This dataset contains a series of indicators related to income and expenditure for Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu based on Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HIES). Indicators included are the following: Number of households, Proportion of households, Number of persons, Proportion of persons, Income, Income per household, Income per person, Proportion of income, Expenditure, Expenditure per household, Expenditure per person, Proportion of expenditure.
Labour force participation rate: number of people aged 15+ in the labour force as a percentage of the working-age population (aged 15+). The notion of labour force refers to people who are employed or unepmployed (according to International Labour Organization). Unemployment rate: number of people aged 15+ who are unemployed as a percentage of people in the labour force. The notion of unemployment refers to people who are 1) not in employment, 2) available to work, 3) actively looking for work.
Occupation (ISCO-08) and Industry (ISIC-Rev 4) for people in employment (aged 15+) disaggregated by International Standard Education Classification (ISCED) level. The ISCO and ISIC catergories are expressed as "Major" (1-digit).
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E-Government develoment index from United Nations e-government knowledge base.
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Quarterly data associated with Pacific statistical/economic briefing of COVID-19 economic impact.
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Regional wave data were obtained by downscaling the 7-years hindcast of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (CAWCR) using the unstructured version of SWAN (Simulating WAves Nearshore; Booij et al., 1999).
Estimations of civil registration completeness within 12 months of birth or 12 months of death. These estimates are drawn from SPC Country profiles or from presentations made at the 2023 Pacific Civil Registrars Meeting.
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This dataset gives an overview of tuna fishing in the Pacific Island countries and territories in terms of: tuna catch (10-year average tonnes per annum); fisheries access fees (5-year average USD per annum); percentage contribution of access fees to total government revenue (5-year average); the total number of people employed in tuna fishing activities in 2020; and the population estimate for each PICT. These data (where available) have been compiled by the Pacific Community and the Fisheries Forum Agency, also in collaboration with Conservation International.
The exclusive economic zone of Tonga comprises those areas of the sea, seabed, and subsoil that are beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of Tonga, having as their outer limits a line measured seaward from the baseline described in Sections 5 and 6 of this Act, every point of which line is distant 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, where/-
The Solomon Islands EEZ layer was extracted from the Global Marine Regions platform (https://www.marineregions.org/)
The territorial sea of Tonga comprises those areas of the sea having, as their inner limits, the baseline described in sections 5 and 6 of this Act and, as their outer limits, a line measured seaward from that baseline, every point of which line is distant 12 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline.
Tonga's 24 nautical mile zone was extracted from the Global Marine Regions platform (https://www.marineregions.org/) since they have not deposited formally with UNDOALOS.
The 24 nautical mile layer for Vanuatu was extracted from the Global Marine Regions platform (https://www.marineregions.org/) since Vanuatu has not published it officially with UNDOALOS.
The 12 nautical mile layer for Vanuatu was extracted from the Global Marine Regions platform (https://www.marineregions.org/) since Vanuatu has not published it officially with UNDOALOS.
Title 27 of the Palau National Code as amended by the Act (SIXTH OLBIIL ERA KELULAU) to Amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the Palau National Code defines the contiguous zone of each island or atoll is the seaward boundary of the territorial sea, and the outer boundary is a line, every point of which is 24 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point on the baseline which is defined as a continuous line which encircles an island or atoll.
The Republic of Vanuatu Maritime Zones Act No 6 of 2010 states that an exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Vanuatu is established beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of Vanuatu. It goes on to say that:
(a) the exclusive economic zone boundaries with other States is to be effected by agreement on the basis of international law as referred to in Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, in order to achieve an equitable solution; or
The Maritime Zone Notification ( M.Z.N.149.2019.LOS) deposited by France contains lists of geographical coordinates of points, pursuant to article 16, paragraph 2, article 75, paragraph 2, and article 84, paragraph 2, of the Convention and describes the Decree No. 2019-320 of12 April 2019 which contains the list geographical coordinates of points concerning the outer limits of the territorial sea of Wallis and Futuna Islands.
The Maritime Zone Notification ( M.Z.N.149.2019.LOS) deposited by France contains lists of geographical coordinates of points, pursuant to article 16, paragraph 2, article 75, paragraph 2, and article 84, paragraph 2, of the Convention and describes the Decree No. 2019-320 of12 April 2019 which contains the list geographical coordinates of points concerning the outer limits of the territorial sea of Wallis and Futuna Islands.