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| - Removed | $ |
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| + Added | Communications.Broadcast media.text |
— | 1 state-owned TV station, with many of the programs supplied by Television New Zealand; 1 state-owned radio station broadcasting in AM and FM (2019) |
| + Added | Communications.Internet country code.text |
— | .nu |
| + Added | Communications.Internet users.percent of population.text |
— | 80% (2024 est.) |
| + Added | Communications.Telephones - fixed lines.subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.text |
— | 52 (2021 est.) |
| + Added | Communications.Telephones - fixed lines.total subscriptions.text |
— | 1,000 (2021 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Agricultural products.note |
— | note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage |
| + Added | Economy.Agricultural products.text |
— | coconuts, taro, fruits, sweet potatoes, tropical fruits, yams, vegetables, lemons/limes, bananas, pork (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Economic overview.text |
— | upper-middle-income self-governing New Zealand territorial economy; environmentally fragile; massive emigration; post-pandemic tourism rebound; postage stamps, small-scale agricultural processing, and subsistence farmin… |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.Currency.text |
— | New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2020.text |
— | 1.542 (2020 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2021.text |
— | 1.414 (2021 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2022.text |
— | 1.577 (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2023.text |
— | 1.628 (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2024.text |
— | 1.652 (2024 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - commodities.note |
— | note: top export commodities based on value in dollars over $500,000 |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - commodities.text |
— | abrasive powder, coin (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - partners.note |
— | note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - partners.text |
— | USA 54%, Germany 8%, Canada 5%, UK 5%, Guatemala 4% (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - commodities.note |
— | note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - commodities.text |
— | refined petroleum, plastic products, machine parts, construction vehicles, cars (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - partners.note |
— | note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - partners.text |
— | NZ 87%, Fiji 6%, UAE 2%, Slovakia 1%, Australia 1% (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Industries.text |
— | handicrafts, food processing |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019.text |
— | $20.9 million (2019 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020.text |
— | $19.9 million (2020 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021.text |
— | $18.7 million (2021 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP per capita.Real GDP per capita 2019.text |
— | $12,400 (2019 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP per capita.Real GDP per capita 2020.text |
— | $11,800 (2020 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP per capita.Real GDP per capita 2021.text |
— | $11,100 (2021 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP per capita.note |
— | note: data are in 2009 dollars |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity generation sources.fossil fuels.text |
— | 100% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity.consumption.text |
— | 3 million kWh (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity.installed generating capacity.text |
— | 3,000 kW (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity.transmission/distribution losses.text |
— | 400,000 kWh (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Petroleum.refined petroleum consumption.text |
— | 61 bbl/day (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Carbon dioxide emissions.from petroleum and other liquids.text |
— | 9,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Carbon dioxide emissions.total emissions.text |
— | 9,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Climate.text |
— | tropical; modified by southeast trade winds |
| + Added | Environment.Environmental issues.text |
— | increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash-and-burn agriculture |
| + Added | Environment.International environmental agreements.party to.text |
— | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution |
| + Added | Environment.International environmental agreements.signed, but not ratified.text |
— | none of the selected agreements |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land.text |
— | 18.5% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land: arable land.text |
— | arable land: 3.8% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land: permanent crops.text |
— | permanent crops: 10.8% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land: permanent pasture.text |
— | permanent pasture: 3.8% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.forest.text |
— | 72.6% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.other.text |
— | 9% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Particulate matter emissions.text |
— | 6.7 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Urbanization.rate of urbanization.text |
— | 1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Urbanization.urban population.text |
— | 48.2% of total population (2023) |
| + Added | Geography.Area - comparative.text |
— | 1.5 times the size of Washington, D.C. |
| + Added | Geography.Area.land.text |
— | 260 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Area.total .text |
— | 260 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Area.water.text |
— | 0 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Climate.text |
— | tropical; modified by southeast trade winds |
| + Added | Geography.Coastline.text |
— | 64 km |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.highest point.text |
— | unnamed elevation 1.4 km east of Hikutavake 80 m |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.lowest point.text |
— | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| + Added | Geography.Geographic coordinates.text |
— | 19 02 S, 169 52 W |
| + Added | Geography.Geography - note.text |
— | one of world's largest coral islands; the only major break in the surrounding coral reef occurs in the central western part of the coast |
| + Added | Geography.Irrigated land.text |
— | 0 sq km (2022) |
| + Added | Geography.Land boundaries.total.text |
— | 0 km |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land.text |
— | 18.5% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land: arable land.text |
— | arable land: 3.8% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land: permanent crops.text |
