Airports [time series]

43 total, 41 usable; 23 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Civil air [time series]

about 6 major transport aircraft

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

600 km (1982)

Merchant marine [time series]

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,732 GRT/4,191 DWT; includes 1 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo; note--a subset of the French register

Ports [time series]

Papeete, Bora-bora

Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]

33,200 telephones; 84,000 radio receivers; 26,400 TV sets; stations--5 AM, 2 FM, 6 TV; 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth station

Note [time series]

defense is responsibility of France

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

coconut and vanilla plantations; vegetables and fruit; poultry, beef, dairy products

Aid [time series]

Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $3.6 billion

Budget [time series]

revenues $431; expenditures $418, including capital expenditures of $NA (1986)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (plural--francs); 1 CFP franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes

Electricity [time series]

72,000 kW capacity; 265 million kWh produced, 1,350 kWh per capita (1989)

Exchange rates [time series]

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1--104.71 (January 1990), 115.99 (1989), 108.30 (1988), 109.27 (1987), 125.92 (1986), 163.35 (1985); note--linked at the rate of 18.18 to the French franc

Exports [time series]

$75 million (f.o.b., 1987); commodities--coconut products 79%, mother-of-pearl 14%, vanilla, shark meat; partners--France 44%, US 21%

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$NA

Fiscal year [time series]

calendar year

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (GDP) [time series]

$2.24 billion, per capita $6,400; real growth rate NA% (1986)

Imports [time series]

$767 million (c.i.f., 1986); commodities--fuels, foodstuffs, equipment; partners--France 50%, US 16%, New Zealand 6%

Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]

growth rate NA%

Industries [time series]

tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

1.2% (1987)

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

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 20% of GDP and is a primary source of hard currency earnings.

Unemployment rate [time series]

8% (1986 est.)

Climate [time series]

tropical, but moderate

Coastline [time series]

2,525 km

Area - comparative (Comparative area) [time series]

slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

occasional cyclonic storm in January; includes five archipelagoes

Extended economic zone [time series]

200 nm;

Land boundaries [time series]

none

Land use [time series]

1% arable land; 19% permanent crops; 5% meadows and pastures; 31% forest and woodland; 44% other

Natural resources [time series]

timber, fish, cobalt

Note [time series]

Makatea is one of three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific (others are Banaba or Ocean Island in Kiribati and Nauru)

Terrain [time series]

mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs

Maritime claims (Territorial sea) [time series]

12 nm

Area (Total area) [time series]

3,941 km2; land area: 3,660 km2

Administrative divisions [time series]

none (overseas territory of France)

Capital [time series]

Papeete

Constitution [time series]

28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation) [time series]

as an overseas territory of France, French Polynesian interests are represented in the US by France

Executive branch [time series]

French president, high commissioner of the republic, president of the Council of Ministers, vice president of the Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers

Flag [time series]

the flag of France is used

Independence [time series]

none (overseas territory of France)

Judicial branch [time series]

Court of Appeal Chief of State--President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981); High Commissioner of the Republic Jean MONTPEZAT (since NA November 1987); Head of Government--President of the Council of Ministers Alexandre LEONTIEFF (since 9 December 1987); Vice President of the Council of Ministers Georges KELLY (since 9 December 1987)

Legal system [time series]

based on French system

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral Territorial Assembly

Country name (Long-form name) [time series]

Territory of French Polynesia

National holiday [time series]

Taking of the Bastille, 14 July (1789)

Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]

Tahoeraa Huiraatira (Gaullist), Gaston Flosse; Pupu Here Ai'a, Jean Juventin; Front de Liberation, Oscar Temaru; Ai'a Api, Emile Vernaudon; Ia Mana Te Nunaa, Jacques Drollet; Pupu Taina, Michel Law; Toatiraa Polynesia, Arthur Chung; Te E'a Api, Francis Sanford

Suffrage [time series]

universal at age 18 Territorial Assembly--last held 16 March 1986 (next to be held March 1991); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(41 total) Tahoeraa Huiraatira 24, Amuitahiraa Mo Porinesia 6, Pupu Here Ai'a 4, Ia Mana 3, Front de Liberation 2, other 2; French Senate--last held 24 September 1989 (next to be held September 1992); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(1 total) Democrats for Progress 1; French National Assembly last held 5 and 12 June 1988 (next to be held June 1993); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(2 total) Rally for the Republic 1, Ai'a Api 1

Government type (Type) [time series]

overseas territory of France

Birth rate [time series]

31 births/1,000 population (1990)

Death rate [time series]

6 deaths/1,000 population (1990)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

78% Polynesian, 12% Chinese, 6% local French, 4% metropolitan French

Infant mortality rate [time series]

23 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)

Labor force [time series]

57,863 employed (1983)

Languages (Language) [time series]

French (official), Tahitian

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

66 years male, 71 years female (1990)

Literacy [time series]

NA%

Nationality [time series]

noun--French Polynesian(s); adjective--French Polynesian

Net migration rate [time series]

0 migrants/1,000 population (1990)

Organized labor [time series]

NA

Population [time series]

190,181 (July 1990), growth rate 2.5% (1990)

Religions (Religion) [time series]

mainly Christian; 55% Protestant, 32% Roman Catholic

Total fertility rate [time series]

3.9 children born/woman (1990)