1)

Unemployment rate:

1.5% (December 2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:

NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Budget:

revenues: $965 million
expenditures: $943 million (FY05/06 est.)

Fiscal year:

1 April - 31 March

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

3.1% (December 2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:

cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry

Industries:

financial services, light manufacturing, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:

3.2% (FY96/97)

Exports:

$NA

Exports - commodities:

tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb

Exports - partners:

UK (2006)

Imports:

$NA

Imports - commodities:

timber, fertilizers, fish

Imports - partners:

UK (2006)

Economic aid - recipient:

$NA

Debt - external:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

Isle of Man pound (IMP), also known as the Manx pound
note: the British pound is also legal tender, but change is given in
IMP

Currency code:

GBP

Exchange rates:

Manx pounds (IMP) per US dollar - 0.4993 (2007), 0.5418 (2006),
0.5493 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003)
note: the Manx pound is at par with the British pound

Communications
Isle of Man

Telephones - main lines in use:

51,000 (1999)

Telephone system:

general assessment: NA
domestic: landline, telefax, mobile cellular telephone system
international: fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, satellite
earth station, submarine cable

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

NA

Television broadcast stations:

0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999)

Televisions:

27,490 (1999)

Internet country code:

.im

Internet hosts:

426 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

NA

Internet users:

NA

Transportation
Isle of Man

Airports:

1 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)

Railways:

total: 65 km
standard gauge: 7 km 1.067-m gauge (7 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 58 km 0.914-m gauge (29 km electrified)
note: primarily summer tourist attractions (2006)

Roadways:

total: 500 km (2008)

Merchant marine:

total: 273
by type: bulk carrier 31, cargo 50, chemical tanker 48, container
12, liquefied gas 41, passenger/