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| Background: |
Strategically important, Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain
by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht; the British garrison was
formally declared a colony in 1830. In referendums held in 1967
and 2002, Gibraltarians ignored Spanish pressure and voted overwhelmingly
to remain a British dependency. |
| Population: |
27,714 (July 2002 est.) |
| Age
structure: |
0-14 years: 18.5% (male 2,633; female 2,509)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 9,456; female 8,907)
65 years and over: 15.2% (male 1,803; female 2,406) (2002
est.) |
| Population
growth rate: |
0.23% (2002 est.) |
| Birth
rate: |
11.19 births/1,000 population (2002 est.) |
| Death
rate: |
8.88 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.) |
| Net
migration rate: |
NEGL migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.) |
| Sex
ratio: |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2002 est.) |
| Infant
mortality rate: |
5.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) |
| Life
expectancy at birth: |
total population: 79.23 years
female: 82.25 years (2002 est.)
male: 76.37 years |
| Total
fertility rate: |
1.65 children born/woman (2002 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS
- adult prevalence rate: |
NA% |
| HIV/AIDS
- people living with HIV/AIDS: |
NA |
| HIV/AIDS
- deaths: |
NA |
| Nationality: |
noun: Gibraltarian(s)
adjective: Gibraltar |
| Ethnic
groups: |
Spanish, Italian, English, Maltese, Portuguese |
| Religions: |
Roman Catholic 76.9%, Church of England 6.9%, Muslim 6.9%, Jewish
2.3%, none or other 7% (1991) |
| Languages: |
English (used in schools and for official purposes), Spanish,
Italian, Portuguese |
| Literacy: |
definition: NA
total population: above 80%
male: NA%
female: NA%
|
| Economy
- overview: |
Gibraltar benefits from an extensive shipping trade, offshore
banking, and its position as an international conference center.
The British military presence has been sharply reduced and now
contributes about 11% to the local economy. The financial sector
accounts for 20% of GDP; tourism (almost 6 million visitors in
1998), shipping services fees, and duties on consumer goods also
generate revenue. In recent years, Gibraltar has seen major structural
change from a public to a private sector economy, but changes
in government spending still have a major impact on the level
of employment. |
| GDP: |
purchasing power parity - $500 million (1997 est.) |
| GDP
- real growth rate: |
NA% |
| GDP
- per capita: |
purchasing power parity - $17,500 (1997 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): |
1.5% (1998) |
| Labor
force: |
14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) |
| Labor
force - by occupation: |
services 60%, industry 40%, agriculture NEGL% |
| Unemployment
rate: |
13.5% (1996) (1996) |
| Budget: |
revenues: $307 million
expenditures: $284 million, including capital expenditures
of $NA (FY00/01 est. ) |
| Industries: |
tourism, banking and finance, ship-building and repairing; tobacco,
mineral water, beer |
| Industrial
production growth rate: |
NA% |
| Electricity
- production: |
97 million kWh (2000) |
| Electricity
- production by source: |
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
other: 0% (2000)
nuclear: 0% |
| Electricity
- consumption: |
90.21 million kWh (2000) |
| Electricity
- exports: |
0 kWh (2000) |
| Electricity
- imports: |
0 kWh (2000) |
| Agriculture
- products: |
none |
| Exports: |
$81.1 million f.o.b. (1997) |
| Exports
- commodities: |
(principally reexports) petroleum 51%, manufactured goods 41%,
other 8% |
| Exports
- partners: |
UK, Morocco, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, US, Germany |
| Imports: |
$492 million c.i.f. (1997) |
| Imports
- commodities: |
fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs |
| Imports
- partners: |
UK, Spain, Japan, Netherlands |
| Debt
- external: |
$NA |
| Economic
aid - recipient: |
$NA; note - if an agreement between Spain and the UK is reached,
could receive 50 million euros from the EU |
| Currency: |
Gibraltar pound (GIP) |
| Currency
code: |
GIP |
| Exchange
rates: |
Gibraltar pounds per US dollar - 0.6981 (January 2002), 0.8977
(2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997);
note - the Gibraltar pound is at par with the British pound |
| Fiscal
year: |
1 July - 30 June
|
| Highways: |
total: 46.25 km
paved: 46.25 km
unpaved: 0 km (2001) |
| Waterways: |
none |
| Pipelines: |
0 km |
| Ports
and harbors: |
Gibraltar |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 75 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 900,400
GRT/1,277,611 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here
as a flag of convenience: Belgium 1, Cyprus 1, France 2, Germany
55, Greece 6, Ireland 1, Monaco 2, Norway 3, United Kingdom 13
(2002 est.)
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 35, chemical tanker 6, container
10, multi-functional large-load carrier 3, passenger 3, petroleum
tanker 14, roll on/roll off 2 |
| Airports: |
1 (2001) |
| Airports
- with paved runways: |
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)
|
| Disputes
- international: |
Spain and UK are discussing "total shared sovereignty" to resolve
300-year dispute over Gibraltar, but resolution is subject to
a constitutional referendum by Gibraltarians, who have largely
expressed opposition to any form of cession to Spain | |
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