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  • Economy > Economy > Overview: This entry briefly describes the type of economy, including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic development, the most important natural resources, and the unique areas of specialization. It also characterizes major economic events and policy changes in the most recent 12 months and may include a statement about one or two key future macroeconomic trends.
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  • Geography > Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Geography > Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Geography > Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Geography > Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Geography > Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Geography > Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
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  • People > Population: Population, total refers to the total population.
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  • Geography > Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • Transport > Airports: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
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  • Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
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  • Media > Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Government > Executive branch > Elections: Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election
  • Geography > Irrigated land: The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.
  • Geography > Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
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Economy > Economy > Overview All economic activity is concentrated on the largest island of Diego Garcia, where a joint UK-US military facility is located. Construction projects and various services needed to support the military installation are performed by military and contract employees from the UK, Mauritius, the Philippines, and the US. Some of the natural resources found in this territory include coconuts, fish, and sugarcane. Sugarcane is still a major export for this territory. There are no industrial or agricultural activities on the islands. The territory earns foreign exchange by selling fishing licenses and postage stamps. Philippine GDP growth, which cooled from 7.6% in 2010 to 3.9% in 2011, expanded to 6.6% in 2012 - meeting the government's targeted 6%-7% growth range. The 2012 expansion partly reflected a rebound from depressed 2011 export and public sector spending levels. The economy has weathered global economic and financial downturns better than its regional peers due to minimal exposure to troubled international securities, lower dependence on exports, relatively resilient domestic consumption, large remittances from four- to five-million overseas Filipino workers, and a rapidly expanding business process outsourcing industry. The current account balance had recorded consecutive surpluses since 2003; international reserves are at record highs; the banking system is stable; and the stock market was Asia's second best-performer in 2012. Efforts to improve tax administration and expenditure management have helped ease the Philippines' tight fiscal situation and reduce high debt levels. The Philippines received several credit rating upgrades on its sovereign debt in 2012, and has had little difficulty tapping domestic and international markets to finance its deficits. Achieving a higher growth path nevertheless remains a pressing challenge. Economic growth in the Philippines averaged 4.5% during the MACAPAGAL-ARROYO administration but poverty worsened during her term. Growth has accelerated under the AQUINO government, but with limited progress thus far in bringing down unemployment, which hovers around 7%, and improving the quality of jobs. Underemployment is nearly 20% and more than 40% of the employed are estimated to be working in the informal sector. The AQUINO administration has been working to boost the budgets for education, health, cash transfers to the poor, and other social spending programs, and is relying on the private sector to help fund major infrastructure projects under its Public-Private Partnership program. Long term challenges include reforming governance and the judicial system, building infrastructure, improving regulatory predictability, and the ease of doing business, attracting higher levels of local and foreign investments. The Philippine Constitution and the other laws continue to restrict foreign ownership in important activities/sectors (such as land ownership and public utilities).
Environment > Current issues NA uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds
Geography > Area > Comparative land area is about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Geography > Area > Land 60 sq km
Ranked 8th. 		298,170 sq km
Ranked 69th. 4970 times more than British Indian Ocean Territory
Geography > Area > Total 54,400 sq km
Ranked 129th. 		300,000 sq km
Ranked 74th. 6 times more than British Indian Ocean Territory
Geography > Climate tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Geography > Coastline 698 km
Ranked 96th. 		36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 52 times more than British Indian Ocean Territory
Geography > Geographic coordinates 6 00 S, 71 30 E 13 00 N, 122 00 E
Geography > Location archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of India, about halfway between Africa and Indonesia Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
Geography > Natural resources coconuts, fish, sugarcane timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
Geography > Terrain flat and low (most areas do not exceed two meters in elevation) mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands
Government > Executive branch > Cabinet NA Cabinet appointed by the president with consent of Commission of Appointments
Government > Executive branch > Head of government Commissioner Colin ROBERTS (since July 2008); Administrator John MCMANUS (since April 2011) President Benigno AQUINO (since 30 June 2010)
Government > Legal system the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply mixed legal system of civil, common, Islamic, and customary law
People > Population 0.0
Ranked 245th. 		105.72 million
Ranked 12th.
Government > Executive branch > Chief of state Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) President Benigno AQUINO (since 30 June 2010); Vice President Jejomar BINAY (since 30 June 2010)
Geography > Area > Water 54,340 sq km
Ranked 13th. 30 times more than Philippines 		1,830 sq km
Ranked 92nd.
Media > Broadcast media Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) broadcasts over 3 separate frequencies for US and UK military personnel stationed on the islands multiple national private TV and radio networks; multi-channel satellite and cable TV systems available; more than 350 TV stations - 4 major TV networks operating nationwide with 1 being government-owned; some 1100 cable TV providers and some 1,200 radio stations broadcasting; the Philippines is scheduled to complete the switch from analog to digital broadcasting by the end of 2015
Transport > Airports 1
Ranked 217th. 		247
Ranked 24th. 247 times more than British Indian Ocean Territory
Geography > Area > Comparative to US places land area is about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m Mount Apo 2,954 m
Military > Military branches no regular military forces Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force
Government > Country name > Conventional long form British Indian Ocean Territory Republic of the Philippines
Geography > Land use > Arable land 0.0
Ranked 225th. 		18%
Ranked 59th.
Media > Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 AM 381, FM 628, shortwave 4 (each shortwave station operates on multiple frequencies in the language of the target audience)
Government > Executive branch > Elections none; the monarchy is hereditary; commissioner and administrator appointed by the monarch president and vice president elected on separate tickets by popular vote for a single six-year term; election held on 10 May 2010 (next election to be held in May 2016)
Geography > Irrigated land 0.0
Ranked 28th. 		152,500 sq km
Ranked 5th.
Geography > Natural hazards NA astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis
Government > Flag description white with six blue wavy horizontal stripes; the flag of the UK is in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the striped section bears a palm tree and yellow crown (the symbols of the territory) centered on the outer half of the flag; the wavy stripes represent the Indian Ocean; although not officially described, the six blue stripes may stand for the six main atolls of the archipelago two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red; a white equilateral triangle is based on the hoist side; the center of the triangle displays a yellow sun with eight primary rays; each corner of the triangle contains a small, yellow, five-pointed star; blue stands for peace and justice, red symbolizes courage, the white equal-sided triangle represents equality; the rays recall the first eight provinces that sought independence from Spain, while the stars represent the three major geographical divisions of the country: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao; the design of the flag dates to 1897

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

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