Compare Norfolk Island (2006) - Dominica (2002)

Compare Norfolk Island (2006) z Dominica (2002)

	Norfolk Island (2006)	Dominica (2002)

Administrative divisions	none (territory of Australia)	10 parishes; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick, Saint Paul, Saint Peter
Age structure	0-14 years: 20.2% 15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2006 est.)	0-14 years: 28.3% (male 10,052; female 9,800) 15-64 years: 63.8% (male 23,011; female 21,782) 65 years and over: 7.9% (male 2,245; female 3,268) (2002 est.)
Agriculture - products	Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry	bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa; forest and fishery potential not exploited
Airports	1 (2006)	2 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)	total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2002)
Area	total: 34.6 sq km land: 34.6 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 754 sq km land: 754 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC	slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC
Background	Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.	Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans, due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
Birth rate	NA	17.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Budget	revenues: $4.6 million expenditures: $4.8 million; including capital expenditures of $2 million (FY99/00)	revenues: $72 million expenditures: $79.9 million, including capital expenditures of $11.5 million (FY97/98)
Capital	name: Kingston geographic coordinates: 29 03 S, 167 58 E time difference: UTC+11.5 (16.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)	Roseau
Climate	subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation	tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
Coastline	32 km	148 km
Constitution	Norfolk Island Act of 1979	3 November 1978
Country name	conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island conventional short form: Norfolk Island	conventional long form: Commonwealth of Dominica conventional short form: Dominica
Currency	-	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Death rate	NA deaths/1,000 population	7.11 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Debt - external	$NA	$150 million (2000) (2000)
Dependency status	territory of Australia; Canberra administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories	-
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of Australia)	the US does not have an embassy in Dominica; US interests are served by the embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of Australia)	chief of mission: Ambassador Swinburne LESTRADE chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 telephone: [1] (202) 364-6781 FAX: [1] (202) 364-6791 consulate(s) general: New York
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	$NA	$24.4 million (1995) (1995)
Economy - overview	Tourism, the primary economic activity, has steadily increased over the years and has brought a level of prosperity unusual among inhabitants of the Pacific islands. The agricultural sector has become self-sufficient in the production of beef, poultry, and eggs.	The Dominican economy depends on agriculture, primarily bananas, and remains highly vulnerable to climatic conditions. Hurricane Luis devastated the country's banana crop in 1995 after tropical storms wiped out a quarter of the 1994 crop. The subsequent recovery has been fueled by increases in construction, soap production, and tourist arrivals. Development of the tourism industry remains difficult however, because of the rugged coastline, lack of beaches, and the absence of an international airport. Economic growth is sluggish, and unemployment is greater than 20%. The government has been attempting to develop an offshore financial sector in order to diversify the island's production base.
Electricity - consumption	NA kWh	62.31 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - exports	-	0 kWh (2000)
Electricity - imports	-	0 kWh (2000)
Electricity - production	NA kWh	67 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - production by source	-	fossil fuel: 48% hydro: 52% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2000)
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Bates 319 m	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Morne Diablatins 1,447 m
Environment - current issues	NA	NA
Environment - international agreements	-	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Ethnic groups	descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesian	black, mixed black and European, European, Syrian, Carib Amerindian
Exchange rates	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001)	East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and Australia are represented by Administrator Grant TAMBLING (since 1 November 2003) head of government: Assembly President and Chief Minister Geoffrey Robert GARDNER (since 5 December 2001) cabinet: Executive Council is made up of four of the nine members of the Legislative Assembly; the council devises government policy and acts as an advisor to the administrator elections: the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia; chief minister elected by the Legislative Assembly for a term of not more than three years; election last held 20 October 2004 (next to be held by December 2007) election results: Geoffrey Robert GARDNER elected chief minister; percent of Legislative Assembly vote - 17.2%	chief of state: President Vernon Lordon SHAW (since 6 October 1998) head of government: Prime Minister Pierre CHARLES (since 1 October 2000); note - assumed post after death of Prime Minister Roosevelt DOUGLAS cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister elections: president elected by the House of Assembly for a five-year term; election last held 6 October 1998 (next to be held NA October 2003); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Vernon Lordon SHAW elected president; percent of legislative vote - NA%
Exports	$1.5 million f.o.b. (FY91/92)	$49 million f.o.b. (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities	postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados	bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges
Exports - partners	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2004)	Caricom countries 47%, UK 36%, US 7% (1996 est.)
Fiscal year	1 July - 30 June	1 July - 30 June
Flag description	three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band	green, with a centered cross of three equal bands - the vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white and the horizontal part is yellow (top), black, and white; superimposed in the center of the cross is a red disk bearing a sisserou parrot encircled by 10 green, five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the 10 stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes)
