Economy - overview:	The economy depends largely on financial assistance from the UK, which amounted to about $5 million in 1997 or almost one-half of annual budgetary revenues. The local population earns income from fishing, raising livestock, and sales of handicrafts. Because there are few jobs, 25% of the work force has left to seek employment on Ascension Island, on the Falklands, and in the UK.
GDP - per capita	$2,500 (1998 est.)
GDP - real growth rate (%)	NA
Agriculture - products	corn, potatoes, vegetables; timber; fish, crawfish (on Tristan da Cunha)
GDP - composition by sector (%)	agriculture: NA, industry: NA, services: NA
Industries	construction, crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fishing
Economic aid - recipient	$12.6 million (1995); note - $5.3 million from UK (1997)
Debt - external	NA (1996)
Population below poverty line (%)	NA
Labor force - by occupation (%)	agriculture and fishing 6%, industry (mainly construction) 48%, services 46% (1987 est.)

Saint Helena: Population / Demographics

Population (July 2005)	7,460
Population growth rate (%) (2005)	0.59%
Population density (people/sq km) (2005)	18.2
Percent rural (2003)	64.5%
Median age (years)	total: 35.4 years
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	1.54 (2005 est.)
Ethnic groups (%)	African descent 50%, white 25%, Chinese 25%

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Telephones - main lines in use	2,200 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular	0 (1997)
Roadways (km)	total: 198 km (Saint Helena 138 km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 20 km) paved: 168 km (Saint Helena 118km, Ascension 40 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) unpaved: 30 km (Saint Helena 20 km, Ascension 0 km, Tristan da Cunha 10 km) (2000)

Saint Helena: Health

Life expectancy at birth (years)	total population: 77.76 years male: 74.86 years female: 80.81 years (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate	19 deaths/1,000 live births
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	NA

Saint Helena : References & Data Sources

Environment, Land use / Resources, Economy, Population / Demographics, Infrastructure, Health -- CIA World Factbook, 2005

Forest Cover, Forest types, Breakdown of forest types, Change in Forest Cover, Primary forests, Forest designation, Disturbances affecting forest land, Value of forests, Production, trade and consumption of forest products -- The FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS's Global Forest Resources Assessment (2005 & 2010) and the State of the World's Forests (2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001)

Protected Areas, Plant and animal biodiversity -- United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). 2004. World Database on Protected Areas.

Biosphere reservers -- United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Man and Biosphere Program. 2004. UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory.

RAMSAR sites -- The Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands . 2005. The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.

World Resources Institute's EarthTrends web site

The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Population Data -- United Nations Population Fund

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