Compare Saint Helena (2005) - Anguilla (2005)

Compare Saint Helena (2005) z Anguilla (2005)

	Saint Helena (2005)	Anguilla (2005)

Administrative divisions	1 administrative area and 2 dependencies; Ascension, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha*	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Age structure	0-14 years: 18.8% (male 715/female 691) 15-64 years: 71.3% (male 2,745/female 2,575) 65 years and over: 9.8% (male 330/female 404) (2005 est.)	0-14 years: 23.2% (male 1,561/female 1,517) 15-64 years: 69.9% (male 4,767/female 4,501) 65 years and over: 6.9% (male 405/female 503) (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products	corn, potatoes, vegetables; timber; fish, crawfish (on Tristan da Cunha)	small quantities of tobacco, vegetables; cattle raising
Airports	1 (2004 est.)	3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)	total: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways	-	total: 2 under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Area	total: 410 sq km land: 410 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Saint Helena Island, Ascension, and the island group of Tristan da Cunha, which consists of Tristan da Cunha Island, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, and the three Nightingale Islands	total: 102 sq km land: 102 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC	about half the size of Washington, DC
Background	Uninhabited when first discovered by the Portuguese in 1502, Saint Helena was garrisoned by the British during the 17th century. It acquired fame as the place of Napoleon BONAPARTE's exile, from 1815 until his death in 1821, but its importance as a port of call declined after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Ascension Island is the site of a US Air Force auxiliary airfield; Gough Island has a meteorological station.	Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants - was incorporated into a single British dependency, along with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Several attempts at separation failed. In 1971, two years after a revolt, Anguilla was finally allowed to secede; this arrangement was formally recognized in 1980, with Anguilla becoming a separate British dependency.
Birth rate	12.33 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)	14.26 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Budget	revenues: $11.2 million expenditures: $11 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY92/93)	revenues: $22.8 million expenditures: $22.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)
Capital	Jamestown	The Valley
Climate	Saint Helena - tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds; Tristan da Cunha - temperate; marine, mild, tempered by trade winds (tends to be cooler than Saint Helena)	tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds
Coastline	60 km	61 km
Constitution	1 January 1989	Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982; amended 1990
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Saint Helena	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Anguilla
Death rate	6.43 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)	5.43 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Debt - external	NA (1996)	$8.8 million (1998)
Dependency status	overseas territory of the UK	overseas territory of the UK
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (overseas territory of the UK)	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (overseas territory of the UK)	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	$12.6 million (1995); note - $5.3 million from UK (1997)	$9 million (2004 est.)
Economy - overview	The economy depends largely on financial assistance from the UK, which amounted to about $5 million in 1997 or almost one-half of annual budgetary revenues. The local population earns income from fishing, raising livestock, and sales of handicrafts. Because there are few jobs, 25% of the work force has left to seek employment on Ascension Island, on the Falklands, and in the UK.	Anguilla has few natural resources, and the economy depends heavily on luxury tourism, offshore banking, lobster fishing, and remittances from emigrants. Increased activity in the tourism industry, which has spurred the growth of the construction sector, has contributed to economic growth. Anguillan officials have put substantial effort into developing the offshore financial sector, which is small, but growing. In the medium term, prospects for the economy will depend largely on the tourism sector and, therefore, on revived income growth in the industrialized nations as well as on favorable weather conditions.
Electricity - consumption	4.65 million kWh (2002)	42.6 million kWh
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2002)	-
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2002)	-
Electricity - production	5 million kWh (2002)	NA
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Queen Mary's Peak on Tristan da Cunha 2,060 m	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Crocus Hill 65 m
Environment - current issues	NA	supplies of potable water sometimes cannot meet increasing demand largely because of poor distribution system
Ethnic groups	African descent 50%, white 25%, Chinese 25%	black (predominant) 90.1%, mixed, mulatto 4.6%, white 3.7%, other 1.6% (2001 Census)
Exchange rates	Saint Helenian pounds per US dollar - 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001), 0.6609 (2000) note: the Saint Helenian pound is on par with the British pound	East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000) note: fixed rate since 1976
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Governor and Commander in Chief Michael CLANCY (since 15 October 2004) cabinet: Executive Council consists of the governor, two ex officio officers, and six elected members of the Legislative Council elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor is appointed by the monarch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Alan Eden HUCKLE (since 28 May 2004) head of government: Chief Minister Osbourne FLEMING (since 3 March 2000) cabinet: Executive Council appointed by the governor from among the elected members of the House of Assembly elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed chief minister by the governor
Exports	NA	$2.6 million (1999)
Exports - commodities	fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), coffee, handicrafts	lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum
Exports - partners	Tanzania 30.3%, US 23.8%, Japan 10.4%, UK 7.1%, Spain 6.3% (2004)	UK, US, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin (2000)
Fiscal year	1 April - 31 March	1 April - 31 March
Flag description	blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield features a rocky coastline and three-masted sailing ship	blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an interlocking circular design on a white background with blue wavy water below
