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Niuean (official) 46% (a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan), Niuean and English 32%, English (official) 11%, Niuean and others 5%, other 6% (2011 est.)
ALOFI (capital) 1,000 (2014)
- Conventional long form
- none
- Conventional short form
- Niue
- Local long form
- Local short form
self-governing parliamentary democracy (Fouo Ekepule) in free association with New Zealand
- Name
- Alofi
- Geographic coordinates
- 19 01 S, 169 55 W
- Time difference
- UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
The economy suffers from the typical Pacific island problems of geographic isolation, few resources, and a small population. The agricultural sector consists mainly of subsistence gardening, although some cash crops are grown for export. Industry consists primarily of small factories for processing passion fruit, lime oil, honey, and coconut cream. The sale of postage stamps to foreign collectors is an important source of revenue.
- 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
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- Employment in Industry
- %
- Employment in Services
- %
- Unemployment Rate
- %
- Imports of goods and services
- US$
- Exports of goods and services
- US$
- Total Merchandise Trade
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- FDI, net inflows
- US$
- Commercial Service Exports
- US$
coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (manioc, tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle
handicrafts, food processing
- Commodities
- canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts
- Partners
- Germany 25%, Belgium 11%, United Kingdom 8%, France 8%, Italy 4%, United States 4% (2014)
- Commodities
- food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs
- Partners
- Germany 16%, Belgium 10%, China 9%, United States 7%, United Kingdom 7%, Russia 5%, France 4%, Norway 4% (2014)