Economy of the Cocos Islands
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Economy - overview:
Grown throughout the islands, coconuts are the sole cash crop[?]. Copra and fresh coconuts are the major export earners. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia.
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $NA
GDP - real growth rate:
NA%
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $NA
GDP - composition by sector:
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
NA%
Labor force:
NA
Labor force - by occupation:
the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage worker operations; tourism employs others
Budget:
Industries:
copra products and tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
NA kWh
Electricity - production by source:
Electricity - consumption:
NA kWh
Electricity - exports:
NA kWh
Electricity - imports:
NA kWh
Agriculture - products:
vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts
Exports:
$NA
Exports - commodities:
copra
Exports - partners:
Australia
Imports:
$NA
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Australia
Debt - external:
$NA
Economic aid - recipient:
$NA
Currency:
1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents
Exchange rates:
Australian dollars ($A) per US$1 - 1.5207 (January 2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997), 1.2773 (1996), 1.3486 (1995)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
revenues:
$NA
expenditures:
$NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
fossil fuel:
NA%
hydro:
NA%
nuclear:
NA%
other:
NA%