Compare Guernsey (2008) - Martinique (2006)

Compare Guernsey (2008) z Martinique (2006)

	Guernsey (2008)	Martinique (2006)

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 Castel, Forest, Saint Andrew, Saint Martin, Saint Peter Port, Saint Pierre du Bois, Saint Sampson, Saint Saviour, Torteval, Vale	none (overseas department of France)
Age structure	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.)	0-14 years: 22.1% (male 48,988/female 47,525) 15-64 years: 67.3% (male 147,082/female 146,470) 65 years and over: 10.6% (male 20,791/female 25,275) (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products	tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle	pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables, sugarcane
Airports	2 (2007)	2 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2007)	total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways	-	total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2006)
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: 1,100 sq km land: 1,060 sq km water: 40 sq km
Area - comparative	about one-half the size of Washington, DC	slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC
Background	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.	The French began to settle this island in 1635, overcoming resistance from the local Carib inhabitants. In 1660, the suviving natives were rounded up and permanently expelled. The island has subsequently remained a French possession except for three brief periods of foreign occupation.
Birth rate	8.65 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)	13.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Budget	revenues: $563.6 million expenditures: $530.9 million (2005 est.)	revenues: $317.5 million expenditures: $317.5 million; including capital expenditures of $140 million (1996)
Capital	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	name: Fort-de-France geographic coordinates: 14 36 N, 61 05 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Climate	temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast	tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average; average temperature 17.3 degrees C; humid
Coastline	50 km	350 km
Constitution	unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice	4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
Country name	conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey conventional short form: Guernsey	conventional long form: Department of Martinique conventional short form: Martinique local long form: Departement de la Martinique local short form: Martinique
Death rate	10.07 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)	6.48 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Debt - external	$NA	$180 million (1994)
Dependency status	British crown dependency	overseas department of France
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (British crown dependency)	none (overseas department of France)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (British crown dependency)	none (overseas department of France)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	$NA	$NA; note - substantial annual aid from France (1998)
Economy - overview	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.	The economy is based on sugarcane, bananas, tourism, and light industry. Agriculture accounts for about 6% of GDP and the small industrial sector for 11%. Sugar production has declined, with most of the sugarcane now used for the production of rum. Banana exports are increasing, going mostly to France. The bulk of meat, vegetable, and grain requirements must be imported, contributing to a chronic trade deficit that requires large annual transfers of aid from France. Tourism, which employs more than 11,000 people, has become more important than agricultural exports as a source of foreign exchange.
Electricity - consumption	NA kWh	1.12 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2002)	0 kWh (2003)
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2002)	0 kWh (2003)
Electricity - production	NA kWh	1.205 billion kWh (2003)
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Montagne Pelee 1,397 m
Environment - current issues	NA	NA
Ethnic groups	UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries	African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%, white 5%, East Indian and Chinese less than 5%
Exchange rates	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	euros per US dollar - 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001)
Executive branch	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	chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995); Prefect Yves DASSONVILLE (since 14 January 2004); note - took office 8 February 2004 head of government: President of the General Council Claude LISE (since 22 March 1992); President of the Regional Council Alfred MARIE-JEANNE (since NA March 1998) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; the presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils for six-year terms
Exports	$NA	NA bbl/day
Exports - commodities	tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables	refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples
Exports - partners	UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)	France 45%, Guadeloupe 28% (2004)
Fiscal year	calendar year	calendar year
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	unofficial flag, derives from the civil ensign flown by French merchant ships and dates to 1766; a blue field quartered by a white cross; in the center of each rectangle is a white, coiled snake representing the venomous Fer-de-lance; the flag of France is used for official occasions
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 3% industry: 10% services: 87% (2000)	agriculture: 6% industry: 11% services: 83% (1997 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	3% (2005 est.)	NA%
Geographic coordinates	49 28 N, 2 35 W	14 40 N, 61 00 W
Geography - note	large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port	the island is dominated by Mount Pelee, which on 8 May 1902 erupted and completely destroyed the city of Saint Pierre, killing 30,000 inhabitants
