STATISTICS: ANDORRA

Andorra Official name: Principat d'Andorra; (Principality of Andorra). Form of government: parliamentary coprincipality with one legislative house (General Council ). Chiefs of state: President of France; Bishop of Urgell, Spain. Head of government: Head of Government. Capital: Andorra la Vella. Official language: Catalan. Official religion: none{1}. Monetary unit: There is no local currency of issue; the French franc and Spanish peseta are both in circulation. 1 franc (F) = 100 centimes; 1 peseta (Pta) = 100 cntimos. Valuation (Sept. 25, 1998) 1 U.S.$ = F 5.60, 1 = F 9.53; 1 U.S.$ = Ptas 141.88, 1 = Ptas 241.55. Demography Population (1998): 65,200. Density (1998): persons per sq mi 360.2, persons per sq km 139.3. Urban-rural (1995): urban 62.5%; rural 37.5%. Sex distribution (1996): male 52.71%; female 47.29%. Age breakdown (1993): under 15, 16.3%; 15-29, 27.7%; 30-44, 27.2%; 45-59, 15.1%; 60-74, 9.9%; 75 and over, 3.8%. Population projection: (2000) 66,000; (2010) 72,000. Doubling time: 92 years. Ethnic composition (by nationality; 1997): Spanish 44.4%; Andorran 20.2%; Portuguese 10.7%; French 6.8%; other nationality 6.6%; undeclared nationality 11.3%. Religious affiliation (1992): Roman Catholic 92.0%; Protestant 0.5%; Jewish 0.4%; other 7.1%. Major cities (1997): Andorra la Vella 21,984{2}; Les Escaldes 15,182; Encamp 9,800. Vital statistics Birth rate per 1,000 population (1996): 10.9{3} (world avg. 25.0). Death rate per 1,000 population (1996): 3.1{3} (world avg. 9.3). Natural increase rate per 1,000 population (1996): 7.8{3} (world avg. 15.7). Total fertility rate (avg. births per childbearing woman; 1996): 1.1. Marriage rate per 1,000 population (1995): 2.2. Life expectancy at birth (1995): male 75.6 years; female 81.7 years. Major causes of death per 100,000 population: n.a.; however, health problems are those of a developed country--cardiovascular disease, hypertension, malignant neoplasms (cancers). National economy Budget (1996). Revenue: Ptas 25,449,000,000 (indirect taxes on commodities 76.6%, property income 11.4%). Expenditures: Ptas 25,795,000,000 (administrative costs 26.2%, capital expenditures 24.0%, education and recreation 15.9%, general public services 8.7%, social welfare 5.1%, health 3.3%). Public debt (1994): about U.S.$125,000,000. Production. Agriculture (1996): tobacco 1,023 metric tons; other traditional crops include hay, potatoes, and grapes; livestock (number of live animals; 1996) 1,965 sheep{4}, 1,141 cattle, 682 horses. Quarrying: small amounts of marble are quarried. Manufacturing (value of recorded exports in Ptas '000; 1996): motor vehicles and parts 1,190,000; electrical machinery and apparatus 779,000; clothing 778,000; newspapers and periodicals 613,000; furniture 276,000; other products include cigars and cigarettes and liqueurs. Construction (approved new building construction; 1996): 175,000 sq m. Energy production (consumption): electricity (kW-hr; 1996) 109,000,000 (335,000,000); coal, none (n.a.); crude petroleum, none (n.a.); petroleum products, none (n.a.); natural gas, none (n.a.). Tourism (1997): about 6,000,000 visitors; number of hotels (1996) 222. Population economically active (1996){5}: total 28,071; activity rate of total population 43.5% (participation rates: ages 15-64, 59.4%; female, n.a.; unemployed, unofficially, none{6}). Gross domestic product (1996): U.S.$1,206,000,000 (U.S.$18,790 per capita){7}. Land use (1994): forested 22.0%; meadows and pastures 56.0%; agricultural and under permanent cultivation 2.0%; other 20.0%. Household income and expenditure. n.a. Foreign trade Imports (1996): Ptas 135,460,000,000 (food, beverages, and tobacco 29.0%; machinery and apparatus 14.1%; chemicals and chemical products 9.1%; transport equipment 7.6%; textiles and wearing apparel 7.6%; photographic and optical goods and watches and clocks 4.6%). Major import sources: Spain 40.9%; France 30.8%; Germany 4.3%; U.S. 4.0%; U.K. 3.9%. Exports (1996): Ptas 5,881,000,000 (motor vehicles and parts 20.2%; electrical machinery and apparatus 13.2%; clothing 13.2%; newspapers and periodicals 10.4%; food and beverages 5.9%). Major export destinations: Spain 49.9%; France 39.4%; Germany 1.3%; Switzerland 1.3%. Transport Transport. Railroads: none; however, both French and Spanish railways stop near the border. Roads (1994): total length 167 mi, 269 km (paved 74%). Vehicles (1996): passenger cars 35,358; trucks and buses 4,238. Merchant marine: vessels (100 gross tons and over) none. Airports (1997) with scheduled flights: none. Education and health Educational attainment (mid-1980s). Percentage of population age 15 and over having: no formal schooling 5.5%; primary education 47.3%; secondary education 21.6%; postsecondary education 24.9%; unknown 0.7%. Literacy: resident population is virtually 100% literate. Health: physicians (1994) 132 (1 per 491 persons); hospital beds (1993) 114 (1 per 556 persons); infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births (1995) 7.7. Food (1995){8}: daily per capita caloric intake 3,463 (vegetable products 67%, animal products 33%); 139% of FAO recommended minimum requirement. Military Total active duty personnel (1996): none. France and Spain are responsible for Andorra's external security; a 32-person police force is assisted in alternate years by either French gendarmerie or Barcelona police. {1} Roman Catholicism enjoys special recognition in accordance with Andorran tradition. {2} 1995. {3} Official government figures. {4} Large herds of sheep and goats from Spain and France feed in Andorra in the summer. {5} Labour force receiving wages only; total population economically active equals 31,775. {6} The restricted size of the indigenous labour force necessitated high levels of immigration in the late 1980s and early 1990s to serve the tourist trade; emigration exceeded immigration in 1994 and 1995 because of a labour force surplus. {7} Tourism (including winter-season sports, fairs, festivals, and income earned from low-duty imported manufactured items) and the banking system (of some importance as a tax haven for foreign financial investment and transactions) are the primary sources of GDP. {8} Composite values derived from Spanish and French food data.