Cocos (Keeling) Islands Economy
Economy - overviewGrown throughout the islands, coconuts are the sole cash crop. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia. There is a small tourist industry.
GDP
purchasing power parity - NA
GDP - real growth rate
NA
GDP - per capita
purchasing power parity - NA
GDP - composition by sector
agriculture: NA
industry: NA
services: NA (2001 est.)
Population below poverty line
NA
Household income or consumption by percentage share
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Inflation rate
NA
Labor force
NA
Labor force - by occupation
the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others
Unemployment rate
60% (2000 est.)
Budget
revenues: NA
expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of NA
Agriculture - products
vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts
Industries
copra products and tourism
Industrial production growth rate
NA
Electricity - production
NA kWh
Electricity - consumption
NA kWh
Exports
NA
Exports - commodities
copra
Exports - partners
Australia
Imports
NA
Imports - commodities
foodstuffs
Imports - partners
Australia
Debt - external
NA
Currency
Australian dollar (AUD)
Currency code
AUD
Exchange rates
Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.5419 (2003), 1.9354 (2002), 1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999)
