Editing French Polynesia (section)

== Economy and infrastructure ==
{{main|Economy of French Polynesia}}
{| class="wikitable sortable floatright"  style="margin:20px 0px 20px 20px"
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! Region
! style="width:6em;" | Total GDP, nominal, 2019 <br />(billion US$)
! style="width:6em;" | GDP per capita, nominal, 2019 <br />(US$)
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Australia}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,388.09
| style="text-align:right;" | 54,391
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 210.76
| style="text-align:right;" | 42,274
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Hawaii}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 93.24
| style="text-align:right;" |  63,997
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Papua New Guinea}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 24.75
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,315
|- 
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|New Caledonia}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 9.48
| style="text-align:right;" | 34,939 
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Guam}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.36
| style="text-align:right;" | 37,794
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|French Polynesia}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.02
| style="text-align:right;" | 21,673
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Fiji}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.44
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,079
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Solomon Islands}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.62
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,278
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Northern Mariana Islands}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.18
| style="text-align:right;" | 24,670
|-
| style="t.ext-align:left;"  | {{flagcountry|Vanuatu}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.93
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,187
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Samoa}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.91
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,472
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|American Samoa}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.65
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,352
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Tonga}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.45
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,435
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Micronesia}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.39
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,001
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Cook Islands}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.39
| style="text-align:right;" | 22,752 
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Palau}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.28
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,992
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Marshall Islands}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.23
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,275
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Kiribati}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.22
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,847
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Wallis and Futuna}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.21
| style="text-align:right;" | 18,360
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Nauru}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.13
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,567
|-
| style="text-align:left;"   | {{flagcountry|Tuvalu}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.05 
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,277
