Employment
- Labour force are mainly employed in mining phosphates, public administration by RONPhos, education and transport
- Unemployment rate is close to 90%. In February 2008, foreign affairs minister Dr. Kieren Keke stated: "We have got a major unemployment crisis in front of us."
- Main industries are phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products
- Electricity production (fossil fuels) and consumption are around 30 GWh (2000)
- Agriculture is not a major employer, coconuts are the main produce
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