Attribute | Value |
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Geography | |
Area | 142 km² |
Continent | Australia |
Land area | 142 km² |
Water area | 0 km² |
Land boundaries | 0 km |
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Coastline | 129 km |
Mean elevation | Add |
Lowest point | 0 m |
Highest point | 522 m |
People | |
Population | 15,854 |
Official languages |
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Religion | Roman Catholic |
Government | |
Long country name | Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands |
Short country name | Wallis and Futuna |
Long local name | Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna |
Short local name | Wallis et Futuna |
Former name |
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Government type | Parliamentary democracy |
Capital | Mata-Utu |
Economy | |
GDP (PPP) | 60,000,000 USD |
GDP (OER) | 195,000,000 USD |
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GDP - per capita (PPP) | 3,800 USD |
Gross national saving | Add |
Labor force | 4,482 |
Unemployment rate | 8.8 % |
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Budget revenues | 32,540,000 USD |
Budget expenditures | 34,180,000 USD |
Military expenditures | Add |
Taxes and other revenues | 16.7 % of GDP |
Budget surplus or deficit | -0.8 % of GDP |
Public debt | 5.6 % of GDP |
Inflation rate | 0.9 % |
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Commercial bank prime lending rate | Add |
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Stock of broad money | Add |
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Current account balance | Add |
Exports | 47 USD |
Imports | 61,170,000 USD |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | Add |
External debt | 3,670,000 USD |
National currency | Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs |
National currency (code) | XPF |
National currency (symbol) | F |
National currency rate to USD | 110.2 |
The Futuna island group was discovered by the Dutch in 1616 and Wallis by the British in 1767, but it was the French who declared a protectorate over the islands in 1842, and took official control of them between 1886 and 1888. Notably, Wallis and Futuna was the only French colony to side with the Vichy regime during World War II, a phase that ended in May of 1942 with the arrival of 2,000 American troops. In 1959, the inhabitants of the islands voted to become a French overseas territory and officially assumed that status in 1961. In 2003, Wallis and Futuna's designation changed to that of an overseas collectivity.