350 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to September) Terrain: low coral atolls Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava, bananas, buffaloes, and pigs Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-81), $172 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1980-89), $90 million (1991) National product real growth rate: 13.5% (1990 est.) Unemployment rate: 30% (December 1992) Budget: western (federal, state, local): revenues $684 billion; expenditures $3.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $200 million (1992 est.) Unemployment rate: 0.1% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers Budget: revenues $7.1 billion; expenditures $122.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $28 million (FY92 est.) National product real growth rate: 2.45% (1993 est.) Birth rate: 12.27 births/1,000
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