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Illicit drugs	-	transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for the US and Europe
Imports	$NA	NA bbl/day
Imports - commodities	coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment	petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods
Imports - partners	UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)	France 62%, Venezuela 6%, Germany 4%, Italy 4%, US 3% (2004)
Independence	none (British crown dependency)	none (overseas department of France)
Industrial production growth rate	NA%	NA%
Industries	tourism, banking	construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism
Infant mortality rate	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.)	total: 6.95 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	3.4% (June 2006)	NA
International organization participation	UPU	UPU, WCL, WFTU
Irrigated land	NA	70 sq km (2003)
Judicial branch	Royal Court	Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel
Labor force	31,470 (March 2006)	165,900 (1998)
Labor force - by occupation	-	agriculture: 10% industry: 17% services: 73% (1997)
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%	arable land: 9.09% permanent crops: 10% other: 80.91% (2005)
Languages	English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts	French, Creole patois
Legal system	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply; justice is administered by the Royal Court	French legal system
Legislative branch	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	unicameral General Council or Conseil General (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) elections: General Council - last held March 2000 (next to be held in 2006); Regional Council - last held on 28 March 2004 (next to be held by March 2010) election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - left-wing candidates 13, PPM 11, RPR 6, right-wing candidates 5, PCM 3, UDF 3, PMS 2, independents 2; note - the PPM won a plurality; Regional Council (second round) - percent of vote by party - MIM 53.8%, PPM 30.6%; seats by party - MIM 28, PPM 9, other 4 note: Martinique elects 2 seats to the French Senate; elections last held September 2004 (next to be held September 2008); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PPM 1, left-wing candidate 1; Martinique also elects 4 seats to the French National Assembly; elections last held, first round - 9 June 2002, second round - 16 June 2002 (next to be held not later than June 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP-RPR 1, PMS 1, MIM 1, left-wing candidate 1 (candidacy of the left-wing candidate was found invalid by the Constitutional Council; new elections will be called)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 80.53 years male: 77.53 years female: 83.64 years (2007 est.)	total population: 79.18 years male: 79.5 years female: 78.85 years (2006 est.)
Literacy	definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.7% male: 97.4% female: 98.1% (2003 est.)
Location	Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Map references	Europe	Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of the UK	defense is the responsibility of France
Military branches	-	no regular military forces; Gendarmerie
National holiday	Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)	Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Nationality	noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander	noun: Martiniquais (singular and plural) adjective: Martiniquais
Natural hazards	NA	hurricanes, flooding, and volcanic activity (an average of one major natural disaster every five years)
Natural resources	cropland	coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land
Net migration rate	3.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)	-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Political parties and leaders	none; all independents	Martinique Communist Party or PCM [Georges ERICHOT]; Martinique Independence Movement or MIM [Alfred MARIE-JEANNE]; Martinique Progressive Party or PPM [Pierre SUEDILE]; Martinique Socialist Party or PMS [Ernest WAN-AJOUHU]; Movement of Democrats and Ecologists for a Sovereign Martinique or Modemas [Garcin MALSA]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Michel CHARLONE]; Socialist Revolution Group or GRS [Philippe PIERRE-CHARLES]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Jean MAREN]
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	Caribbean Revolutionary Alliance or ARC; Central Union for Martinique Workers or CSTM [Marc PULVAR]; Frantz Fanon Circle; League of Workers and Peasants; Proletarian Action Group or GAP
Population	65,573 (July 2007 est.)	436,131 (July 2006 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA%	NA%
Population growth rate	0.239% (2007 est.)	0.72% (2006 est.)
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 0, FM 14, shortwave 0 (1998)
Religions	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist	Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other 3.5% (1997)
Sex ratio	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.)	at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2006 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: domestic facilities are adequate domestic: NA international: country code - 596; microwave radio relay to Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Saint Lucia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telephones - main lines in use	45,100 (2005)	172,000 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular	43,800 (2004)	319,900 (2002)
Television broadcast stations	1 (1997)	11 (plus nine repeaters) (1997)
Terrain	mostly level with low hills in southwest	mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano
Total fertility rate	1.4 children born/woman (2007 est.)	1.79 children born/woman (2006 est.)
Unemployment rate	0.9% (March 2006 est.)	27.2% (1998)

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