International Rankings of French Polynesia 2024, 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	31	23.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	139	64000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	43	72.70 %	2021
Internet users - total	178	218100	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	24	36.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	129	138658	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	106.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	177	322918	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	155	1.833 billion US Dollars	2011
Budget - revenues	150	1.891 billion US Dollars	2012
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	22	1.20 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	61	411.963 million US Dollars	2016
Exchange rates	51	100.88	N/A
Exports	203	162.000 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	169	4.795 billion US Dollars	2015
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	160	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	81	66.90 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	69	37.50 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	91	19.40 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	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	151	13.00 % of GDP	2009
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	17	84.50 % of GDP	2009
Imports	180	1.660 billion US Dollars	2021
Labor force	182	130100 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	95	20 %	2009
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	174	5.650 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	165	1.02 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	91	18600 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	35	10	2020
Taxes and other revenues	13	39.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	37	14.39 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	21	43.90 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	17	35.40 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	15	38.90 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	171	1.030 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	172	1.030 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	165	639.700 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	163	272000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	169	41.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	77	66.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	65	27.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	20	6.10 %	2020
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	165	6700 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	161	6785 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	160	13	2018
Land use - arable land	155	1	2018
Land use - forest	61	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	43	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	129	6	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.65	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	89	62	2023
Geography
Area - land	177	3827 sq km	N/A
Area - total	177	4167 sq km	1867
Area - water	124	340 sq km	N/A
Coastline	49	2525 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	94	2241 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	151	10 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	160	13	2018
Land use - arable land	155	1	2018
Land use - forest	61	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	43	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	129	6	2018
Population Density	132	78.78 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	106	13.20 births/1,000 population	2023
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	163	27 %	2023
Death rate	71	5.70 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	81	14.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	91	7.10 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	141	45.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	116	31.60 %	N/A
Gross reproduction rate	82	0.88 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	154	3.40 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	144	5.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	147	4.30 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	45	81 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	45	76 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	43	79 years	2023
Median age - female	76	35 years	N/A
Median age - male	68	35 years	N/A
Median age - total	66	35 years	2023
Net migration rate	64	0.60 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Population	181	301488	2023
Population growth rate	103	0.70 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - total	99	3 % of population	2020
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	17	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	18	0.95 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	108	1.80 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.65	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	89	62	2023
Transportation
Airports	79	54	2024
Merchant marine - total	123	24	2023
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	2020
Roadways - paved	87	1735 km	1999
Roadways - total	105	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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