- Conventional long form
- Territory of Christmas Island
- Conventional short form
- Christmas Island
- Local long form
- Local short form
non-self-governing overseas territory of Australia
- Name
- Flying Fish Cove
- Geographic coordinates
- 10 25 S, 105 43 E
- Time difference
- UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
The main economic activities on Christmas Island are the mining of low grade phosphate, limited tourism, the provision of government services and, since 2005, the construction and operation of the Immigration Detention Center. The government sector includes administration, health, education, policing, customs, quarantine, and defense.
- 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$
tourism, phosphate extraction (near depletion)
- Commodities
- phosphate
- Partners
- Commodities
- consumer goods
- Partners