Economy of the U.S. Virgin Islands (original) (raw)

Economy - overview:

**GDP:**purchasing power parity - $1.8 billion (1999 est.)

**GDP - real growth rate:**NA%

**GDP - per capita:**purchasing power parity - $15,000 (1999 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
_agriculture:_NA%
_industry:_NA%
_services:_NA%

**Population below poverty line:**NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
_lowest 10%:_NA%
_highest 10%:_NA%

**Inflation rate (consumer prices):**NA%

**Labor force:**47,443 (1990 est.)

**Labor force - by occupation:**agriculture 1%, industry 20%, services 79% (1990 est.)

**Unemployment rate:**4.9% (March 1999)

Budget:
revenues:$364.4 million
expenditures:$364.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1990 est.)

**Industries:**tourism, petroleum refining, watch assembly, rum distilling, construction, pharmaceuticals, textiles, electronics

**Industrial production growth rate:**NA%

**Electricity - production:**1.019 billion kWh (1998)

Electricity - production by source:
_fossil fuel:_100%
_hydro:_0%
_nuclear:_0%
_other:_0% (1998)

**Electricity - consumption:**948 million kWh (1998)

**Electricity - exports:**0 kWh (1998)

**Electricity - imports:**0 kWh (1998)

Agriculture - products: fruit, vegetables, sorghum; Senepol cattle

Exports:$NA

**Exports - commodities:**refined petroleum products

**Exports - partners:**US, Puerto Rico

Imports:$NA

**Imports - commodities:**crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, building materials

**Imports - partners:**US, Puerto Rico

Debt - external:$NA

Economic aid - recipient:$NA

**Currency:**1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents

**Exchange rates:**US currency is used

**Fiscal year:**1 October - 30 September