Tokelau
territory of New ZealandIndependence none (territory of New Zealand)
Tokelau as the 1994 edition of the CIA World Factbook published it: 86 fields, one of 36 editions from 1990 to 2025.
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Geography
Oceania, Polynesia, 3,750 km southwest of Honolulu in the South | Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
22 fieldsLocation
Oceania, Polynesia, 3,750 km southwest of Honolulu in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
total area
10 sq km
land area
10 sq km
comparative area
about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
exclusive economic zone
200 nm
territorial sea
12 nm
arable land
0%
permanent crops
0%
meadows and pastures
0%
forest and woodland
0%
other
100%
current issues
very limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to emigration to New Zealand
natural hazards
lies in Pacific typhoon belt
international agreements
NA
People
12 fieldsnoun
Tokelauan(s)
adjective
Tokelauan
note
- on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa;
- on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic;
- on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant
total population
NA%
male
NA%
female
NA%
Government
Territory of New Zealand
20 fieldsconventional long form
none
conventional short form
Tokelau
National holiday
Waitangi Day, 6 February (1840) (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand)
Head of Government
- Administrator Graham ANSELL (since NA 1990; appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in New Zealand);
- Official Secretary Casimilo J. PEREZ (since NA), Office of Tokelau Affairs;
- Tokelau's governing Council will elect its first head of government
Economy
Tokelau's small size, isolation, and lack of resources greatly | restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the | subsistence level.
25 fieldsOverview
Tokelau's small size, isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The people must rely on aid from New Zealand to maintain public services, annual aid being substantially greater than GDP. The principal sources of revenue come from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts. Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.
revenues
$430,830
expenditures
$2.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $37,300 (1987 est.)
commodities
stamps, copra, handicrafts
partners
NZ
commodities
foodstuffs, building materials, fuel
partners
NZ
capacity
200 kW
production
300,000 kWh
consumption per capita
180 kWh (1990)
Industries
- small-scale enterprises for copra production, wood work, plaited craft goods;
- stamps, coins;
- fishing
Agriculture
- coconuts, copra;
- basic subsistence crops - breadfruit, papaya, bananas;
- pigs, poultry, goats
recipient
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $24 million
Exchange rates
New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 - 1.7771 (January 1994), 1.8495 (1993), 1.8584 (1992), l.7265 (1991), 1.6750 (1990), 1.6708 (1989)
Communications
6 fieldstotal
NA
paved
NA
unpaved
NA
Defense Forces
1 fieldCite this entry
Central Intelligence Agency. “Tokelau.” The World Factbook 1994. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/tokelau/1994.