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The per capita consumption of electricity in Turks and Caicos Islands is 474kWh while in Aruba it is 7,558kWh.
This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
Source: CIA World Factbook
The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Turks and Caicos Islands is 20.44 while in Aruba it is 12.77.
This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.
Source: CIA World Factbook
The GDP per capita in Turks and Caicos Islands is $11,500 while in Aruba it is $21,800
This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The differences between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the wealthy industrialized countries are generally much smaller.
Source: CIA World Factbook
Turks and Caicos Islands has an unemployment rate of 10.00% while Aruba has 6.90%
This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs.
Source: CIA World Factbook
The life expectancy at birth in Turks and Caicos Islands is 75.64 while in Aruba it is 75.51.
This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
Source: CIA World Factbook
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Turks and Caicos Islands is 13.43 while in Aruba it is 13.34.
This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
Source: CIA World Factbook
With its 23,528 people Turks and Caicos Islands is the 214th largest country in the world by population. It is the 184th largest country by area with 948 square kilometers. The islands were part of the UK's Jamaican colony until 1962, when they assumed the status of a separate crown colony upon Jamaica's independence. The governor of The Bahamas oversaw affairs from 1965 to 1973. With Bahamian independence, the islands received a separate governor in 1973. Although independence was agreed upon for 1982, the policy was reversed and the islands remain a British overseas territory.
Check out the recommended reading list below for great sources of information on Turks and Caicos Islands.
Fodor's In Focus Turks & Caicos Islands (Travel Guide)
Fodor's
The Turks and Caicos Islands: Lands of Discovery (Macmillan Caribbean Guides)
Amelia Smithers
The Turks & Caicos Islands: Beautiful by Nature
Julia Davies
A History of the Turks & Caicos Islands
Carlton Mills
Frommer's Portable Turks and Caicos
Alexis Lipsitz Flippin
Fodor's Turks & Caicos Islands (Full-color Travel Guide)
Fodor's
Bahamas Cruising Guide (The): With the Turks and Caicos Islands, 2nd Edition
Mathew Wilson
Diving and Snorkeling Guide to the Turks and Caicos Islands (Pisces Diving & Snorkeling Guides)
Stuart Cummings
The Turks & Caicos Islands Travel Journal
Younghusband World Travel Journals
Turks & Caicos (Bradt Travel Guide)
Annalisa Rellie