Spratly Islands Economic Statistics and Indicators
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Economic Indicators For: Spratly Islands › Change country
National or Regional Currency: ,
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: no indigenous inhabitants ; note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by military personnel of several claimant states
Area: total: less than 5 sq km ; land: less than 5 sq km ; water: 0 sq km ; note: includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 sq km (158,000 sq mi) of the central South China Sea
Natural Resources: fish, guano, undetermined oil and natural gas potential
Economic activity is limited to commercial fishing. The proximity to nearby oil- and gas-producing sedimentary basins suggests the potential for oil and gas deposits, but the region is largely unexplored. There are no reliable estimates of potential reserves. Commercial exploitation has yet to be developed.
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