Economy - overview:
Coconuts, grown throughout the islands, are the sole cash crop. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia. There is a small tourist industry.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$NA
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GDP - real growth rate:
1% (2003)
country comparison to the world: 185
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Labor force:
NA
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Labor force - by occupation:
note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others

Unemployment rate:
60% (2000 est.)
country comparison to the world: 194
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Budget:
revenues: $NA
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expenditures: $NA
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Agriculture - products:
vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts

Industries:
copra products and tourism

Exports:
$NA
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Exports - commodities:
copra

Imports:
$NA
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Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs

Exchange rates:
Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar -