27, May 2012, CEST. Welcome to the Guernsey economic statistics pages provided by the beta version of EconomyWatch.com's Econ Stats database.

Economic Indicators For: Guernsey (Guernsey and Alderney) › Change country
National or Regional Currency: Guernsey Pound, GBP
Year of data: 2010 › Change year
Number of Indicators Listed:
Full Dataset: From Year 1980 to 2016
Date of Last Update: 1st August 2011
Population: 65,068 (July 2011 est.)
Area: total: 78 sq km land: 78 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands
Natural Resources: cropland
Capital: name: Saint Peter Port geographic coordinates: 49 27 N, 2 32 W time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Data Sources: IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook, Internet World Statistics, The Heritage Foundation and Transparency International

Guernsey is a small yet wealthy country in the Channel Islands. It’s strategic position between England and France has meant that it has a long military heritage which in itself has brought income into the Island and led to the creation of much of the infrastructure. The island's economy has evolved significantly over the past 50 years with the largest employment sector now being the finance industry. Low taxes make Guernsey a popular tax haven.
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