- Conventional long form
- none
- Conventional short form
- British Virgin Islands
- Local long form
- Local short form
parliamentary democracy (House of Assembly); self-governing overseas territory of the UK
- Name
- Road Town
- Geographic coordinates
- 18 25 N, 64 37 W
- Time difference
- UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
The economy, one of the most stable and prosperous in the Caribbean, is highly dependent on tourism, which generates an estimated 45% of the national income. More than 934,000 tourists, mainly from the US, visited the islands in 2008. Because of traditionally close links with the US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands has used the US dollar as its currency since 1959.
- Inflation
- None%
- Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
- None%
- Real Interest Rate
- None%
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
- None%
- Current Account Balance
- US$
- Labor Force, Total
- Employment in Agriculture
- %
- Employment in Industry
- %
- Employment in Services
- %
- Unemployment Rate
- %
- Imports of goods and services
- US$
- Exports of goods and services
- US$
- Total Merchandise Trade
- %
- FDI, net inflows
- US$
- Commercial Service Exports
- US$
fruits, vegetables; livestock, poultry; fish
tourism, light industry, construction, rum, concrete block, offshore banking center
- Commodities
- rum, fresh fish, fruits, animals; gravel, sand
- Partners
- Commodities
- building materials, automobiles, foodstuffs, machinery
- Partners