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Economy
The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with about 80% of labor force earnings from agriculture (coconuts and vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), and fishing. About 4% of the population is employed in government. Revenues come from French Government subsidies, licensing of fishing rights to Japan and South Korea, import taxes, and remittances from expatriate workers in New Caledonia.
$60 million (2004 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
222
$NA
NA%
$3,800 (2004 est.)
country comparison to the world: 159
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
3,104 (2003)
country comparison to the world: 222
agriculture: 80%
industry: 4%
services: 16% (2001 est.)
15.2% (2003)
country comparison to the world: 152
NA%
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
5.6% of GDP (2004 est.)
country comparison to the world: 127
2.8% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 87
coconuts, breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats; fish
copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber
NA%
NA kWh
NA kWh
0 kWh (2002)
0 kWh (2002)
$47,450 (2004)
country comparison to the world: 222
copra, chemicals, construction materials
$61.17 million (2004)
country comparison to the world: 215
chemicals, machinery, consumer goods
$3.67 million (2004)
country comparison to the world: 193
Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 87.59 (2007), 94.97 (2006), 95.89 (2005), 96.04 (2004), 105.66 (2003)
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