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Economy overview | The economy remains critically dependent on exports of fish and substantial support from the Danish Government, which supplies about half of government revenues. The public sector, including publicly-owned enterprises and the municipalities, plays the dominant role in the economy. Several interesting hydrocarbon and mineral exploration activities are ongoing. Press reports in early 2007 indicated that two international aluminum companies were considering building smelters in Greenland to take advantage of local hydropower potential. Tourism is the only sector offering any near-term potential, and even this is limited due to a short season and high costs. Air Greenland announced plans to begin summer-season direct flights to the U.S. east coast in May 2007 potentially opening a major new tourism market. |
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Gdp purchasing power parity | $1.1 billion (2001 est.) |
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Gdp official exchange rate | $1.7 billion (2005) |
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Gdp real growth rate | 2% (2005 est.) |
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Gdp per capita ppp | $20,000 (2001 est.) |
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Gdp composition by sector | agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA% |
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Labor force | 32,120 (2004) |
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Unemployment rate | 9.3% (2005 est.) |
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Population below poverty line | NA% |
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Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA% |
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Inflation rate consumer prices | 1% (2005 est.) |
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Budget | revenues: $1.36 billion
expenditures: $1.27 billion; including capital expenditures of $83 million (2005) |
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Agriculture products | forage crops, garden and greenhouse vegetables; sheep, reindeer; fish |
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Industries | fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut); gold, niobium, tantalite, uranium, iron and diamond mining; handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards |
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Industrial production growth rate | NA% |
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Electricity production | 295 million kWh (2004) |
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Electricity consumption | 274.4 million kWh (2004) |
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Electricity exports | 0 kWh (2004) |
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Electricity imports | 0 kWh (2004) |
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Oil production | 0 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
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Oil consumption | 3,860 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
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Oil exports | NA bbl/day |
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Oil imports | NA bbl/day |
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Oil proved reserves | 0 bbl |
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Natural gas production | 0 cu m (2004 est.) |
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Natural gas consumption | 0 cu m (2004 est.) |
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Exports | $404 million f.o.b. (2005 est.) |
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Exports commodities | fish and fish products 94% (prawns 63%) |
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Exports partners | Denmark 67.7%, Japan 11.8%, China 5.5% (2006) |
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Imports | $599 million c.i.f. (2005 est.) |
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Imports commodities | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, petroleum products |
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Imports partners | Denmark 70%, Sweden 16.3%, Norway 3.7% (2006) |
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Debt external | $25 million (1999) |
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Economic aid recipient | $512 million; note - subsidy from Denmark (2005) |
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Currency code | Danish krone (DKK) |
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Exchange rates | Danish kroner per US dollar - 5.9468 (2006), 5.9969 (2005), 5.9911 (2004), 6.5877 (2003), 7.8947 (2002) |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007