1986 Edition

Agriculture

major cash crop is oil palms; peanuts, cotton, coffee, sheanuts, and tobacco also produced commercially; main food crops — corn, cassava, yams, rice, sorghum, millet; livestock, fish

main products — bananas, vegetables, Easter lilies, dairy products, citrus fruits

Aid

economic — bilateral commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-81), from US $34 million; from Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF (1970-82), $252 million; no military aid

Airfields

9 total, 8 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

Branches

Army, Navy, Air Force

Executive Council (cabinet) appointed by governor, led by government leader; bicameral legislature with an appointed Senate and a 40-member directly elected House of Assembly; Supreme Court

The Bermuda Regiment

Budget

(1985 est.) revenues $1 19 million; expenditures, $1 19 million

revenues, $159 million; expenditures, $143 million (FY82/83)

Capital

Hamilton

Civil air

3 major transport aircraft

16 major transport aircraft

Coastline

103 km People

Communists

negligible

Elections

at least once every five years; last general election October 1985 Political parties and leaders: United Bermuda Party (UBP), John W. D. Swan; Progressive Labor Party (PLP), Frederick Wade; National Liberal Party, Gilbert Darrell; PLP Members for Change (informal)

Electric power

21,000 kW capacity (1985); 27 million kWh produced (1985), 7 kWh per capita

1 10,000 kW capacity (1985); 350 million kWh produced (1985), 6,034 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

61 % black, 39% white and other

Exports

$172.5 million (f.o.b., 1984 est.); palm products, cotton, other agricultural products

$40.5 million (1984); semitropical produce, light manufactures

Fiscal year

calendar year Communications

1 April-31 March Communications

Fishing

catch 21,000 metric tons (1983)

GDP

$1,003 million (1983-84), $18,040 per capita (1983-84); real growth rate 1.1% (1983-84); average inflation rate 3.8% (1984-85)

GNP

$974.2 million (1984 est.), $270 per capita (1983); 1.6% growth during 1984

Government leaders

Viscount DUNROSSIL, Governor (since 1983); John William David SWAN, Premier (since 1982)

Highways

8,550 km total; 828 km paved, 5,722 km improved earth

210 km public roads, all paved (approximately 400 km of private roads)

Imports

$225.4 million (f.o.b. 1984 est.); thread, cloth, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials, iron, steel, fuels, foodstuffs, machinery, and transport equipment

$41 1.094 million (1984); fuel, foodstuffs, machinery

Infant mortality rate

7.1/1,000(1985)

Inland waterways

small sections, only important locally

Labor force

32,000 employed (1984); 25% clerical, 22% services, 21% laborers, 13% professional and technical, 10% administrative and managerial, 7% sales, 2% agriculture and fishing

Language

English

Legal system

English law

Life expectancy

men 69, women 76

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

3 nm (fishing 200 nm)

Literacy

98%

Major industries

palm oil and palm kernel oil processing, textiles, beverages

tourism (33%), finance, structural concrete products, paints, perfumes, furniture

Major trade partners

France, EC, franc zone; preferential tariffs to EC and franc zone countries

57% US, 9% Caribbean countries, 8% UK, 6% Canada, 20% other; tourists, 90% US

Member of

INTERPOL, WHO Economy

Military manpower

eligible 15-49, 1,814,000; of the 894,000 males 15-49, 453,000 are fit for military service; of the 920,000 females 15-49, 465,000 are fit for military service; about 41,000 males and 42,000 females reach military age (18) annually; both sexes are liable for military service North Atlantic Ocean North Atlantic Ocean St< re|ionil mip II Land 53.3 km2; about one-third the size of Washington, D. C.; consists of about 360 small coral islands; 60% forest; 21% built on, waste land, and other; 1 1 % leased for air and naval bases; 8% arable Water

Monetary conversion rate

475 Communaute Financiere Africaine (CFA) francs=US$l (1985)

1 Bermuda dollar=US$l (September 1985)

Nationality

noun — Bermudian(s); adjective— Bermudian

Natural resources

small offshore oil deposits; no other known minerals in commercial quantity

limestone (used primarily for building)

Official name

Bermuda

Organized labor

8,700 members; largest union is Bermuda Industrial Union Government

Other political or pressure groups

Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU), headed by Ottiwell Simmons

Political subdivisions

9 parishes

Population

59,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 0.6%

Ports

1 major (Cotonou)

3 major (Hamilton, St. George)

Railroads

580 km, all 1.000-meter gauge

none

Religion

37% Anglican, 21% other Protestant, 14% Roman Catholic, 28% Black Muslim and other

Suffrage

universal adult over age 21

Telecommunications

fair system of open wire and radio relay; 16,200 telephones (0.5 per 100 popl.); 2 AM, 2 FM stations; 1 TV station; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite ground station Defense Forces

modern telecom system, includes fully automatic telephone system with 46,290 sets (84.6 per 100 popl.); 4 AM, 3 FM, 2 TV stations; 3 submarine cables; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite antennas Defense Forces Defense is the responsibility of United Kingdom

Type

British dependent territory

Voting strength

1985 elections— UBP 31 House of Assembly seats; PLP, 7; National Liberal Party, 2