— | permanent crops: 10.8% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land: permanent pasture.text |
— | permanent pasture: 3.8% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.forest.text |
— | 72.6% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.other.text |
— | 9% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Location.text |
— | Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga |
| + Added | Geography.Map references.text |
— | Oceania |
| + Added | Geography.Maritime claims.exclusive economic zone.text |
— | 200 nm |
| + Added | Geography.Maritime claims.territorial sea.text |
— | 12 nm |
| + Added | Geography.Natural hazards.text |
— | tropical cyclones |
| + Added | Geography.Natural resources.text |
— | arable land, fish |
| + Added | Geography.Population distribution.text |
— | population distributed around the peripheral coastal areas of the island |
| + Added | Geography.Terrain.text |
— | steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau |
| + Added | Government.Administrative divisions.text |
— | no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US government, but 14 villages are considered second-order |
| + Added | Government.Capital.etymology.text |
— | a traditional name for an area of the island; became the name for the newly declared capital in the 20th century |
| + Added | Government.Capital.geographic coordinates.text |
— | 19 01 S, 169 55 W |
| + Added | Government.Capital.name.text |
— | Alofi |
| + Added | Government.Capital.time difference.text |
— | UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
| + Added | Government.Constitution.amendment process.text |
— | proposed by the Assembly; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly membership in each of three readings and approval by at least two-thirds majority votes in a referendum; passage of amendments… |
| + Added | Government.Constitution.history.text |
— | several previous (New Zealand colonial statutes); latest 19 October 1974 (Niue Constitution Act 1974) |
| + Added | Government.Country name.conventional long form.text |
— | none |
| + Added | Government.Country name.conventional short form.text |
— | Niue |
| + Added | Government.Country name.etymology.text |
— | the origin of the name is obscure; in Niuean, the word translates as "behold the coconut;" the former name, Savage Island, was the result of an acrimonious meeting in 1774 between English explorer Captain James COOK and… |
| + Added | Government.Country name.former.text |
— | Savage Island |
| + Added | Government.Country name.note |
— | note: pronunciation falls between nyu-way and new-way, but not like new-wee |
| + Added | Government.Dependency status.text |
— | self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1974; Niue is fully responsible for internal affairs; under the Niue Constitution Act of 1974, New Zealand provides necessary economic and administrative assista… |
| + Added | Government.Diplomatic representation from the US.embassy.text |
— | none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand) |
| + Added | Government.Diplomatic representation from the US.note |
— | note: on 25 September 2023, the US officially established diplomatic relations with Niue |
| + Added | Government.Diplomatic representation in the US.text |
— | none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand) |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.cabinet.text |
— | Cabinet chosen by the prime minister |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.chief of state.text |
— | King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor-General of New Zealand Cindy KIRO (since 21 October 2021); the UK and New Zealand are represented by New Zealand High Commissioner Mark GIBBS (since 5 M… |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.election results.text |
— | Dalton TAGELAGI reelected prime minister; Legislative Assembly vote - Dalton TAGELAGI (independent) 16, O'Love JACOBSEN (independent) 4 |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.election/appointment process.text |
— | the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister indirectly elected by the Legislative Assembly for a 3-year term |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.expected date of next election.text |
— | 2026 |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.head of government.text |
— | Prime Minister Dalton TAGELAGI; also referred to as premier (since 10 June 2020) |
| + Added | Government.Executive branch.most recent election date.text |
— | 8 May 2023 |
| + Added | Government.Flag.text |
— | description: yellow with the UK flag in the upper-left quadrant; the UK flag has five yellow five-pointed stars, with a large star on a blue disk in the center and smaller stars on each arm of the red cross meaning: the… |
| + Added | Government.Government type.text |
— | parliamentary democracy |
| + Added | Government.Independence.text |
— | 19 October 1974 (Niue became a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand) |
| + Added | Government.International organization participation.text |
— | ACP, AOSIS, FAO, IFAD, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO |
| + Added | Government.Judicial branch.highest court(s).text |
— | Court of Appeal (consists of the chief justice and up to 3 judges) |
| + Added | Government.Judicial branch.judge selection and term of office.text |
— | Niue chief justice appointed by the governor general on the advice of the Cabinet and tendered by the premier; other judges appointed by the governor general on the advice of the Cabinet and tendered by the chief justic… |
| + Added | Government.Judicial branch.note |
— | note: the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) is the final appeal court beyond the Niue Court of Appeal |
| + Added | Government.Judicial branch.subordinate courts.text |
— | High Court |
| + Added | Government.Legal system.text |
— | English common law |
| + Added | Government.Legislative branch.electoral system.text |
— | plurality/majority |
| + Added | Government.Legislative branch.expected date of next election.text |
— | April 2026 |
| + Added | Government.Legislative branch.legislative structure.text |
— | unicameral |
| + Added | Government.Legislative branch.legislature name.text |
— | Niue Assembly (Fono Ekepule) |
| + Added | Government.Legislative branch.most recent election date.text |
— | 29 April 2023 |
| + Added | Government.Legislative branch.number of seats.text |
— | 20 |
| + Added | Government.Legislative branch.parties elected and seats per party.text |
— | independents (20) |
| + Added | Government.Legislative branch.percentage of women in chamber.text |
— | 15% |
| + Added | Government.Legislative branch.scope of elections.text |
— | full renewal |
| + Added | Government.Legislative branch.term in office.text |
— | 3 years |
| + Added | Government.National anthem(s).history.text |
— | in use since 1745 |