GDP	-	purchasing power parity - $262 million (2001 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: 18% industry: 23% services: 59% (2001 est.)
GDP - per capita	-	purchasing power parity - $3,700 (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	-	-3.2% (2001 est.)
Geographic coordinates	29 02 S, 167 57 E	15 25 N, 61 20 W
Geography - note	most of the 32 km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated	known as "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system; the most mountainous of the Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks are cones of lava craters and include Boiling Lake, the second-largest, thermally active lake in the world
Highways	-	total: 780 km paved: 390 km unpaved: 390 km (2001)
Household income or consumption by percentage share	-	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Illicit drugs	-	transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; minor cannabis producer; anti-money-laundering enforcement is weak, making the country particularly vulnerable to money laundering
Imports	$17.9 million c.i.f. (FY91/92)	$132 million c.i.f. (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities	NA	manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals
Imports - partners	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2004)	US 41%, Caricom countries 25%, UK 13%, Netherlands, Canada (1996 est.)
Independence	none (territory of Australia)	3 November 1978 (from UK)
Industrial production growth rate	-	-10% (1997 est.)
Industries	tourism, light industry, ready mixed concrete	soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes
Infant mortality rate	total: NA male: NA female: NA	15.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	1% (2001 est.)
International organization participation	UPU	ACCT, ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (subscriber), ITU, NAM (observer), OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	-	16 (2000)
Irrigated land	NA	NA sq km
Judicial branch	Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the Court of Appeal and the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the six judges must reside in Dominica and preside over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction)
Labor force	1,345	25,000
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture: 10% industry and services: 90%	agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28%
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)	arable land: 4% permanent crops: 16% other: 80% (1998 est.)
Languages	English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian	English (official), French patois
Legal system	based on the laws of Australia, local ordinances and acts; English common law applies in matters not covered by either Australian or Norfolk Island law	based on English common law
Legislative branch	unicameral Legislative Assembly (9 seats; members elected by electors who have nine equal votes each but only four votes can be given to any one candidate; members serve three-year terms) elections: last held 20 October 2004 (next to be held by December 2007) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9 (note - no political parties)	unicameral House of Assembly (30 seats, 9 appointed senators, 21 elected by popular vote; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held 31 January 2000 (next to be held by 17 July 2005) note - tradition dictates that the election will be held within five years of the last election, but technically it is five years from the first seating of parliament (17 April 2000) plus a 90 day grace period election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party -DLP 10, UWP 9, DFP 2
Life expectancy at birth	total population: NA male: NA female: NA	total population: 73.86 years male: 70.98 years female: 76.88 years (2002 est.)
Literacy	NA	definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 94% male: 94% female: 94% (1970 est.)
Location	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago
Map references	Oceania	Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Merchant marine	-	none (2002 est.)
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of Australia	-
Military branches	-	Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (including Special Service Unit, Coast Guard)
Military expenditures - dollar figure	-	$NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	-	NA%
National holiday	Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856)	Independence Day, 3 November (1978)
Nationality	noun: Norfolk Islander(s) adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)	noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican
Natural hazards	typhoons (especially May to July)	flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months
Natural resources	fish	timber, hydropower, arable land
Net migration rate	NA	-18.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Political parties and leaders	none	Dominica Freedom Party or DFP [Charles SAVARIN]; Dominica Labor Party or DLP [Pierre CHARLES]; United Workers Party or UWP [Edison JAMES]
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	Dominica Liberation Movement or DLM (a small leftist party)
Population	1,828 (July 2006 est.)	70,158 (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA%
Population growth rate	-0.01% (2006 est.)	-0.81% (2002 est.)
Ports and harbors	-	Portsmouth, Roseau
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005)	AM 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios	-	46,000 (1997)
Railways	-	0 km
Religions	Anglican 34.9%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia 11.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 2.8%, Australian Christian 2.4%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 2.7%, unspecified 15.3%, none 18.1% (2001 census)	Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6%
Sex ratio	NA	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	general assessment: adequate domestic: free local calls international: country code - 672; undersea coaxial cable links with Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; satellite earth station	general assessment: NA domestic: fully automatic network international: microwave radio relay and SHF radiotelephone links to Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF radiotelephone links to Saint Lucia
Telephones - main lines in use	2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)	19,000 (1996)
Telephones - mobile cellular	0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002)	461 (1996)
Television broadcast stations	1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (2005)	0 (however, there is one cable television company) (1997)
Terrain	volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains	rugged mountains of volcanic origin
Total fertility rate	NA	2.01 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate	0%	23% (2000 est.)
Waterways	-	none

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