factbook.json/europe/gk.json

{
  "Introduction": {
    "Background": {
      "text": "Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which held sway in both France and England. The islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II. Guernsey is a British crown dependency but is not part of the UK or of the European Union. However, the UK Government is constitutionally responsible for its defense and international representation."
    }
  },
  "Geography": {
    "Location": {
      "text": "Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France"
    },
    "Geographic coordinates": {
      "text": "49 28 N, 2 35 W"
    },
    "Map references": {
      "text": "Europe"
    },
    "Area": {
      "total": {
        "text": "78 sq km"
      },
      "land": {
        "text": "78 sq km"
      },
      "water": {
        "text": "0 sq km"
      },
      "note": {
        "text": "includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands"
      }
    },
    "Area - comparative": {
      "text": "about one-half the size of Washington, DC"
    },
    "Land boundaries": {
      "text": "0 km"
    },
    "Coastline": {
      "text": "50 km"
    },
    "Maritime claims": {
      "territorial sea": {
        "text": "3 nm"
      },
      "exclusive fishing zone": {
        "text": "12 nm"
      }
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast"
    },
    "Terrain": {
      "text": "mostly flat with low hills in southwest"
    },
    "Elevation extremes": {
      "lowest point": {
        "text": "Atlantic Ocean 0 m"
      },
      "highest point": {
        "text": "unnamed elevation on Sark 114 m"
      }
    },
    "Natural resources": {
      "text": "cropland"
    },
    "Irrigated land": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Natural hazards": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Environment - current issues": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Geography - note": {
      "text": "large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port"
    }
  },
  "People and Society": {
    "Nationality": {
      "noun": {
        "text": "Channel Islander(s)"
      },
      "adjective": {
        "text": "Channel Islander"
      }
    },
    "Ethnic groups": {
      "text": "British and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries"
    },
    "Languages": {
      "text": "English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts"
    },
    "Religions": {
      "text": "Protestant (Anglican, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist), Roman Catholic"
    },
    "Population": {
      "text": "66,080 (July 2015 est.)"
    },
    "Age structure": {
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "14.49% (male 4,956/female 4,619)"
      },
      "15-24 years": {
        "text": "11.71% (male 3,940/female 3,798)"
      },
      "25-54 years": {
        "text": "42.05% (male 14,007/female 13,782)"
      },
      "55-64 years": {
        "text": "12.86% (male 4,237/female 4,260)"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "18.89% (male 5,643/female 6,838) (2015 est.)"
      },
      "population pyramid": {
        "text": null
      }
    },
    "Dependency ratios": {
      "total dependency ratio": {
        "text": "47%"
      },
      "youth dependency ratio": {
        "text": "21.6%"
      },
      "elderly dependency ratio": {
        "text": "25.4%"
      },
      "potential support ratio": {
        "text": "3.9%"
      },
      "note": {
        "text": "data represents the Channel Islands (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Median age": {
      "total": {
        "text": "43.4 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "42.1 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "44.5 years (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Population growth rate": {
      "text": "0.34% (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Birth rate": {
      "text": "9.84 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Death rate": {
      "text": "8.78 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Net migration rate": {
      "text": "2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
    },
    "Urbanization": {
      "urban population": {
        "text": "31.4% of total population (2014)"
      },
      "rate of urbanization": {
        "text": "0.76% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)"
      },
      "note": {
        "text": "data is for the Channel Islands"
      }
    },
    "Sex ratio": {
      "at birth": {
        "text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
      },
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "1.07 male(s)/female"
      },
      "15-24 years": {
        "text": "1.04 male(s)/female"
      },
      "25-54 years": {
        "text": "1.02 male(s)/female"
      },
      "55-64 years": {
        "text": "1 male(s)/female"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "0.83 male(s)/female"
      },
      "total population": {
        "text": "0.99 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Infant mortality rate": {
      "total": {
        "text": "3.44 deaths/1,000 live births"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "3.74 deaths/1,000 live births"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "3.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Life expectancy at birth": {
      "total population": {
        "text": "82.47 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "79.79 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "85.29 years (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Total fertility rate": {
      "text": "1.55 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
    },
    "HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "HIV/AIDS - deaths": {
      "text": "NA"
    }
  },
  "Government": {
    "Country name": {
      "conventional long form": {
        "text": "Bailiwick of Guernsey"
      },
      "conventional short form": {
