28, May 2012, CEST. Welcome to the Wallis and Futuna Islands economic statistics pages provided by the beta version of EconomyWatch.com's Econ Stats database.
Economic Indicators For: Wallis and Futuna › Change country
National or Regional Currency: Pacific Franc, XPF
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: 15,398 (July 2011 est.)
Area: total: 142 sq km
land: 142 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets
Natural Resources: NEGL
Capital: name: Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
geographic coordinates: 13 57 S, 171 56 W
time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Data Sources: IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook, Internet World Statistics, The Heritage Foundation and Transparency International
The economy of Wallis and Futuna runs on traditional subsistence Agriculture, fisheries and farming, with approximately 80 per cent of workforce employed in the industries. Government earnings mainly come from French Government subsidy levels, licensing of fishing rights to Japan and South Korea, import taxes, and remittance inflows from expatriate workers in New Caledonia.