Role of Money in Smaller Pacific Island Countries

Table 1

Key economic and social indicators of Pacific Island Countries.

PIC	Population (′000) 2009	Area (′000) Sq.km	Per capita GDP (US$) 2008	Human Dev. Index Ranking 2006
Samoa	183	2.8	2,776	96
Solomon Is.	523	28.9	1256	134
Tonga	104	0.7	2991	85
Vanuatu	240	12.2	2072	123

Source: ADB [24], UN ESCAP [25].