LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN · COUNTRY REFERENCE
Falkland Islands
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
No matching World Bank economy was found for Falkland Islands. Figures from another country or a regional aggregate have not been substituted.
Population
Not available
people
No observation in this snapshot
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
Not available
current US$
No observation in this snapshot
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
Not available
current US$ per person
No observation in this snapshot
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Falkland Islands at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Government type
parliamentary democracy (Legislative Assembly); self-governing overseas territory of the UK
Population
total: 3,142 (2021) male: 1,645 female: 1,497 note: data include all persons usually resident in the islands at the time of the 2021 census
Area
total : 12,173 sq km land: 12,173 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes the two main islands of East and West Falkland and about 200 small islands
GDP (official exchange rate)
$206.4 million (2015 est.)
Real GDP per capita
$70,800 (2015 est.) $63,000 (2014 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 99% (2021 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
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Location
Southern South America, islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 500 km east of southern Argentina
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Stanley geographic coordinates: 51 42 S, 57 51 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: named in 1844 after Edward SMITH-STANLEY, the 14th Earl of Derby
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
British South American territorial economy; longstanding fishing industry; surging tourism prior to COVID-19 and Brexit; recent offshore hydrocarbon discoveries threaten ecotourism industries; no central bank and must have British approval on currency shifts
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
fish, squid, wildlife, calcified seaweed, sphagnum moss
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
fodder and vegetable crops; venison, sheep, dairy products; fish, squid
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
fish and wool processing; tourism
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
Spain 68%, Morocco 10%, USA 8%, Namibia 3%, Germany 2% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
shellfish, fish, wool, sheep and goat meat (2023) note: top export commodities based on value in dollars over $500,000
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
UK 68%, Greece 19%, Spain 11%, Netherlands 1%, NZ 0% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
refined petroleum, aircraft parts, prefabricated buildings, plastic products, surveying equipment (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
cold marine; strong westerly winds, cloudy, humid; rain occurs on more than half of days in year; average annual rainfall is 60 cm in Stanley; occasional snow all year, except in January and February, but typically does not accumulate
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
rocky, hilly, mountainous with some boggy, undulating plains
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 93.2% (2023 est.) arable land: 0% (2022 est.) permanent crops: 0% (2022 est.) permanent pasture: 93.2% (2023 est.) forest: 0% (2022 est.) other: 6.8% (2023 est.)
2023, 2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
strong winds persist throughout the year
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
English 89%, Spanish 7.7%, other 3.3% (2006 est.)
2006 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Christian 57.1%, other 1.6%, none 35.4%, unspecified 6% (2016 est.)
2016 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 79.7% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 0.53% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: (2017 est.) 77.9 male: 75.6 female: 79.6
2017 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 10,000 kW (2023 est.) consumption: 18.257 million kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 900,000 kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 73.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) wind: 26.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
refined petroleum consumption: 200 bbl/day (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
36,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 36,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 6,420 (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 184 (2022 est.)
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 1,000 (2020 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33 (2020 est.)
2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
34 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 1 (2024) large: 0 medium: 1 small: 0 very small: 0 ports with oil terminals: 1 key ports: Stanley
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
Falkland Islands Pound
FKP per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 FKP = US$1.324188
0.73738–0.75563 FKP per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | FKP per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 0.75518 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 0.75563 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.75551 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.75424 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 0.75412 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 0.75424 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 0.7536 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 0.75458 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 0.75409 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 0.75038 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 0.74738 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 0.74693 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 0.74707 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 0.74555 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 0.7415 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 0.7411 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 0.74004 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 0.73899 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 0.73784 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 0.73738 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 0.7388 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 0.73889 |
Daily references are not live execution prices. A check time does not change a source observation date.
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- CIA World Factbook · 2025 archive
- Archive retrieved
- Oct 6, 2026 · retrieval date, not an observation period
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