Compare Netherlands Antilles (2004) - Guernsey (2008)

Compare Netherlands Antilles (2004) z Guernsey (2008)

	Netherlands Antilles (2004)	Guernsey (2008)

Administrative divisions	none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) note: each island has its own government	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: 24.5% (male 27,387; female 26,094) 15-64 years: 67.2% (male 70,024; female 76,552) 65 years and over: 8.3% (male 7,443; female 10,626) (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	aloes, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical fruit	tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle
Airports	5 (2003 est.)	2 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 5 over 3,047 m: 1 2038 to 3047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)	total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2007)
Area	total: 960 sq km land: 960 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin)	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	more than five times the size of Washington, DC	about one-half the size of Washington, DC
Background	Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service the newly discovered Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion is called Saint-Martin and is part of Guadeloupe.	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	15.36 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)	8.65 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Budget	revenues: $710.8 million expenditures: $741.6 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1997 est.)	revenues: $563.6 million expenditures: $530.9 million (2005 est.)
Capital	Willemstad	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; ameliorated by northeast trade winds	temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast
Coastline	364 km	50 km
Constitution	29 December 1954, Statute of the Realm of the Netherlands, as amended	unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Netherlands Antilles local long form: none local short form: Nederlandse Antillen former: Curacao and Dependencies	conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey conventional short form: Guernsey
Currency	Netherlands Antillean guilder (ANG)	-
Death rate	6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)	10.07 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Debt - external	$1.35 billion (1996)	$NA
Dependency status	part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs	British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US	chief of mission: Consul General Robert E. SORENSON consulate(s) general: J. B. Gorsiraweg #1, Willemstad AN, Curacao mailing address: P. O. Box 158, Willemstad, Curacao telephone: [599] (9) 4613066 FAX: [599] (9) 4616489	none (British crown dependency)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (represented by the Kingdom of the Netherlands)	none (British crown dependency)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	IMF provided $61 million in 2000, and the Netherlands continued its support with $40 million (2000)	$NA
Economy - overview	Tourism, petroleum refining, and offshore finance are the mainstays of this small economy, which is closely tied to the outside world. Although GDP has declined or grown slightly in each of the past seven years, the islands enjoy a high per capita income and a well-developed infrastructure compared with other countries in the region. Almost all consumer and capital goods are imported, the US and Mexico being the major suppliers. Poor soils and inadequate water supplies hamper the development of agriculture. Budgetary problems hamper reform of the health and pension systems of an aging population.	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	986.8 million kWh (2001)	NA kWh
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2001)	0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2001)	0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - production	1.061 billion kWh (2001)	NA kWh
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Scenery 862 m	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m
Environment - current issues	NA	NA
Ethnic groups	mixed black 85%, Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian	UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries
Exchange rates	Netherlands Antillean guilders per US dollar - 1.79 (2003), 1.79 (2002), 1.79 (2001), 1.79 (2000), 1.79 (1999)	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: Queen BEATRIX of the Netherlands (since 30 April 1980), represented by Governor General Frits GOEDGEDRAG (since 1 July 2002) head of government: Prime Minister Etienne YS (since 3 June 2004) cabinet: Council of Ministers elected by the Staten (legislature) elections: the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch for a six-year term; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party is usually elected prime minister by the Staten; election last held 18 January 2002 (next to be held by NA 2006) note: government coalition - PAR, PNP, PLKP, DP St. Maarten, UP Bonaire, WIPM Saba, DP Statia	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	petroleum products	tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables
Exports - partners	US 21.3%, Venezuela 16%, Bahamas, The 7.6%, Singapore 5.2%, Honduras 4.9%, Guatemala 4.4% (2003)	UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)
Fiscal year	calendar year	calendar year
Flag description	white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center superimposed on a vertical red band, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in an oval pattern in the center of the blue band; the five stars represent the five main islands of Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten	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 - $2.45 billion (2003 est.)	-
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 1% industry: 15% services: 84% (2000 est.)	agriculture: 3% industry: 10% services: 87% (2000)
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $11,400 (2003 est.)	-
GDP - real growth rate	0.5% (2003 est.)	3% (2005 est.)
Geographic coordinates	12 15 N, 68 45 W	49 28 N, 2 35 W
Geography - note	the five islands of the Netherlands Antilles are divided geographically into the Leeward Islands (northern) group (Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten) and the Windward Islands (southern) group (Bonaire and Curacao)	large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port
Highways	total: 600 km paved: 300 km unpaved: 300 km	-
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 drugs bound for the US and Europe; money-laundering center	-
Imports	NA (2001)	$NA
Imports - commodities	crude petroleum, food, manufactures	coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment
