Economy of Niue
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox economy The economy of Niue is heavily dependent upon aid from New Zealand. Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, and grants from New Zealand make up the shortfall and are used to pay wages to public employees. Niue has cut government expenditures by reducing the public service by almost half.
Local economic activityEdit
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 has historically been an important source of revenue.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population because of migration of Niueans to New Zealand. Efforts to increase GDP include the promotion of tourism. An initiative into the financial services industry was dropped under pressure from the US Treasury. More recently<ref>Adressen som funkar på flera språk - Internetstiftelsen</ref> the sale of Internet domain names under the NU top level domain has brought in some income. These domains are particularly popular in Scandinavia, Belgium and the Netherlands, since nu means "now" in Dutch and the Scandinavian languages.<ref>http://www.saob.se/artikel/?unik=N_0641-0219.Mc5e, https://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?select=nu,1&query=nu, https://ordbok.uib.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?OPP=+nu&ant_bokmaal=5&ant_nynorsk=5&begge=+&ordbok=begge, http://gtb.inl.nl/iWDB/search?actie=article&wdb=ONW&id=ID3070&lemmodern=nu&domein=0&conc=true</ref>
Economic statisticsEdit
GDP: USD$24.938 million (2016)<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
GDP: purchasing power parity – $10 million (2003),<ref name="cia">Template:Cite book</ref>
GDP – real growth rate: 6.2% (2003 est.)<ref name="cia" />
GDP – per capita: nominal - USD$15,586 (2016)<ref name=":0" />
purchasing power parity – $5,800 (2003),<ref name="cia" /> $15,066 (2011)<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
GDP – composition by sector:
agriculture:
23% (2003) <ref name=cia />
industry:
27% (2003) <ref name=cia />
services:
50% (2003) <ref name=cia />
Population below poverty line: 13%<ref name=unfpa>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1% (1995)
Labor force: 450 (1992 est.) 663 (2001 est.)<ref name= cia />
Labor force – by occupation: Most people work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and on the Niue Development Board
Unemployment rate: 12% (2001) <ref name=cia />
Budget:
revenues:
$15.07 million (FY 04-05)<ref name=cia />
$26 million (FY 18-19)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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expenditures:
$16.33 million<ref name =cia />
Industries: tourism, handicrafts, food processing
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity – production: 3 GWh (1998)
Electricity – production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0% (2010)<ref name=cia />
nuclear:
0% (2010)<ref name=cia />
other:
0% (1998)
Electricity – consumption: 3 GWh (1998)
Electricity – exports: 0 kWh (1998)
Electricity – imports: 0 kWh (1998)
Agriculture – products: coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle
Exports: $3.52 million 2014,<ref name=oec> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> USD$1.391 million (2016)<ref name=":0" />
Exports – commodities: canned coconut cream, copra, honey, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts
In 2014:<ref name=oec />
- Iron Structures ($576k)
- Refined petroleum ($456k)
- Cement ($277k)
- Fruit Juice ($224k)
- Delivery Trucks ($143k)
Exports – partners: New Zealand 89%, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia.
In 2014:<ref name=oec />
- Senegal 44% ($1.55M)
- Czech Republic 12% ($413k)
- New Zealand 10% ($334k)
- Gambia 8% ($277k)
- United States 5% ($169k)
Imports: $9 million (2003), $19 million (2014),<ref name=oec /> USD$14.95 million (2016),<ref name=":0" /> NZD$21.5 million (2018)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Imports – commodities: food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs
In 2014: Special Purpose Ships ($5.48M), Refined Petroleum ($2.93M), Large Construction Vehicles ($403k), Prefabricated Buildings ($402k) and Cars ($312k).
Imports – partners: New Zealand 59%, Fiji 20%, Japan 13%, Samoa, Australia, United States
In 2014:<ref name=oec />
- New Zealand ($12.4M)
- Japan ($5.58M)
- Canada ($232k)
- Fiji ($211k)
- Australia ($147k)
Debt – external: $NA
Economic aid – recipient: $8.3 million (1995), $5.7 million (FY 08-09)<ref name=cia />
Currency: 1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 – 1.9451 (January 2000), 1.8889 (1999), 1.8629 (1998), 1.5082 (1997), 1.4543 (1996), 1.5235 (1995)
Fiscal year: 1 April – 31 March