270485
French (official) 70%, Polynesian (official) 28.2%, other 1.8% (2012 est.)
PAPEETE (capital) 133,000 (2014)
- Conventional long form
- Overseas Lands of French Polynesia
- Conventional short form
- French Polynesia
- Local long form
- Pays d'outre-mer de la Polynesie Francaise
- Local short form
- Polynesie Francaise
parliamentary democracy (Assembly of French Polynesia); an overseas collectivity of France
- Name
- Papeete
- Geographic coordinates
- 17 32 S, 149 34 W
- Time difference
- UTC-10 (5 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French Polynesia has changed from a subsistence agricultural economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry. With the halt of French nuclear testing in 1996, the military contribution to the economy fell sharply.
- Inflation
- None%
- Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
- None%
- Real Interest Rate
- None%
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
- None%
- Current Account Balance
- US$
- Labor Force, Total
- Employment in Agriculture
- %
- Employment in Industry
- %
- Employment in Services
- %
- Unemployment Rate
- %
- Imports of goods and services
- US$
- Exports of goods and services
- US$
- Total Merchandise Trade
- %
- FDI, net inflows
- US$
- Commercial Service Exports
- US$
coconuts, vanilla, vegetables, fruits, coffee; poultry, beef, dairy products; fish
tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts, phosphates
- Commodities
- cultured pearls, coconut products, mother-of-pearl, vanilla, shark meat
- Partners
- Japan 35%, US 24%, Hong Kong 17%, France 9.1%, China 4.2% (2014)
- Commodities
- fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment
- Partners
- France 24%, South Korea 10%, China 9.6%, USA 9.3%, New Zealand 8.5%, Singapore 8.2%, Australia 4% (2014)