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA	agriculture: 4% industry: 18% services: 78% (2002 est.)
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $2,500 (1998 est.)	purchasing power parity - $7,500 (2002 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	NA	2.8% (2001 est.)
Geographic coordinates	15 56 S, 5 42 W	18 15 N, 63 10 W
Geography - note	harbors at least 40 species of plants unknown anywhere else in the world; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns	the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles
Highways	total: 198 km (Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km) paved: 168 km (Saint Helena 118km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) unpaved: 30 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2000)	total: 105 km paved: 65 km unpaved: 40 km (1997)
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 narcotics destined for the US and Europe
Imports	NA	$80.9 million (1999)
Imports - commodities	food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts	fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles
Imports - partners	UK 35.7%, US 17.6%, South Africa 17.5%, Tanzania 10.4%, Australia 5.5%, Spain 4.1% (2004)	US, Puerto Rico, UK (2000)
Independence	none (overseas territory of the UK)	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Industrial production growth rate	NA	3.1% (1997 est.)
Industries	construction, crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fishing	tourism, boat building, offshore financial services
Infant mortality rate	total: 19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.74 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)	total: 21.03 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	3.2% (1997 est.)	2.3%
International organization participation	ICFTU, UPU	Caricom (associate), CDB, Interpol (subbureau), OECS (associate), UPU
Irrigated land	NA sq km	NA
Judicial branch	Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court; Small Debts Court; Juvenile Court	High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court)
Labor force	3,500 note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)	6,049 (2001)
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture and fishing 6%, industry (mainly construction) 48%, services 46% (1987 est.)	agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%, manufacturing 3%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, commerce 36%, services 29% (2000 est.)
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 12.9% permanent crops: 0% other: 87.1% (2001)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds) (2001)
Languages	English	English (official)
Legal system	NA	based on English common law
Legislative branch	unicameral Legislative Council (16 seats, including the speaker, 3 ex officio and 12 elected members; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 27 June 2001 (next to be held June 2005) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 15	unicameral House of Assembly (11 seats total, 7 elected by direct popular vote, 2 ex officio members, and 2 appointed; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held 21 February 2005 (next to be held 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - AUF 38.9%, ANSA 19.2%, AUM 19.4%, APP 9.5 %, independents 13%; seats by party - AUF 4, ANSA 2, AUM 1
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 77.76 years male: 74.86 years female: 80.81 years (2005 est.)	total population: 77.11 years male: 74.18 years female: 80.12 years (2005 est.)
Literacy	definition: age 20 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 97% female: 98% (1987 est.)	definition: age 12 and over can read and write total population: 95% male: 95% female: 95% (1984 est.)
Location	islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico
Map references	Africa	Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of the UK	defense is the responsibility of the UK
National holiday	Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, second Saturday in June (1926)	Anguilla Day, 30 May
Nationality	noun: Saint Helenian(s) adjective: Saint Helenian	noun: Anguillan(s) adjective: Anguillan
Natural hazards	active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha	frequent hurricanes and other tropical storms (July to October)
Natural resources	fish	salt, fish, lobster
Net migration rate	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)	8.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Political parties and leaders	none	Anguilla United Movement or AUM [Hubert HUGHES]; The Anguilla United Front or AUF [Osbourne FLEMING, Victor BANKS], a coalition of the Anguilla Democratic Party or ADP and the Anguilla National Alliance or ANA; Anguilla Progressive Party or APP [Roy ROGERS]; Anguilla Strategic Alternative or ANSA [Edison BAIRD]
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	NA
Population	7,460 (July 2005 est.)	13,254 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA	23% (2002)
Population growth rate	0.59% (2005 est.)	1.77% (2005 est.)
Ports and harbors	Georgetown (on Ascension), Jamestown	Blowing Point, Road Bay
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2004)
Religions	Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic	Anglican 29%, Methodist 23.9%, other Protestant 30.2%, Roman Catholic 5.7%, other Christian 1.7%, other 5.2%, none or unspecified 4.3% (2001 Census)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005 est.)	at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Suffrage	NA years of age	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	general assessment: can communicate worldwide domestic: automatic network international: country code - 290; HF radiotelephone from Saint Helena to Ascension Island, which is a major coaxial submarine cable relay point between South Africa, Portugal, and UK; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)	general assessment: NA domestic: modern internal telephone system international: country code - 1-264; microwave radio relay to island of Saint Martin (Guadeloupe and Netherlands Antilles)
Telephones - main lines in use	2,200 (2002)	6,200 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular	0 (1997)	1,800 (2002)
Television broadcast stations	0 note: television programs are received in Saint Helena via satellite and distributed by cable (2002)	1 (1997)
Terrain	Saint Helena - rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains note: the other islands of the group have a volcanic origin	flat and low-lying island of coral and limestone
Total fertility rate	1.54 children born/woman (2005 est.)	1.73 children born/woman (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate	14% (1998 est.)	8% (2002)

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