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  • Statistical Update: Population

    The St Helena Statistics Office has released new estimates for the total population of St Helena, and the number of births and deaths. Please note that these population estimates are provisional. At the end of February 2024 there were an estimated 4,332 people on the island, a decrease from the end of January, when there […]

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  • Statistical Update: Arrivals and Departures

    The latest estimates have been released for the numbers of passenger arrivals and departures to and from St Helena. Please note that these estimates are provisional. Arrivals In February 2024, there were an estimated 458 arrivals, with 343 arriving by air. 234 people arrived for leisure, including 177 non-St Helenians, and 57 St Helenians visiting […]

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  • Statistical Updates: Benefits and Exchange Rates

    New Statistical updates have been released on March 21, 2024 on Benefits, up to February 2024 Exchange Rates, up to February 2024 Additional statistical series and indicators are available at https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/st-helena/statistics/, and published statistical reports, as well as Statistical Bulletins, can be found on the relevant statistics pages of the SHG website: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/st-helena/statistics/reports/ and https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/st-helena/statistics/bulletins/. We welcome comments and […]

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  • Statistical Update: Visitor Expenditure

    The Statistics Office has released new provisional range estimates of the expenditure of visitors for 2023, of between £4.6 and £6.4 million. This is roughly the same as in 2018, and only slightly lower than 2019, the year directly before the COVID-19 pandemic, which was between £4.8 and £6.6 million. Note that the exports of […]

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  • Statistical Update: Population

    The St Helena Statistics Office has released new estimates for the total population of St Helena, and the number of births and deaths. Please note that these population estimates are provisional. At the end of January 2024 there were an estimated 4,388 people on the island, a decrease from the end of December, when there […]

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  • Statistical Update: Arrivals and Departures

    The latest estimates have been released for the numbers of passenger arrivals and departures to and from St Helena. Please note that these estimates are provisional. Arrivals In January 2024, there were an estimated 625 arrivals, with 449 arriving by air. 237 people arrived for leisure, including 147 non-St Helenians, and 90 St Helenians visiting […]

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  • Statistical Update: Population of Ascension Island and Tristan da Cuhna

    New statistical updates have been released for the Population of Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha on January 31, 2024. The latest data file is here, with estimates of the Ascension population to Q4, 2023, and Tristan da Cuhna to Q2, 2023. Additional statistical series and indicators are available at https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/st-helena/statistics/. We welcome comments and suggestions on […]

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  • Statistical Update: Population

    The St Helena Statistics Office has released new estimates for the total population of St Helena, and the number of births and deaths. Please note that these population estimates are provisional. At the end of December 2023 there were an estimated 4,586 people on the island, an increase from the end of November, when there […]

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  • Statistical Update: Arrivals and Departures

    The latest estimates have been released for the numbers of passenger arrivals and departures to and from St Helena. Please note that these estimates are provisional. Arrivals In December 2023, there were an estimated 641 arrivals, with 613 arriving by air. 497 people arrived for leisure, including 99 non-St Helenians, and 398 St Helenians visiting […]

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  • Statistical Bulletin 1, 2024: The Retail Price Index and Inflation for Quarter 4, 2023

    Estimates of the Retail Price Index and price inflation rates have been calculated for the fourth quarter of 2023. The data released in this Bulletin can be downloaded in Excel format here, and a PDF version of this Bulletin can be downloaded here. More statistics on St Helena’s economy can be found here. About the Retail Price Index […]

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