iron; construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer Agriculture: accounts for 22% of GDP; not self-sufficient in food; fishing and forestry); cash crops - coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, wood; staple crops - rubber and oil 28%, services 22%, agriculture 16% (1985) note: 57% of population of the law, and customary laws indigenous to Palau) Languages: English (official), Tahitian/English dialect Literacy: total population: 77.51 years male: 75.37 years female: 44.49 years (1993 est.) Net migration rate: -2.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population
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