<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Tokelau<nl>Economy</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Overview:</hi> Tokelau's small size, isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The people must rely on aid from New Zealand to maintain public services, annual aid being substantially greater than GDP. The principal sources of revenue come from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts. Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.
<item><hi format=bold>National product:</hi> GDP—exchange rate conversion—$1.4 million (1988 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>National product real growth rate:</hi> NA%
<item><hi format=bold>National product per capita:</hi> $800 (1988 est.)