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EconomyEconomy - overview
The economy, one of the most stable and prosperous in the Caribbean, is highly dependent on tourism generating an estimated 45% of the national income. More than 934,000 tourists, mainly from the US, visited the islands in 2008. In the mid-1980s, the government began offering offshore registration to companies wishing to incorporate in the islands, and incorporation fees now generate substantial revenues. Roughly 400,000 companies were on the offshore registry by yearend 2000. The adoption of a comprehensive insurance law in late 1994, which provides a blanket of confidentiality with regulated statutory gateways for investigation of criminal offenses, made the British Virgin Islands even more attractive to international business. Livestock raising is the most important agricultural activity; poor soils limit the islands' ability to meet domestic food requirements. Because of traditionally close links with the US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands has used the US dollar as its currency since 1959. Gdp (purchasing power parity) World Ranking: 206
$853.4 million (2004 est.)
Gdp (official exchange rate)
$1.095 billion (2008)
Gdp - real growth rate World Ranking: 203
-0.6% (2008 est.)
Gdp - per capita (ppp) World Ranking: 25
$38,500 (2004 est.)
Gdp - composition by sector
Agriculture 1%
Industry 11.9% Services 87.2% (2011 est.) Labor force World Ranking: 213
12,770 (2004)
Labor force - by occupation
Agriculture 0.6%
Industry 40% Services 59.4% (2005) Unemployment rate World Ranking: 33
3.6% (1997)
Population below poverty line
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10% NA%
Highest 10% NA% Budget
Revenues $300 million
Expenditures $300 million (2011 est.) Taxes and other revenues World Ranking: 109
27.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) World Ranking: 46
0% of GDP (2011 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) World Ranking: 105
4.1% (2011 est.)
3.8% (2010 est.) Agriculture - products
Fruits, vegetables; livestock, poultry; fish Industries
Tourism, light industry, construction, rum, concrete block, offshore financial center Industrial production growth rate
NA%
Electricity - production World Ranking: 201
45 million kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - consumption World Ranking: 203
41.85 million kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - exports
0 kWh (2009 est.)
Electricity - imports
0 kWh (2009 est.)
Oil - production World Ranking: 156
0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil - consumption World Ranking: 199
1,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil - exports World Ranking: 139
0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil - imports World Ranking: 195
751.9 bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil - proved reserves World Ranking: 111
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Natural gas - production World Ranking: 158
0 cu m (2009 est.)
Natural gas - consumption World Ranking: 156
0 cu m (2009 est.)
Natural gas - exports World Ranking: 68
0 cu m (2009 est.)
Natural gas - imports World Ranking: 161
0 cu m (2009 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves World Ranking: 156
0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
Current account balance World Ranking: 48
$362.6 million (2010 est.)
$279.8 million (2010 est.) Exports World Ranking: 204
$20.1 million (2010 est.)
$33.6 million (2009 est.) Exports - commodities
Rum, fresh fish, fruits, animals; gravel, sand Imports World Ranking: 198
$296.1 million (2010 est.)
$217.6 million (2009 est.) (2002 est.) Imports - commodities
Building materials, automobiles, foodstuffs, machinery Debt - external World Ranking: 194
$36.1 million (1997)
Exchange rates
The US dollar is used
Fiscal year
1 April - 31 March
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