rp21 situational analysis - Pacific Health Voices

8. Niue
Population
Age
Gender
Literacy
1398 (July 2009 est.)
0–14 years: Not available
15–64 years: Not available
65 years and over: Not available (2009 est.)
Total population: Not available
Definition: Not available
Total population: 95%
Male: Not available
Female: Not available
Unemployment 12% (2001) (#136)
Employment by sector
Currency
Exchange rate
Note: Most work on family plantations; paid work exists
only in government service, small industry, and the Niue
Development Board
New Zealand dollar (NZ$)
Per US dollar: 1.4151 (2008 est.)
95
Source:
8.1 Introduction
Niue is the least populated of the Pacific
Islands included in this situational analysis.
Niue is unique in that it comprises a single
coral island, the largest in the world. 439 It is
a self-governing parliamentary democracy in
free association with New Zealand. Niueans
are of Polynesian descent.
Demographics
The population of Niue is estimated to be
between 1400 and 2000. This represents a
decline from a peak of 5200. 440 Of significance
are the estimated 20 000 people of
Niuean descent living in New Zealand. 441
Niueans are citizens with the right of free
access to New Zealand. 442 At approximately
9 per cent, 443 Niueans represent a significant
439 Niue Integrated Strategic Plan 2003–2008 (NISP). Available at: (accessed March 2009).
440 Profile on Niue in CIA, The World Factbook, available at: (last accessed January 2010).
441 NZAID making a difference in Niue. Available at: (accessed March 2009).
442 Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Niue Country Brief, available
at: (accessed March 2009).
443 Niue country profile, The Globe (Global Alcohol Policy Alliance), Pacific Issue no.1, 2005.
Niue