Saint Helena (St. Helena) Economic Statistics and Indicators

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Economic Indicators For: Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha (St. Helena) › Change country
National or Regional Currency: St. Helena Pound, SHP
Year of data: 2015 › Change year
Number of Indicators Listed:
Full Dataset: From Year 1980 to 2019
Date of Last Update: 17th March 2015
Population: 7,776 ; note: only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands are inhabited, not any of the other nearby islands/islets (July 2014 est.)
Area: total: 308 sq km ; land: Saint Helena Island 122 sq km; Ascension Island 88 sq km; Tristan da Cunha island group 98 sq km ; water: 0 sq km
Natural Resources: fish, lobster
Capital: name: Jamestown ; geographic coordinates: 15 56 S, 5 43 W ; time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

The economy depends largely on financial assistance from the UK, which amounted to about $27 million in FY06/07 or more than twice the level 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.

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