The 2001 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

on the lower half and gold and white ray pattern on the upper half; a stylized red, blue and white ship rides on the wave pattern; the French flag is used for official occasions

      French Polynesia Economy

      Economy - overview: Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French Polynesia has changed from a subsistence economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry. Tourism accounts for about one-fourth of GDP and is a primary source of hard currency earnings. The small manufacturing sector primarily processes agricultural products. The territory benefited from a five-year (1994–98) development agreement with France aimed principally at creating new jobs.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $2.6 billion (1997 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate: 2.5% (1997 est.)

      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $10,800 (1997 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 4%

      industry: 18%

      services: 78% (1997)

      Population below poverty line: NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%

      highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.5% (1994)

      Labor force: 70,000 (1996)

      Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 13%, industry 19%, services 68% (1997)

      Unemployment rate: 15% (1992 est.)

      Budget: revenues: $1 billion

      expenditures: $900 million, including capital expenditures of $185 million (1996)

      Industries: tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity - production: 430 million kWh (1999)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 51.16%

      hydro: 48.84%

      nuclear: 0%

      other: 0% (1999)

      Electricity - consumption: 399.9 million kWh (1999)

      Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1999)

      Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1999)

      Agriculture - products: coconuts, vanilla, vegetables, fruits; poultry, beef, dairy products

      Exports: $205 million (f.o.b., 1999)

      Exports - commodities: cultured pearls 50%, coconut products, mother-of-pearl, vanilla, shark meat (1997)

      Exports - partners: Japan 62%, US 21% (1999)

      Imports: $749 million (f.o.b., 1999)

      Imports - commodities: fuels, foodstuffs, equipment

      Imports - partners: France 53%, US 13%, Australia 10% (1999)

      Debt - external: $NA

      Economic aid - recipient: $367 million (1997)

      Currency: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF)

      Currency code: XPF

      Exchange rates: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 127.11 (January 2001), 129.44 (2000), 111.93 (1999), 107.25 (1998), 106.11 (1997), 93.00 (1996); note - pegged at the rate of 119.25 XPF to the euro

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      French Polynesia Communications

      Telephones - main lines in use: 52,000 (1997)

      Telephones - mobile cellular: 5,427 (1997)

      Telephone system: general assessment: NA

      domestic: NA

      international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)

      Radios: 128,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: 7 (plus 17 low-power repeaters) (1997)

      Televisions: 40,000 (1997)

      Internet country code: .pf

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000)

      Internet users: 5,000 (2000)

      French Polynesia Transportation

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 792 km

      paved: 264 km

      unpaved: 528 km (2000)

      Waterways: none

      Ports and harbors: Mataura, Papeete, Rikitea, Uturoa

      Merchant marine: total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,240

       GRT/7,765 DWT

      ships by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1 (2000 est.)

      Airports: 45 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 32

      over 3,047 m: 2

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

      914 to 1,523 m: 19

      under 914 m: 6 (2000 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 13

      914 to 1,523 m: 3

      under 914 m: 10 (2000 est.)

      French Polynesia Military

      Military branches: French Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force),

       Gendarmerie

      Military - note: defense is the responsibility of France

      French Polynesia Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none

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      @French Southern and Antarctic Lands

      French Southern and Antarctic Lands Introduction

      Background: The Southern Lands consist of two archipelagos, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen, and two volcanic islands, Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul. They contain no permanent inhabitants and are visited only by researchers studying the native fauna. The Antarctic portion consists of "Adelie Land," a thin slice of the Antarctic continent discovered and claimed by the French in 1840.

      French Southern and Antarctic Lands Geography

      Location: south of Africa, islands in the southern Indian Ocean,

       about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia; note -

       French Southern and Antarctic Lands includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile

       Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, and Iles Kerguelen in the southern Indian

       Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, "Adelie

       Land"; the US does not recognize the French claim to "Adelie Land"

      Geographic coordinates: 43 00 S, 67 00 E

      Map references: Antarctic Region

      Area: total: 7,781 sq km

      land: 7,781 sq km

      water: 0 sq km

      note: includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen; excludes "Adelie Land" claim of about 500,000 sq km in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US

      Area - comparative: slightly less than 1.3 times the size of Delaware

      Land