Compare Reunion (2003) - Reunion (2002)

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	Reunion (2003)	Reunion (2002)

Age structure	0-14 years: 31.3% (male 121,119; female 115,501) 15-64 years: 62.8% (male 233,607; female 240,502) 65 years and over: 5.9% (male 18,036; female 26,406) (2003 est.)	0-14 years: 31.7% (male 120,864; female 115,251) 15-64 years: 62.5% (male 228,864; female 235,991) 65 years and over: 5.8% (male 17,459; female 25,552) (2002 est.)
Airports	2 (2002)	2 (2001)
Background	The Portuguese discovered the uninhabited island in 1513. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, French immigration, supplemented by influxes of Africans, Chinese, Malays, and Malabar Indians, gave the island its ethnic mix. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 cost the island its importance as a stopover on the East Indies trade route.	The Portuguese discovered the uninhabited island in 1513. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, French immigration supplemented by influxes of Africans, Chinese, Malays, and Malabar Indians gave the island its ethnic mix. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 cost the island its importance as a stopover on the East Indies trade route.
Birth rate	20.17 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)	20.7 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Budget	revenues: $1.26 billion expenditures: $2.62 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998)	revenues: NA expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Currency	euro (EUR)	euro (EUR); French franc (FRF)
Death rate	5.49 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)	5.51 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Economy - overview	The economy has traditionally been based on agriculture, but services now dominate. Sugarcane has been the primary crop for more than a century, and in some years it accounts for 85% of exports. The government has been pushing the development of a tourist industry to relieve high unemployment, which amounts to one-third of the labor force. The gap in Reunion between the well-off and the poor is extraordinary and accounts for the persistent social tensions. The white and Indian communities are substantially better off than other segments of the population, often approaching European standards, whereas minority groups suffer the poverty and unemployment typical of the poorer nations of the African continent. The outbreak of severe rioting in February 1991 illustrates the seriousness of socioeconomic tensions. The economic well-being of Reunion depends heavily on continued financial assistance from France.	The economy has traditionally been based on agriculture. Sugarcane has been the primary crop for more than a century, and in some years it accounts for 85% of exports. The government has been pushing the development of a tourist industry to relieve high unemployment, which amounts to more than 40% of the labor force. The gap in Reunion between the well-off and the poor is extraordinary and accounts for the persistent social tensions. The white and Indian communities are substantially better off than other segments of the population, often approaching European standards, whereas minority groups suffer the poverty and unemployment typical of the poorer nations of the African continent. The outbreak of severe rioting in February 1991 illustrates the seriousness of socioeconomic tensions. The economic well-being of Reunion depends heavily on continued financial assistance from France.
Electricity - consumption	1.005 billion kWh (2001)	1.014 billion kWh (2000)
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2001)	0 kWh (2000)
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2001)	0 kWh (2000)
Electricity - production	1.08 billion kWh (2001)	1.09 billion kWh (2000)
Electricity - production by source	fossil fuel: 55.5% hydro: 44.5% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)	fossil fuel: 55% hydro: 45% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2000)
Exchange rates	euros per US dollar - 1.06 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs per US dollar - 5.8995 (1998)	euros per US dollar - 1.1324 (January 2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs per US dollar - 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997)
Exports	NA (2001)	$214 million f.o.b. (1997)
Exports - partners	France 74%, Japan 6%, Comoros 4% (2000)	France 74%, Japan 6%, Comoros 4% (1994)
GDP	purchasing power parity - $4.174 billion (1999 est.)	purchasing power parity - $3.4 billion (1998 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 8% industry: 19% services: 73% (2000 est.)	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $5,600 (2002 est.)	purchasing power parity - $4,800 (1998 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	2.5% (2002 est.)	3.8% (1998 est.)
Highways	total: 2,724 km paved: 1,300 km (including 73 km of four-lane road) unpaved: 1,424 km (1994)	total: 2,724 km paved: 1,300 km (including 73 km of four-lane road) unpaved: 1,424 km note: 370 km of road are maintained by national authorities, 754 km by departmental authorities and 1,600 km by local authorities (1994)
Imports	NA (2001)	$2.5 billion c.i.f. (1997)
Imports - partners	France 64%, Bahrain 3%, Germany 3%, Italy 3% (2000)	France 64%, Bahrain 3%, Germany 3%, Italy 3% (1994)
Infant mortality rate	total: 8.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)	8.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Labor force	309,900 (2000)	261,000 (1995) (1995)
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture 13%, industry 12%, services 75% (2000)	agriculture 8%, industry 19%, services 73% (1990) (1990)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 73.43 years male: 70.03 years female: 77 years (2003 est.)	total population: 73.18 years male: 69.78 years female: 76.74 years (2002 est.)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.9% male: 87% female: 90.8% (2003 est.)	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79% male: 76% female: 80% (1982 est.)
Merchant marine	-	total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 28,264 GRT/44,885 DWT ships by type: chemical tanker 1 note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: France 1 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - availability	males age 15-49: 198,341 (2003 est.)	males age 15-49: 194,485 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service	males age 15-49: 101,116 (2003 est.)	males age 15-49: 99,251 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - military age	18 years of age (2003 est.)	18 years of age (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually	males: 6,795 (2003 est.)	males: 6,243 (2002 est.)
Net migration rate	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Population	755,171 (July 2003 est.)	743,981 (July 2002 est.)
Population growth rate	1.47% (2003 est.)	1.52% (2002 est.)
Radios	-	173,000 (1997)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2003 est.)	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Telephone system	general assessment: adequate system; principal center is Saint-Denis domestic: modern open-wire and microwave radio relay network international: radiotelephone communication to Comoros, France, Madagascar; new microwave route to Mauritius; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)	general assessment: adequate system; principal center is Saint-Denis domestic: modern open wire and microwave radio relay network international: radiotelephone communication to Comoros, France, Madagascar; new microwave route to Mauritius; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Total fertility rate	2.53 children born/woman (2003 est.)	2.55 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate	36% (1999 est.)	42.8% (1998) (1998)

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