Debt—external: $NA
Economic aid—recipient: $1.7 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Falkland pound (LF) = 100 pence
Exchange rates: Falkland pound (LF) per US$1—0.6057 (January 1999), 0.5037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997), 0.6403 (1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994); note—the Falkland pound is at par with the British pound
Fiscal year: 1 April—31 March
Communications
Telephones: 1,180 (1991 est.)
Telephone system:
domestic: government-operated radiotelephone and private VHF/CB
radiotelephone networks provide effective service to almost all
points on both islands
international: satellite earth station—1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
with links through London to other countries
Radio broadcast stations: 1 (government operated)
Radios: 1,000 (1992 est.)