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power parity - $36,000 (2003 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1% industry: 10% services: 89% (2002 est.)

      Population below poverty line:

       19% (2000)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA

       highest 10%: NA

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       3.3% (mid-2003 est.)

      Labor force:

       37,470 (2000)

      Labor force - by occupation: agriculture and fishing 3%, laborers 17%, clerical 22%, professional and technical 17%, administrative and managerial 13%, sales 8%, services 20% (2000 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

       5% (2002 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $671.1 million

       expenditures: $594.6 million, including capital expenditures of $55

       million (FY03/04)

      Agriculture - products:

       bananas, vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products

      Industries:

       tourism, international business, light manufacturing

      Industrial production growth rate:

       NA

      Electricity - production:

       643.7 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       598.6 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       4,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Exports:

       $879 million (2002)

      Exports - commodities:

       reexports of pharmaceuticals

      Exports - partners:

       France 62%, Norway 13.8%, UK 7.5% (2003)

      Imports:

       $5.523 billion (2002)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery and transport equipment, construction materials,

       chemicals, food and live animals

      Imports - partners:

       Kazakhstan 46.7%, France 32.5%, US 8.5% (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $160 million (FY99/00)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       NA

      Currency:

       Bermudian dollar (BMD)

      Currency code:

       BMD

      Exchange rates:

       Bermudian dollar per US dollar - 1.0000 (fixed rate pegged to the

       US dollar)

      Fiscal year:

       1 April - 31 March

      Communications Bermuda

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       56,000 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       37,873 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: good

       domestic: modern, fully automatic telephone system

       international: country code - 1–441; 3 submarine cables; satellite

       earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

       82,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       4 (2003)

      Televisions:

       66,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .bm

      Internet hosts:

       5,161 (2001)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       20 (2000)

      Internet users:

       34,500 (2003)

      Transportation Bermuda

      Highways:

       total: 450 km

       paved: 450 km

       note: public roads - 209 km; private roads - 241 km (2002)

       unpaved: 0 km

      Ports and harbors:

       Hamilton, Saint George's, Dockyard

      Merchant marine:

       total: 94 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 4,845,326 GRT/6,501,782 DWT

       foreign-owned: Croatia 5, Germany 2, Greece 21, Hong Kong 9,

       Indonesia 1, Sweden 6, Switzerland 1, United Kingdom 33, United

       States 12

       registered in other countries: 2 (2004 est.)

       by type: bulk 25, cargo 4, container 17, liquefied gas 9, passenger

       6, petroleum tanker 9, refrigerated cargo 11, roll on/roll off 10,

       short-sea/passenger 3

      Airports:

       1 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Military Bermuda

      Military branches:

       Bermuda Regiment

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $4.03 million (2001)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       0.11% (FY00/01)

      Military - note:

       defense is the responsibility of the UK

      Transnational Issues Bermuda

      Disputes - international: none

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @Bhutan

      Introduction Bhutan

      Background:

       In 1865, Britain and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Sinchulu, under

       which Bhutan would receive an annual subsidy in exchange for ceding

       some border land. Under British influence, a monarchy was set up in

       1907; three years later, a treaty was signed whereby the British

       agreed not to interfere in Bhutanese internal affairs and Bhutan

       allowed Britain to direct its foreign affairs. This role was assumed

       by independent India after 1947. Two years later, a formal

      

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