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Property	Type	Value	Unit	Rank	Empirical method	Date	Comparison
Population growth rate	Population property	-0.03	Percent	202	Estimation	2010	Population growth rate
Electricity production	Economic property	3	Gigawatt hour	211	Estimation		Electricity production
Natural gas consumption	Economic property	0	1 Mil. Cubic metre	148	Estimation		Natural gas consumption
Natural gas production	Economic property	0	1 Mil. Cubic metre	149	Estimation		Natural gas production
GDP growth rate	Economic property	6.20	Percent	15	Estimation		GDP growth rate
GDP - per capita (PPP)	Economic property	5800	Dollar	136	Estimation		GDP - per capita (PPP)
GDP	Economic property	10.010	Million dollar	226	Estimation		GDP
Inflation rate	Economic property	4.00	Percent	125	Estimation		Inflation rate
Oil consumption	Economic property	0	1000 Barrel per day	207	Estimation		Oil consumption
Oil production	Economic property	0	1000 Barrel per day	158	Estimation		Oil production
Unemployment rate	Economic property	12.00	Percent	131	Estimation		Unemployment rate
Area	Geo property	260	Square kilometer	212			Area
Population size	Population property	1354		234			Population size

Organisation / Group	Aim
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States	to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with the EU
Alliance of Small Island States	to call attention to threats of sea-level rise and coral bleaching to small islands and lowlying coastal developing states from global warming;to emphasize the importance of information and information technology in the process of achieving sustainable development
Food and Agriculture Organization	to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency
International Fund for Agricultural Development	to promote agricultural development;a UN specialized agency
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention
Pacific Islands Forum	to promote regional cooperation in political matters
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement	to redress unequal trade relationships of Australia and New Zealand with small island economies in the Pacific region
Secretariat of the Pacific Community	to serve island development in 22 Pacific countries;to develop technical assistance and professional, scientific, and research support;to build planning and management capability
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization	to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture
Universal Postal Union	to promote international postal cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Health Organization	to deal with health matters worldwide;a UN specialized agency
World Meteorological Organization	to sponsor meteorological cooperation;a UN specialized agency

Names

Niue : Name
Savage Island : Name
- Former

Description

Niue's remoteness, as well as cultural and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of the rest of the Cook Islands, have caused it to be separately administered. The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to an estimated 1,398 in 2009) with substantial emigration to New Zealand 2,400 km to the southwest.

Government type

self-governing parliamentary democracy

Religions

Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 61.1%, Latter-Day Saints 8.8%, Roman Catholic 7.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, other 8.4%, unspecified 8.7%, none 1.9% (2001 census)

Natural Resources

fish, arable land

Export commodities

canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts

Niue