        "text": "Guernsey"
      }
    },
    "Dependency status": {
      "text": "British crown dependency"
    },
    "Government type": {
      "text": "parliamentary democracy"
    },
    "Capital": {
      "name": {
        "text": "Saint Peter Port"
      },
      "geographic coordinates": {
        "text": "49 27 N, 2 32 W"
      },
      "time difference": {
        "text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
      },
      "daylight saving time": {
        "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
      }
    },
    "Administrative divisions": {
      "text": "none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 10 parishes: Castel, Forest, Saint Andrew, Saint Martin, Saint Peter Port, Saint Pierre du Bois, Saint Sampson, Saint Saviour, Torteval, Vale"
    },
    "Independence": {
      "text": "none (British crown dependency)"
    },
    "National holiday": {
      "text": "Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)"
    },
    "Constitution": {
      "text": "unwritten; includes royal charters, statutes, and common law and practice"
    },
    "Legal system": {
      "text": "customary legal system based on Norman customary law, and includes elements of the French Civil Code and English common law"
    },
    "Suffrage": {
      "text": "16 years of age; universal"
    },
    "Executive branch": {
      "chief of state": {
        "text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant Governor (vacant); note - Lieutenant Governor Air Marshall Peter WALKER died 6 September 2015"
      },
      "head of government": {
        "text": "Chief Minister Jonathan LE TOCQ (since 12 March 2014); Bailiff Richard COLLAS (since 23 March 2012); note - Chief Minister Peter HARWOOD resigned on 25 February 2014"
      },
      "cabinet": {
        "text": "none; note - the Policy Council, elected by the States of Deliberation, functions mainly as policy coordination body"
      },
      "elections/appointments": {
        "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch; chief minister indirectly elected by States of Deliberation election last held on 12 March 2014 (next to be held NA)"
      },
      "election results": {
        "text": "Peter HARWOOD (independent) elected chief minister; States of Deliberation vote - 22 of 42"
      }
    },
    "Legislative branch": {
      "description": {
        "text": "unicameral States of Deliberation (47 seats - 45 People's Deputies and 2 representatives of the States of Alderney; members directly elected by majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - non-voting members include the bailiff (presiding officer), attorney-general, and solicitor-general"
      },
      "elections": {
        "text": "last held on 18 April 2012 (next to be held in 2016)"
      },
      "election results": {
        "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents"
      }
    },
    "Judicial branch": {
      "highest resident court(s)": {
        "text": "Guernsey Court of Appeal (consists of the Bailiff of Guernsey, who is the ex-officio president of the Guernsey Court of Appeal, and at least 12 judges); Royal Court (organized into 3 divisions - Full Court sits with 1 judge and 7 to 12 jurats acting as judges of fact, Ordinary Court sits with 1 judge and normally 3 jurats, and Matrimonial Causes Division sits with a 1 judge and 4 jurats); note - appeals beyond Guernsey courts are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)"
      },
      "judge selection and term of office": {
        "text": "Royal Court Balliff, Deputy Balliff and Court of Appeal justices appointed by the British Crown and hold office at Her Majesty's pleasure; jurats elected by the States of Election, a body chaired by the Balliff and a number of jurats"
      },
      "subordinate courts": {
        "text": "Court of Alderney; Court of the Seneschal of Sark; Magistrate's Court (includes Juvenile Court); Contracts Court; Ecclesiastical Court; Court of Chief Pleas"
      }
    },
    "Political parties and leaders": {
      "text": "none; all independents"
    },
    "Political pressure groups and leaders": {
      "text": "No More Masts [Colin FALLAIZE] ++ Stop Traffic Endangering Pedestrian Safety or STEPS"
    },
    "International organization participation": {
      "text": "UPU"
    },
    "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
      "text": "none (British crown dependency)"
    },
    "Diplomatic representation from the US": {
      "text": "none (British crown dependency)"
    },
    "Flag description": {
      "text": "white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow equal-armed cross of William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint George cross; the red cross represents the old ties with England and the fact that Guernsey is a British Crown dependency; the gold cross is a replica of the one used by Duke William of Normandy at the Battle of Hastings"
    },
    "National symbol(s)": {
      "text": "Guernsey cow, donkey; national colors: red, white, yellow"
    },
    "National anthem": {
      "name": {
        "text": "\"Sarnia Cherie\" (Guernsey Dear)"
      },
      "lyrics/music": {
        "text": "George DEIGHTON/Domencio SANTANGELO"
      },
      "note": {
        "text": "adopted 1911; serves as a local anthem; as a British crown dependency, \"God Save the Queen\" remains official (see United Kingdom)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Economy": {
    "Economy - overview": {
      "text": "Financial services account for about 40% of employment and about 55% of total income in this tiny, prosperous Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Financial services, construction, retail, and the public sector have been growing. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular tax haven. In October 2014, Guernsey signed an OECD agreement to automatically exchange some financial account information to limit tax avoidance and evasion."
