• Population: 80,058
  • Land area: 572 sq.km
  • Location: 50km from Ireland and United Kingdom
  • Status: independent self-governing dependant territory of the Crown, which is not part of the United Kingdom
  • Currency: Sterling – the island issues its own bank notes
  • Financial rating: 'AAA' by Standard & Poors
  • Taxation: standard rate of tax on individuals of 10%. cap on personal income tax at a maximum level of £100,000 per annum (irrespective of earnings), no stamp duty, death duty, capital gains, wealth or inheritance tax. Companies are subject to a zero rate, 10% or 18% tax depending on circumstances
  • GDP: average GDP has increased 7.5% since 1998