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=3   | Sources:<ref name="GDP"/><ref name="IMF">{{cite web |url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2024/October/weo-report?c=512,914,612,171,614,311,213,911,314,193,122,912,313,419,513,316,913,124,339,638,514,218,963,616,223,516,918,748,618,624,522,622,156,626,628,228,924,233,632,636,634,238,662,960,423,935,128,611,321,243,248,469,253,642,643,939,734,644,819,172,132,646,648,915,134,652,174,328,258,656,654,336,263,268,532,944,176,534,536,429,433,178,436,136,343,158,439,916,664,826,542,967,443,917,544,941,446,666,668,672,946,137,546,674,676,548,556,678,181,867,682,684,273,868,921,948,943,686,688,518,728,836,558,138,196,278,692,694,962,142,449,564,565,283,853,288,293,566,964,182,359,453,968,922,714,862,135,716,456,722,942,718,724,576,936,961,813,726,199,733,184,524,361,362,364,732,366,144,146,463,528,923,738,578,537,742,866,369,744,186,925,869,746,926,466,112,111,298,927,846,299,582,487,474,754,698,&s=NGDPD,NGDPDPC,&sy=2019&ey=2019&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1 |title=World Economic Outlook Database – October 2024 |publisher=IMF |access-date=2025-02-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.isee.nc/component/phocadownload/category/82-donnees?download=566:pib |title=Evolution du PIB et du PIB par habitant |publisher=[[Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies]] (ISEE-NC) |place=Nouméa |access-date=2025-02-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SASUMMARY State annual summary statistics: personal income, GDP, consumer spending, price indexes, and employment |url=https://apps.bea.gov/itable/?ReqID=70&step=1#eyJhcHBpZCI6NzAsInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyOSwyNSwzMSwyNiwyNywzMF0sImRhdGEiOltbIlRhYmxlSWQiLCI2MDAiXSxbIk1ham9yX0FyZWEiLCIwIl0sWyJTdGF0ZSIsWyIwIl1dLFsiQXJlYSIsWyIxNTAwMCJdXSxbIlN0YXRpc3RpYyIsWyI0Il1dLFsiVW5pdF9vZl9tZWFzdXJlIiwiTGV2ZWxzIl0sWyJZZWFyIixbIjIwMTkiXV0sWyJZZWFyQmVnaW4iLCItMSJdLFsiWWVhcl9FbmQiLCItMSJdXX0=  |publisher=[[Bureau of Economic Analysis]] (BEA) |access-date=2025-02-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://apps.bea.gov/itable/?ReqID=70&step=1#eyJhcHBpZCI6NzAsInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyOSwyNSwzMSwyNiwyNywzMF0sImRhdGEiOltbIlRhYmxlSWQiLCI4MDAiXSxbIk1ham9yX0FyZWEiLCIxNiJdLFsiU3RhdGUiLFsiMCJdXSxbIkFyZWEiLFsiNjAwMDAiLCI2NjAwMCIsIjY5MDAwIl1dLFsiU3RhdGlzdGljIixbIjEiXV0sWyJVbml0X29mX21lYXN1cmUiLCJMZXZlbHMiXSxbIlllYXIiLFsiMjAxOSJdXSxbIlllYXJCZWdpbiIsIi0xIl0sWyJZZWFyX0VuZCIsIi0xIl1dfQ== |title=TASUMMARY1 Summary of GDP and components for U.S. territories, current dollars |publisher=[[Bureau of Economic Analysis]] (BEA) |access-date=2025-02-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://stats.gov.ck/download/476/2024/6494/gross-domestic-product-march-quarter-2024.xlsx |title=Table 1: Gross domestic product at current prices by industry – quarterly value |publisher=Cook Islands Statistics Office |access-date=2025-02-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cerom-outremer.fr/wallis-et-futuna/publications/etudes-cerom/evaluation-du-pib-de-wallis-et-futuna-en-2019.html |title=Évaluation du PIB de Wallis-et-Futuna en 2019  |author=INSEE, CEROM |access-date=2025-02-22 |language=fr}}</ref>
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[[File:DSC00033 Polynésia Moréa island Haapiti Beach (8076090305).jpg|thumb|right|Tourism is an important source of income for French Polynesia.]]
The legal tender of French Polynesia is the [[CFP franc]] which has a fixed exchange rate with the [[euro]]. The nominal [[gross domestic product]] (GDP) of French Polynesia in 2019 was 6.02&nbsp;billion [[United States dollar|U.S. dollars]] at market exchange rates, the seventh-largest economy in Oceania after [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Hawaii]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Caledonia]], and [[Guam]].<ref name="GDP" /> The GDP per capita was US$21,673 in 2019 (at market exchange rates, not at [[Purchasing power parity|PPP]]), lower than in Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Guam, New Caledonia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Cook Islands, but higher than in all other independent insular states and dependent territories of [[Oceania]].<ref name="GDP" />

