Compare Jersey (2007) - Niue (2002)

Compare Jersey (2007) z Niue (2002)

	Jersey (2007)	Niue (2002)

Administrative divisions	none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 12 parishes including Grouville, Saint Brelade, Saint Clement, Saint Helier, Saint John, Saint Lawrence, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, Saint Quen, Saint Peter, Saint Saviour, and Trinity	none; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 14 villages at the second order
Age structure	0-14 years: 16.9% (male 8,003/female 7,428) 15-64 years: 67.3% (male 30,586/female 30,853) 65 years and over: 15.8% (male 6,388/female 8,063) (2007 est.)	0-14 years: NA% 15-64 years: NA% 65 years and over: NA%
Agriculture - products	potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products	coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle
Airports	1 (2007)	1 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)
Area	total: 116 sq km land: 116 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 260 sq km land: 260 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC	1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Background	Jersey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy that held sway in both France and England. These islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II. Jersey 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.	Niue's remoteness, as well as cultural and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of the rest of the Cook Islands, have caused it to be separately administered. The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to about 2,100 in 2002) with substantial emigration to New Zealand, 2,400 km to the southwest.
Birth rate	9.02 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)	NA births/1,000 population
Budget	revenues: $829 million expenditures: $851 million (2005)	revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Capital	name: Saint Helier geographic coordinates: 49 11 N, 2 06 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	Alofi
Climate	temperate; mild winters and cool summers	tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
Coastline	70 km	64 km
Constitution	unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice	19 October 1974 (Niue Constitution Act)
Country name	conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey conventional short form: Jersey	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Niue former: Savage Island
Currency	-	New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Death rate	9.32 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)	NA deaths/1,000 population
Debt - external	$NA	$NA
Dependency status	British crown dependency	self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974; Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs and defense; however, these responsibilities confer no rights of control and are only exercised at the request of the Government of Niue
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (British crown dependency)	none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (British crown dependency)	none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	-	$2.6 million from New Zealand (2002)
Economy - overview	Jersey's economy is based on international financial services, agriculture, and tourism. In 2005 the finance sector accounted for about 50% of the island's output. Potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes, and especially flowers are important export crops, shipped mostly to the UK. The Jersey breed of dairy cattle is known worldwide and represents an important export income earner. Milk products go to the UK and other EU countries. Tourism accounts for one-quarter of GDP. In recent years, the government has encouraged light industry to locate in Jersey, with the result that an electronics industry has developed alongside the traditional manufacturing of knitwear. All raw material and energy requirements are imported, as well as a large share of Jersey's food needs. Light taxes and death duties make the island a popular tax haven. Living standards come close to those of the UK.	The economy suffers from the typical Pacific island problems of geographic isolation, few resources, and a small population. Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, and the shortfall is made up by critically needed grants from New Zealand that are used to pay wages to public employees. Niue has cut government expenditures by reducing the public service by almost half. The agricultural sector consists mainly of subsistence gardening, although some cash crops are grown for export. Industry consists primarily of small factories to process passion fruit, lime oil, honey, and coconut cream. The sale of postage stamps to foreign collectors is an important source of revenue. The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population because of migration of Niueans to New Zealand. Efforts to increase GDP include the promotion of tourism and a financial services industry, although Premier LAKATANI announced in February 2002 that Niue will shut down the offshore banking industry. Economic aid from New Zealand in 2002 will be about $2.6 million.
Electricity - consumption	630.1 million kWh (2004 est.)	2.79 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - exports	-	0 kWh (2000)
Electricity - imports	NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by France	0 kWh (2000)
Electricity - production	-	3 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - production by source	-	fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2000)
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 143 m	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m
Environment - current issues	NA	increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture
Environment - international agreements	-	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Ethnic groups	Jersey 51.1%, Britons 34.8%, Irish, French, and other white 6.6%, Portuguese/Madeiran 6.4%, other 1.1% (2001 census)	Polynesian (with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans)
Exchange rates	Jersey pounds per US dollar - 0.5418 (2006), 0.5493 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002) note: the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound	New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 2.3535 (January 2002), 2.3776 (2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8629 (1998), 1.5082 (1997)
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant Governor Andrew RIDGEWAY (since 14 June 2006) head of government: Chief Minister Frank WALKER (since December 2005); Bailiff Philip Martin BAILHACHE (since February 1995) cabinet: Cabinet (since December 2005) elections: ministers of the Cabinet including the chief minister are elected by the Assembly of States; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and New Zealand are represented by New Zealand High Commissioner John BRYAN (since NA May 2000) head of government: Premier Young VIVIAN (since 1 May 2002) cabinet: Cabinet consists of the premier and three ministers elections: the monarch is hereditary; premier elected by the Legislative Assembly for a three-year term; election last held 1 May 2002 (next to be held NA May 2005) election results: Young VIVIAN elected premier; percent of Legislative Assembly vote - Young VIVIAN (NPP) 70%, Hunukitama HUNUKI (AI)30%