    },
    "GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
      "text": "$3.42 billion (2013 est.) ++ $3.36 billion (2012 est.) ++ $3.258 billion (2011 est.)"
    },
    "GDP (official exchange rate)": {
      "text": "$2.742 billion (2005 est.)"
    },
    "GDP - real growth rate": {
      "text": "1.8% (2013 est.) ++ 3.1% (2012 est.)"
    },
    "GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
      "text": "$44,600 (2005 est.)"
    },
    "GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
      "agriculture": {
        "text": "3%"
      },
      "industry": {
        "text": "10%"
      },
      "services": {
        "text": "87% (2000)"
      }
    },
    "Agriculture - products": {
      "text": "tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle"
    },
    "Industries": {
      "text": "tourism, banking"
    },
    "Industrial production growth rate": {
      "text": "NA%"
    },
    "Labor force": {
      "text": "31,470 (March 2006)"
    },
    "Unemployment rate": {
      "text": "0.9% (March 2006 est.)"
    },
    "Population below poverty line": {
      "text": "NA%"
    },
    "Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
      "lowest 10%": {
        "text": "NA%"
      },
      "highest 10%": {
        "text": "NA%"
      }
    },
    "Budget": {
      "revenues": {
        "text": "$563.6 million"
      },
      "expenditures": {
        "text": "$530.9 million (2005)"
      }
    },
    "Taxes and other revenues": {
      "text": "20.6% of GDP (2005)"
    },
    "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
      "text": "1.2% of GDP (2005)"
    },
    "Fiscal year": {
      "text": "calendar year"
    },
    "Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
      "text": "3.4% (June 2006 est.)"
    },
    "Exports": {
      "text": "$NA"
    },
    "Exports - commodities": {
      "text": "tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables"
    },
    "Imports": {
      "text": "$NA"
    },
    "Imports - commodities": {
      "text": "coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment"
    },
    "Debt - external": {
      "text": "$NA"
    },
    "Exchange rates": {
      "text": "Guernsey pound per US dollar ++ 0.6003 (2014) ++ 0.6391 (2013) ++ 0.63 (2012) ++ 0.624 (2011) ++ 0.6472 (2010)"
    }
  },
  "Communications": {
    "Telephones - fixed lines": {
      "total subscriptions": {
        "text": "45,100"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "70 (2014 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Telephones - mobile cellular": {
      "total": {
        "text": "43,800"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "70 (2004)"
      }
    },
    "Telephone system": {
      "domestic": {
        "text": "fixed-line and mobile-cellular services widely available; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 100 per 100 persons"
      },
      "international": {
        "text": "country code - 44; 1 submarine cable (2011)"
      }
    },
    "Broadcast media": {
      "text": "multiple UK terrestrial TV broadcasts are received via a transmitter in Jersey with relays in Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney; satellite packages are available; BBC Radio Guernsey and 1 other radio station operating (2009)"
    },
    "Radio broadcast stations": {
      "text": "AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)"
    },
    "Television broadcast stations": {
      "text": "1 (1997)"
    },
    "Internet country code": {
      "text": ".gg"
    },
    "Internet users": {
      "total": {
        "text": "48,300"
      },
      "percent of population": {
        "text": "74.94% (2009)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Transportation": {
    "Airports": {
      "text": "2 (2013)"
    },
    "Airports - with paved runways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "2"
      },
      "1,524 to 2,437 m": {
        "text": "1"
      },
      "under 914 m": {
        "text": "1 (2013)"
      }
    },
    "Ports and terminals": {
      "major seaport(s)": {
        "text": "Braye Bay, Saint Peter Port"
      }
    }
  },
  "Military": {
    "Manpower fit for military service": {
      "males age 16-49": {
        "text": "12,493"
      },
      "females age 16-49": {
        "text": "12,272 (2010 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
      "male": {
        "text": "354"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "342 (2010 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Military - note": {
      "text": "defense is the responsibility of the UK"
    }
  },
  "Transnational Issues": {
    "Disputes - international": {
      "text": "none"
    }
  }
}