Imports - partners	Venezuela 64.8%, US 13.6%, Netherlands 7.8% (2003)	UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2006)
Independence	none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)	none (British crown dependency)
Industrial production growth rate	NA	NA%
Industries	tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire), petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment facilities (Curacao and Bonaire), light manufacturing (Curacao)	tourism, banking
Infant mortality rate	total: 10.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.52 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)	2.1% (2003 est.)	3.4% (June 2006)
International organization participation	ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, UNESCO (associate), UPU, WCL, WCO, WMO, WToO (associate)	UPU
Irrigated land	NA sq km	NA
Judicial branch	Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch)	Royal Court
Labor force	89,000 (2000)	31,470 (March 2006)
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture 1%, industry 13%, services 86% (2000 est.)	-
Land boundaries	total: 10.2 km border countries: Guadeloupe (Saint Martin) 10.2 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 10% permanent crops: 0% other: 90% (2001)	arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%
Languages	Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) predominates, English widely spoken, Spanish	English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Legal system	based on Dutch civil law system with some English common law influence	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply; justice is administered by the Royal Court
Legislative branch	unicameral States or Staten (22 seats - Curacao 14, Bonaire 3, St. Maarten 3, St. Eustatius 1, Saba 1; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 18 January 2002 (next to be held in 2006) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PAR 4, PNP 3, PLKP 2, DP St. M 2, UP Bonaire 2, WIPM 1, DP note: the government of Prime Minister Etienne YS is a coalition of several parties; current government formed after collapse of FOL led government on 4 April 2004	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: 75.6 years male: 73.37 years female: 77.95 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: 96.7% male: 96.7% female: 96.8% (2003 est.)	definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
Location	Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela; the other is east of the Virgin Islands	Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references	Central America and the Caribbean	Europe
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
Merchant marine	total: 162 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,317,007 GRT/1,668,499 DWT by type: bulk 4, cargo 59, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 3, container 28, liquefied gas 6, multi-functional large load carrier 22, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 28, roll on/roll off 7, specialized tanker 1 foreign-owned: Belgium 3, Denmark 1, Germany 57, Monaco 4, Netherlands 70, New Zealand 1, Norway 5, Peru 1, Spain 1, Sweden 5, Turkey 2, United Kingdom 6 registered in other countries: 1 (2004 est.)	-
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Netherlands	defense is the responsibility of the UK
Military branches	National Guard, Police Force	-
Military manpower - availability	males age 15-49: 55,536 (2004 est.)	-
Military manpower - fit for military service	males age 15-49: 31,025 (2004 est.)	-
Military manpower - reaching military age annually	males: 1,660 (2004 est.)	-
National holiday	Queen's Day (Birthday of Queen-Mother JULIANA in 1909 and accession to the throne of her oldest daughter BEATRIX in 1980), 30 April	Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Nationality	noun: Dutch Antillean(s) adjective: Dutch Antillean	noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander
Natural hazards	Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened; Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October	NA
Natural resources	phosphates (Curacao only), salt (Bonaire only)	cropland
Net migration rate	-0.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)	3.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Political parties and leaders	Antillean Restructuring Party or PAR [Etienne YS]; C 93 [Stanley BROWN]; Democratic Party of Bonaire or PDB [Jopi ABRAHAM]; Democratic Party of Curacao or DP [Errol HERNANDEZ]; Democratic Party of Sint Eustatius or DP-St. E [Julian WOODLEY]; Democratic Party of Sint Maarten or DP-St. M [Sarah WESCOTT-WILLIAMS]; Foundation Energetic Management Anti-Narcotics or FAME [Eric LODEWIJKS]; Labor Party People's Crusade or PLKP [Errol COVA]; National Alliance [William MARLIN]; National People's Party or PNP [Susanne F. C. CAMELIA-ROMER]; New Antilles Movement or MAN [Kenneth GIJSBERTHA]; Patriotic Union of Bonaire or UPB [Ramonsito BOOI]; Patriotic Movement of Sint Maarten or SPA [Vance JAMES, Jr.]; People's Party or PAPU [Richard HODI]; Pro Curacao Party or PPK [Winston LOURENS]; Saba Democratic Labor Movement [Steve HASSELL]; Saba Unity Party [Carmen SIMMONDS]; St. Eustatius Alliance or SEA [Kenneth VAN PUTTEN]; Serious Alternative People's Party or Sapp [Julian ROLLOCKS]; Social Action Cause or KAS [Benny DEMEI]; Windward Islands People's Movement or WIPM [Will JOHNSTON]; Workers' Liberation Front or FOL [Anthony GODETT, Rignald LAK, Editha WRIGHT] note: political parties are indigenous to each island	none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders	NA	none
Population	218,126 (July 2004 est.)	65,573 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA	NA%
Population growth rate	0.86% (2004 est.)	0.239% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors	Kralendijk, Philipsburg, Willemstad	-
Radio broadcast stations	AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 0 (2004)	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Religions	Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 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: generally adequate facilities domestic: extensive interisland microwave radio relay links international: country code - 599; submarine cables - 2; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: 1 submarine cable
Telephones - main lines in use	81,000 (2001)	45,100 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular	81,000 (2001)	43,800 (2004)
Television broadcast stations	3 (there is also a cable service, which supplies programs received from various US satellite networks and two Venezuelan channels) (2004)	1 (1997)
Terrain	generally hilly, volcanic interiors	mostly level with low hills in southwest
Total fertility rate	2.02 children born/woman (2004 est.)	1.4 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate	15.6% (2002 est.)	0.9% (March 2006 est.)

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