime claims | exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM
territorial sea: 3 NM |
territorial sea: 3 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm |
| Merchant marine | none (2002 est.) | - |
| Military - note | defense is the responsibility of the UK | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
| National holiday | Liberation Day, 9 May (1945) | Anguilla Day, 30 May |
| Nationality | noun: Channel Islander(s)
adjective: Channel Islander |
noun: Anguillan(s)
adjective: Anguillan |
| Natural hazards | NA | frequent hurricanes and other tropical storms (July to October) |
| Natural resources | cropland | salt, fish, lobster |
| Net migration rate | 3.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.) | 8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Political parties and leaders | none; all independents | Anguilla United Movement or AUM [Hubert HUGHES]; The Anguilla United Front or AUF [Osbourne FLEMING, Victor BANKS], a coalition of the Anguilla Democratic Party or ADP and the Anguilla National Alliance or ANA; Anguilla Progressive Party or APP [Roy ROGERS]; Anguilla Strategic Alternative or ANSA [Edison BAIRD] |
| Political pressure groups and leaders | none | NA |
| Population | 64,587 (July 2002 est.) | 13,254 (July 2005 est.) |
| Population below poverty line | NA% | 23% (2002) |
| Population growth rate | 0.37% (2002 est.) | 1.77% (2005 est.) |
| Ports and harbors | St. Peter Port, Saint Sampson | Blowing Point, Road Bay |
| Radio broadcast stations | AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) | AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2004) |
| Radios | NA | - |
| Railways | 5 km | - |
| Religions | Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist | Anglican 29%, Methodist 23.9%, other Protestant 30.2%, Roman Catholic 5.7%, other Christian 1.7%, other 5.2%, none or unspecified 4.3% (2001 Census) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2002 est.) |
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005 est.) |
| Suffrage | 18 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal |
| Telephone system | general assessment: NA
domestic: NA international: 1 submarine cable |
general assessment: NA
domestic: modern internal telephone system international: country code - 1-264; microwave radio relay to island of Saint Martin (Guadeloupe and Netherlands Antilles) |
| Telephones - main lines in use | 44,000 (1996) | 6,200 (2002) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | 12,000 (1997) | 1,800 (2002) |
| Television broadcast stations | 1 (1997) | 1 (1997) |
| Terrain | mostly level with low hills in southwest | flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone |
| Total fertility rate | 1.36 children born/woman (2002 est.) | 1.73 children born/woman (2005 est.) |
| Unemployment rate | 0.5% (1999 est.) | 8% (2002) |
| Waterways | none | - |
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