Exports	$NA	$137,200 (1999)
Exports - commodities	light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs, textiles	canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts
Exports - partners	UK (2006)	NZ mainly, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia
Fiscal year	1 April - 31 March	1 April - 31 March
Flag description	white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag; in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a red shield with the three lions of England in yellow	yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars - a large one on a blue disk in the center and a smaller one on each arm of the bold red cross
GDP	-	purchasing power parity - $7.6 million (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 1% industry: 2% services: 97% (2005)	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: 55%
GDP - per capita	-	purchasing power parity - $3,600 (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	NA%	-0.3% (2000 est.)
Geographic coordinates	49 15 N, 2 10 W	19 02 S, 169 52 W
Geography - note	largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier	one of world's largest coral islands
Highways	-	total: 234 km paved: 86 km unpaved: 148 km (106 km of which is access and plantation road) (2001)
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports	$NA	$2.38 million (1999)
Imports - commodities	machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals	food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs
Imports - partners	UK (2006)	NZ mainly, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Australia, US
Independence	none (British crown dependency)	on 19 October 1974, Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand
Industrial production growth rate	NA%	NA%
Industries	tourism, banking and finance, dairy, electronics	tourism, handicrafts, food processing
Infant mortality rate	total: 5.08 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)	NA deaths/1,000 live births
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	3.7% (December 2006)	1% (1995) (1995)
International organization participation	-	ACP, ESCAP (associate), FAO, Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UNESCO, WHO, WMO
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	-	1 (2000)
Irrigated land	NA	NA sq km
Judicial branch	Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)	Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue
Labor force	53,560 (June 2006)	NA
Labor force - by occupation	-	most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)	arable land: 19.23% permanent crops: 7.69% other: 73.08% (1998 est.)
Languages	English 94.5% (official), Portuguese 4.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)	Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English
Legal system	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply and local statutes; justice is administered by the Royal Court	English common law note: Niue is self-governing, with the power to make its own laws
Legislative branch	unicameral Assembly of the States of Jersey (58 seats; 55 are voting members, of which 12 are senators elected for six-year terms, 12 are constables or heads of parishes elected for three-year terms, 29 are deputies elected for three-year terms, the bailiff and the deputy bailiff, and 3 non-voting members includes the Dean of Jersey, the Attorney General, and the Solicitor General appointed by the monarch) elections: last held 19 October 2005 for senators and 23 November 2005 for deputies (next to be held in 2008) election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 55	unicameral Legislative Assembly (20 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; six elected from a common roll and 14 are village representatives) elections: last held 21 March 2002 (next to be held in March 2005) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NPP 9, independents 11; note - all 20 seats were reelected
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 79.51 years male: 77.02 years female: 82.2 years (2007 est.)	total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Literacy	definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%	definition: NA total population: 95% male: NA% female: NA%
Location	Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
Map references	Europe	Oceania
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Merchant marine	-	none (2002 est.)
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of the UK	defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
Military branches	-	no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
National holiday	Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)	Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
Nationality	noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander	noun: Niuean(s) adjective: Niuean
Natural hazards	NA	typhoons
Natural resources	arable land	fish, arable land
Net migration rate	2.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)	NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Political parties and leaders	two declared parties: Centre Party; Jersey Democratic Alliance note: all senators and deputies elected in 2005 were independents	Niue People's Action Party or NPP [Young VIVIAN]; Alliance of Independents or AI [leader NA]
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	NA
Population	91,321 (July 2007 est.)	2,134 (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA%	NA%
Population growth rate	0.244% (2007 est.)	0.5% (2002 est.)
Ports and harbors	-	none; offshore anchorage only
Radio broadcast stations	AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios	-	1,000 (1997)
Railways	-	0 km
Religions	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian	Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 75%, Latter-Day Saints 10%, other 15% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.077 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.991 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.792 male(s)/female total population: 0.971 male(s)/female (2007 est.)	NA
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: submarine cable connectivity to Guernsey and UK	domestic: single-line telephone system connects all villages on island international: NA
Telephones - main lines in use	73,900 (2001)	376 (1991)
Telephones - mobile cellular	83,900 (2004)	0 (1991)
Television broadcast stations	2 (1997)	1 (1997)
Terrain	gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast	steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau
Total fertility rate	1.58 children born/woman (2007 est.)	NA children born/woman
Unemployment rate	2.2% (2006 est.)	NA%
Waterways	-	none

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