International Rankings of French Polynesia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of French Polynesia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of French Polynesia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	66	21.00	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	133	59790	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	82	72.70 %	2018
Internet users - total	170	211101	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	68	21.78	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	150	63769	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	121	104.25	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	175	305233	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	152	1.833 billion US Dollars	2011
Budget - revenues	146	1.891 billion US Dollars	2012
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	22	1.20 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	57	207.700 million US Dollars	2014
Exports	153	1.245 billion US Dollars	2014
GDP (official exchange rate)	165	4.795 billion US Dollars	2015
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	156	17.50 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	10	33.60 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	79	66.90 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	68	37.50 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	89	19.40 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	0.10 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	126	2.50 % of GDP	2009
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	146	13.00 % of GDP	2009
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	17	84.50 % of GDP	2009
Imports	163	2.235 billion US Dollars	2014
Labor force	173	126300 US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	86	13 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	74	19 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	53	68 %	2013
Population below poverty line	93	20 %	2009
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	171	5.490 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP growth rate	85	2.00 %	2015
Real GDP per capita	98	17000 US Dollars	2015
Taxes and other revenues	44	39.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	22	21.80 %	2012
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	163	1.030 million	2017
Electricity - consumption	161	629.900 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	29	70	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	51	19	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	30	11	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	161	253000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	153	677.300 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	134	6600	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	155	6785 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	156	13	2018
Land use - arable land	151	1	2018
Land use - forest	60	44	2018
Land use - other	50	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	43	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	127	6	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	131	0.65	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	96	62	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	106	147000.00 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	86	57330 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	11	39.00 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	174	3827 sq km	N/A
Area - total	171	4167 sq km	1867
Area - water	121	340 sq km	N/A
Coastline	48	2525 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	85	2241 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	140	10 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	156	13	2018
Land use - arable land	151	1	2018
Land use - forest	60	44	2018
Land use - other	50	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	43	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	127	6	2018
Population Density	126	77.65 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	115	14.72	0793
Age structure - 25-54 years	32	44.24	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	88	10.31	N/A
Birth rate	126	13.69 births/1,000 population	2021
Death rate	155	5.51 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	70	13.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	83	7.60 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	127	45.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	106	32.30 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Infant mortality rate - female	179	3.51 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	168	5.37 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	172	4.46 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	62	81 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	55	76 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	59	78 years	N/A
Median age - female	76	34 years	2020
Median age - male	66	33 years	N/A
Median age - total	67	33 years	N/A
Net migration rate	98	0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Physicians density	75	2.13 physicians/1,000 population	2009
Population	176	297154	2021
Population growth rate	103	0.75 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	26	97 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	81	3 % of population	2017
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	15	1.09	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.05	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	17	1.05	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	18	0.93 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	12	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	102	1.82 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	10	60	2012
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	2	55	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	3	57	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	131	0.65	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	96	62	2021
Transportation
Airports	75	54	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	39	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	18	33	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	39	45	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	30	5	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	54	4	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	88	9	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	62	5	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	83	19.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	N/A
Roadways - paved	111	1735 km	1999
Roadways - total	131	2590 km	1999

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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