Statistical information Niue 1992
Niue in the World
Niue - Introduction 1992
top of pageBackground: Niue's remoteness as well as cultural and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of the rest of the Cook Islands have caused it to be separately administered. The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966) with substantial emigration to New Zealand.
Niue - Geography 1992
top of pageLocation
Geographic coordinates
Map reference
Area
Total: 260 km²
Land: 260 km²
Comparative: slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries: none
Coastline: 64 km
Maritime claims
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Disputes: none
Climate: tropical; modified by southeast trade winds
Terrain: steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau
Elevation
Natural resources: fish, arable land
Land use
Land use: arable land: 61%; permanent crops: 4%; meadows and pastures 4%; forest and woodland 19%; other 12%
Irrigated land
Major rivers
Major watersheds area km²
Total water withdrawal
Total renewable water resources
Natural hazards
Geography
Niue - People 1992
top of pagePopulation: 1,751 (July 1992), growth rate - 6.4% (1992)
Nationality: noun - Niuean(s; adjective - Niuean
Ethnic groups:
Polynesian, with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and
Tongans
Tongans
Languages:
Polynesian tongue closely related to Tongan and Samoan;
English
English
Religions:
Ekalesia Nieue (Niuean Church) - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society 75%, Mormon 10%, Roman Catholic,
Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%
Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%
Demographic profile
Age structure
Age structure
Dependency ratios
Median age
Population growth rate
Birth rate: NA births/1000 population (1992)
Death rate: NA deaths/1000 population (1992)
Net migration rate: NA migrants/1000 population (1992)
Population distribution
Urbanization
Major urban areas
Environment
Current issues: subject to typhoons
Current issues note:
one of world's largest coral islands; located about 460 km east of
Tonga
Tonga
Air pollutants
Sex ratio
Mothers mean age at first birth
Maternal mortality ratio
Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth: NA years male, NA years female (1992)
Total fertility rate: NA children born/woman (1992)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
Drinking water source
Current health expenditure
Physicians density
Hospital bed density
Sanitation facility access
Hiv/Aids
Major infectious diseases
Obesity adult prevalence rate
Alcohol consumption
Tobacco use
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
Education expenditures
Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%) but compulsory education age 5 to 14
School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Youth unemployment
Niue - Government 1992
top of pageCountry name
Conventional long form: none
Government type:
self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand;
Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs
Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs
Capital: Alofi
Administrative divisions: none
Dependent areas
Independence:
became a self-governing territory in free association with
New Zealand on 19 October 1974
New Zealand on 19 October 1974
National holiday: Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty), 6 February (1840)
Constitution: 19 October 1974 (Niue Constitution Act)
Legal system: English common law
International law organization participation
Citizenship
Suffrage: universal adult at age 18
Legislative Assembly: last held on 8 April 1990 (next to be held March 1993); results - percent of vote NA; seats - (20 total, 6 elected) NIP 1, independents 5
Executive branch: British monarch, premier, Cabinet
Legislative branch: Legislative Assembly
Judicial branch: Appeal Court of New Zealand, High Court
Political parties and leaders
International organization participation: ESCAP (associate), SPC, SPF
Diplomatic representation: none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand)
Diplomatic representation
Flag description
: yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars - a large one on a blue disk in the center and a smaller one on each arm of the bold red crossNational symbols
National anthem
National heritage
Niue - Economy 1992
top of pageEconomy overview:
The economy is heavily dependent on aid from New Zealand.
Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, with the shortfall made up by grants from New Zealand - the grants are used to pay wages to public employees. The agricultural sector consists mainly of subsistence gardening, although some cash crops are grown for export. Industry consists primarily of small factories to process passion fruit, lime oil, honey, and coconut cream. The sale of postage stamps to foreign collectors is an important source of revenue. The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population because of migration of Niueans to New Zealand.
Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, with the shortfall made up by grants from New Zealand - the grants are used to pay wages to public employees. The agricultural sector consists mainly of subsistence gardening, although some cash crops are grown for export. Industry consists primarily of small factories to process passion fruit, lime oil, honey, and coconut cream. The sale of postage stamps to foreign collectors is an important source of revenue. The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population because of migration of Niueans to New Zealand.
GNP: exchange rate conversion - $2.1 million, per capita $1,000; real growth rate NA% (1989 est.)
Real gdp purchasing power parity
Real gdp growth rate
Real gdp per capita
Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Gdp composition by end use
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture products: copra, coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes; subsistence crops - taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle
Industries: tourist, handicrafts
Industrial production growth rate: growth rate NA%
Labor force:
1,000 (1981 est.); most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue
Development Board
Development Board
Organized labor: NA
Labor force
Unemployment rate: NA%
Youth unemployment
Population below poverty line
Gini index
Household income or consumption by percentage share
Distribution of family income gini index
Budget: revenues $5.5 million; expenditures $6.3 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY85 est.)
Taxes and other revenues
Public debt
Revenue
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
Inflation rate consumer prices
Central bank discount rate
Commercial bank prime lending rate
Stock of narrow money
Stock of broad money
Stock of domestic credit
Market value of publicly traded shares
Current account balance
Exports: $175,274 (f.o.b., 1985)
Commodoties: canned coconut cream, copra, honey, passion fruit products, pawpaw, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts
Partners: NZ 89%, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia
Imports: $3.8 million (c.i.f., 1985)
Commodoties: food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs
Partners: NZ 59%, Fiji 20%, Japan 13%, Western Samoa, Australia, US
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
Debt external
Stock of direct foreign investment at home
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad
Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 - 1.8245 (March 1992), 1.7265 (1991), 1.6750 (1990), 1.6711 (1989), 1.5244 (1988), 1.6886 (1987)
Niue - Energy 1992
top of pageElectricity
Production: 1,500 kW capacity; 3 million kWh produced, 1,490 kWh per capita (1990)
Coal
Petroleum
Crude oil
Refined petroleum
Natural gas
Carbon dioxide emissions
Energy consumption per capita
Niue - Communication 1992
top of pageTelephones
Telephone system
Broadcast media
Internet
Broadband fixed subscriptions
Niue - Military 1992
top of pageMilitary expenditures
Military and security forces
Military service age and obligation
Space program
Terrorist groups
Niue - Transportation 1992
top of pageNational air transport system
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runway of 1,650 m
Heliports
Pipelines
Railways
Roadways
Waterways
Merchant marine
Ports and terminals
Niue - Transnational issues 1992
top of pageDisputes international
Refugees and internally displaced persons
Illicit drugs