Economy - overview:
Tokelau's small size (three villages), isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The principal sources of revenue are from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts. Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.

The people rely heavily on aid from New Zealand - about $15 million annually in FY12/13 and FY13/14 - to maintain public services. New Zealand's support amounts to 80% of Tokelau's recurrent government budget. An international trust fund, currently worth nearly $32 million, was established in 2004 by New Zealand to provide Tokelau an independent source of revenue.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$1.5 million (1993 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 229
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GDP (official exchange rate):
NA
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GDP - real growth rate:
NA
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GDP - per capita (PPP):
$1,000 (1993 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 225
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GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: NA
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industry: NA
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services: NA
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Agriculture - products:
coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats; fish

Industries:
small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing

Labor force:
440 (2001)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 231
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Unemployment rate:
NA
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Population below poverty line:
NA
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Budget:
revenues: 430,800 (1987 est.)
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expenditures: 2.8 million (1987 est.)
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Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
NA
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Exports:
$0 (2002 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 224
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Exports - commodities:
stamps, copra, handicrafts

Imports:
$969,200 (2002 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 224
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Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, building materials, fuel

Exchange rates:
New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar -
1.416 (2017 est.)
1.4279 (2016 est.)
1.4279 (2015)
1.4279 (2014 est.)
1.2039 (2013 est.)