1984 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1984 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Agriculture
main products — bananas, vegetables, Easter lilies, dairy products, citrus fruits
Aid
economic — bilateral commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-81), from US $34 million; from Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF (1970-81), $125 million; no military aid
Airfields
1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m
Branches
Executive Council (cabinet) appointed by governor, led by government leader; bicameral legislature with an appointed Senate and a 40-member directly elected House of Assembly; Supreme Court
Budget
revenues, $132 million; expenditures $132 million (FY81/82)
Capital
Hamilton
Civil air
16 major transport aircraft
Communists
negligible
Elections
at least once every five years; last general election December 1980 Political parties and leaders: United Bermuda Party (UBP), J. David Gibbons; Progressive Labor Party (PLP), Lois BrowneEvans
Electric power
1 10,000 kW capacity (1983); 350 million kWh produced (1983), 6,035 kWh per capita
Exports
$15.7 million (1982); semitropical produce, light manufactures
Fiscal year
1 April-31 March Communications
GDP
$598 million (FY79/80), $16,150 per capita (1983); real growth rate 2.5% (FY82/83)
Government leaders
Viscount John W. DUNROSSIL, Governor; John William David SWAN, Premier
Highways
209 km public roads, all paved (approximately 400 km of private roads)
Imports
$351 million (1982); fuel, foodstuffs, machinery
Legal system
English law
Major industries
tourism, finance, structural concrete products, paints, perfumes, furniture
Major trade partners
54% US; 16% Caribbean countries, 10% UK, 6% Canada, 14% other; tourists, 90% US
Member of
INTERPOL, WHO Economy
Monetary conversion rate
1 Bermuda dollar=US$l (February 1984)
Other political or pressure groups
Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU), headed by Ottiwell Simmons
Political subdivisions
9 parishes
Ports
3 major (Hamilton, St. George, Freeport)
Railroads
none
Suffrage
universal adult over age 21
Telecommunications
modern telecom system, includes fully automatic telephone system with 46,290 sets (84.6 per lOOpopl.); 4 AM, 2 FM, and 2 TV stations; 3 submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station Defense Forces External defense is the responsibility of
Type
British colony
Voting strength
1980 elections— UBP 54%, PLP 46%; UBP holds 22 House of Assembly seats; PLP, 18