British Indian Ocean Territory
- Region
- Africa · Eastern Africa
- Capital
- Diego Garcia
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Official languages
- English
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 60 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- No
Trade profile
- Key exports
- fish (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, animal products, aluminum structures, insulated wire, prefabricated buildings (2023)
- Natural resources
- coconuts, fish, sugarcane
- Primary route
- Indian Ocean gateways (Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti) to Asia and the Gulf
- Secondary route
- Suez corridor to Europe
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.