Labor force:
28,700 (1996 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 21.4%, industry 20.9%, services 57.7%
Unemployment rate:
30.9% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2% (2001 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $42 million
expenditures: $40 million, including capital expenditures of NA
(1999)
Agriculture - products:
coconuts, tomatoes, melons, taro, breadfruit, fruits; pigs, chickens
Industries:
copra, tuna processing, tourism, craft items from shell, wood, and
pearls
Industrial production growth rate:
NA