Niue by Emma Andrews https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi Country Collage en-us 2016-10-06 12:45:58 UTC 2024-11-28 12:01:11 UTC hello@padlet.com POPULATION & GROWTH RATE andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128788406 1,612 people (July 2014 est.) 
0.03% (2014 est.)]]> 2016-10-06 13:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128788406 MAJOR URBAN AREA andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128789059 ALOFI (capital) 1,000 people (2014)]]> 2016-10-06 13:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128789059 OVERVIEW andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128791217 - Mixed economy
- Few resources
- Small population
- Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues.
- The island has suffered a  loss of population because of emigration to New Zealand

]]> 2016-10-06 13:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128791217 GDP COMPOSITION BY SECTOR andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128792316 agriculture: 23.5%
industry: 26.9%
services: 49.5%
]]> 2016-10-06 13:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128792316 GDP PER CAPITA andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128792586 $5,800]]> 2016-10-06 13:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128792586 GDP andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128792767 $10.01 million]]> 2016-10-06 13:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128792767 AGRICULTURE andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128793370 Niue relies on agriculture for it's income and food security.
Products include: coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (manioc, tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle]]> 2016-10-06 13:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128793370 LABOR FORCE andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128795044 Most Niueans work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board.]]> 2016-10-06 13:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128795044 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128795638 12%]]> 2016-10-06 13:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128795638 EXPORTS andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128796403 commodities include: canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts]]> 2016-10-06 13:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128796403 IMPORTS andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128797019 commodities include: food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs]]> 2016-10-06 13:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128797019 CULTURE ETIQUETTE  andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128798704 - Society is based on obedience and respect to elders
- Gifts are exchanged as a signal of esteem and friendship
- Continued eye contact can be a sign of disrespect
- Fishing, kayaking and diving is prohibited by law on Sundays
- Do not get drunk in public
]]> 2016-10-06 13:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128798704 INTERESTING FACTS andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128798796 - Niue has no traffic lights
- You can swim with whales in clear water
- Island's national sport is darts
- Only country in the world with free WIFI on the total area of the country]]> 2016-10-06 13:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/128798796 Current Event Recap andrewse18 https://padlet.com/andrewse18/s2qw5qwxwzdi/wish/129507284 Niue is one of the smallest countries in the world. in the 1960's the island had around 5,000 inhabitants, in 2015 there were 1,610, and as of this year there are 1,612.
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