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Pitcairn Islands: Environment
| Environment - current issues | deforestation (only a small portion of the original forest remains because of burning and clearing for settlement) | | Environment - international agreements | typhoons (especially November to March) |
Pitcairn Islands: Land use / Resources
| Land use (%) | arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
other: NA | | Natural resources | miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish |
Pitcairn Islands: Economy
| Economy - overview: | The inhabitants of this tiny isolated economy exist on fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, and postage stamps. The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans. Bartering is an important part of the economy. The major sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors and the sale of handicrafts to passing ships. In October 2004, more than one-quarter of Pitcairn's labor force was arrested, putting the economy in a bind, since their services were required as lighter crew to load or unload passing ships. | | GDP - per capita | NA | | GDP - real growth rate (%) | NA | | Agriculture - products | wide variety of fruits and vegetables, goats, chickens | | GDP - composition by sector (%) | agriculture: NA%, industry: NA%, services: NA% | | Industries | postage stamps, handicrafts, beekeeping, honey | | Economic aid - recipient | $3.465 million (2004) | | Debt - external | NA | | Population below poverty line (%) | NA | | Labor force - by occupation (%) | no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing |
Pitcairn Islands: Population / Demographics
| Population (July 2005) | 46 | | Population growth rate (%) (2005) | -0.01% | | Population density (people/sq km) (2005) | 1.0 | | Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | NA | | Ethnic groups (%) | descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives |
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Pitcairn Islands: Infrastructure
| Telephones - main lines in use | 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004) | | Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 6.4 km
paved: 0 km
unpaved: 6.4 km | | Roadways (km) | |
Pitcairn Islands: Health
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA | | Infant mortality rate | NA | | HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%) | NA |
Pitcairn Islands
: References & Data Sources
 Environment, Land use / Resources, Economy, Population / Demographics, Infrastructure, Health -- CIA World Factbook, 2005
Forest Cover, Forest types, Breakdown of forest types, Change in Forest Cover, Primary forests, Forest designation, Disturbances affecting forest land, Value of forests, Production, trade and consumption of forest products -- The FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS's Global Forest Resources Assessment (2005 & 2010) and the State of the World's Forests (2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001)
Protected Areas, Plant and animal biodiversity -- United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). 2004. World Database on Protected Areas.
Biosphere reservers -- United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Man and Biosphere Program. 2004. UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory.
RAMSAR sites -- The Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands . 2005. The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.
World Resources Institute's EarthTrends web site
The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Population Data -- United Nations Population Fund
With additional analysis by Rhett Butler of mongabay.com
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