page_title: Outline of Vatican City
section_title: Economy and infrastructure of Vatican City
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Vatican City / Economy and infrastructure of Vatican City
caption_attribution_description: radio vatican
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Vatican City:
  Vatican City – an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state, being the sovereign territory of the Holy See and ruled by the Bishop of Rome—the Pope, the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. The territory of this landlocked sovereign city-state consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of approximately 49 hectares and a population of about 825. This makes Vatican City the smallest independent state in the world by both area and population.
context_section_description: Economy of Vatican City
  Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007):
  Economy type: noncommercial (based on donations from church-goers)
  Church tax
  Peter's Pence
  Agriculture in Vatican City: None. See Vatican Gardens.
  Banking in Vatican City
  Vatican Bank
  Communications in Vatican City
  Internet in Vatican City
  .va
  Vatican Library
  L'Osservatore Romano
  Octava Dies
  Vatican Radio
  Companies of Vatican City: none
  Currency of Vatican City: Euro (see also: Euro topics)
  Former currency: Vatican lira
  ISO 4217: EUR
  Health care in Vatican City
  Vatican Pharmacy
  Mining in Vatican City: none
  Tourism in Vatican City
  Transportation in Vatican City
  Airports in Vatican City: none. Rome is served by two airports which are used by travellers to the Vatican.
  Rail transport in Vatican City
  Roads in Vatican City (see map)
  Being only 1.05 km long and 0.85 km wide, Vatican City has no highways.
  Vatican City has access roads and driveways. (See map)
caption: The Vatican Radio building.
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