French Polynesia was severely affected by the [[2008 financial crisis]] and subsequent [[Great Recession]], and experienced as a result 4 years of [[recession]] from 2009 to 2012. French Polynesia renewed with economic growth in 2013, and experienced strong economic growth in the 2nd half of the 2010s, with an average [[Real gross domestic product|real GDP]] growth rate of +2.8% per year from 2016 to 2019, before being affected by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020, which has led to another recession.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ispf.pf/themes/EconomieFinances/Comptesconomiques/Details.aspx |title=Comptes économiques – Données essentielles |publisher=Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française (ISPF) |access-date=2022-03-03 |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303221221/https://www.ispf.pf/themes/EconomieFinances/Comptesconomiques/Details.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

French Polynesia has a moderately developed economy, which is dependent on imported goods, tourism, and the financial assistance of mainland France. Tourist facilities are well developed and are available on the major islands. Main agricultural productions are [[coconut]]s ([[copra]]), vegetables and fruits. French Polynesia exports [[noni]] juice, a high quality [[Vanilla production in French Polynesia|vanilla]], and the famous [[Tahitian pearl|black Tahitian pearls]] which accounted for 55% of exports (in value) in 2008.<ref name=FT />

French Polynesia's seafloor contains rich deposits of [[nickel]], [[cobalt]], [[manganese]], and [[Copper extraction|copper]] that are not exploited.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Manheim|first1=F. T.|title=Marine Cobalt Resources|journal=Science|volume=232|issue=4750|year=1986|pages=600–608|issn=0036-8075|doi=10.1126/science.232.4750.600|pmid=17781410|bibcode=1986Sci...232..600M|s2cid=21146020|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1230970|access-date=1 July 2019|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401035458/https://zenodo.org/record/1230970|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008, French Polynesia's imports amounted to 2.2&nbsp;billion U.S. dollars and exports amounted to 0.2&nbsp;billion U.S. dollars.<ref name=FT>{{cite web| url=https://www.ieom.fr/IMG/pdf/ra2008_pf.pdf| title=La Polynésie française en 2008| author=[[Institut d'émission d'Outre-Mer]] (IEOM)| access-date=14 September 2009| language=fr| archive-date=17 August 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817201614/https://www.ieom.fr/IMG/pdf/ra2008_pf.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref>

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|+GDP (nominal) per capita in 2019 (US$)
|-
| {{Color box|#e43114|$0 – $5,000|white|border=darkgray|}}  {{Color box|#f57e00|$5,000 – $10,000|white|border=darkgray}}  {{Color box|#eea800|$10,000 – $20,000|white|border=darkgray}}  {{Color box|#22aaff|$20,000 – $30,000|white|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|#2259ff|$30,000 – $45,000|white|border=darkgray}}  {{Color box|#5222ff|$45,000 – $60,000|white|border=darkgray}}  {{Color box|#a522ff|$60,000 – $90,000|white|border=darkgray}}
|}
{{Image label begin|image=Oceania political map.png|width=662}}
{{Image label|x=0.15|y=0.55|scale=662|text=[[Australia|<span style="background:#5222ff;color:white">54,391</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.45|y=0.67|scale=662|text=[[New Zealand|<span style="background:#2259ff;color:white">42,274</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.7|y=0.07|scale=662|text=[[Hawaii|<span style="background:#a522ff;color:white"> 63,997</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.3|y=0.43|scale=662|text=<span style="background:#2259ff;color:white">34,939</span>}}
{{Image label|x=0.135|y=0.118|scale=662|text=[[Guam|<span style="background:#2259ff;color:white">37,794</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.18|y=0.31|scale=662|text=[[Papua New Guinea|<span style="background:#e43114;color:white">2,315</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.8|y=0.46|scale=662|text=[[French Polynesia|<span style="background:#2af; color:white;">21,673</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.36|y=0.39|scale=662|text=[[Vanuatu|<span style="background:#e43114;color:white">3,187</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.3|y=0.365|scale=662|text=[[Solomon Islands|<span style="background:#e43114;color:white">2,278</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.47|y=0.45|scale=662|text=[[Fiji|<span style="background:#f57e00;color:white">6,079</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.513|y=0.353|scale=662|text=[[Wallis and Futuna|<span style="background:#eea800;color:white"><small>18,360</small></span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.566|y=0.388|scale=662|text=[[Samoa|<span style="background:#e43114;color:white"><small>4,472</small></span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.611|y=0.395|scale=662|text=[[American Samoa|<span style="background:#eea800;color:white">13,352</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.67|y=0.43|scale=662|text=[[Cook Islands|<span style="background:#22aaff;color:white">22,752</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.55|y=0.44|scale=662|text=[[Tonga|<span style="background:#e43114;color:white">4,435</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.15|y=0.079|scale=662|text=[[Northern Mariana Islands|<span style="background:#2af; color:white;">24,670</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.02|y=0.165|scale=662|text=[[Palau|<span style="background:#eea800;color:white">15,992</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.22|y=0.18|scale=662|text=[[Federated States of Micronesia|<span style="background:#e43114;color:white">4,001</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.38|y=0.16|scale=662|text=[[Marshall Islands|<span style="background:#f57e00;color:white">5,275</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.434|y=0.262|scale=662|text=[[Kiribati|<span style="background:#e43114;color:white">1,847</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.348|y=0.262|scale=662|text=[[Nauru|<span style="background:#eea800;color:white">10,567</span>]]}}
{{Image label|x=0.48|y=0.325|scale=662|text=[[Tuvalu|<span style="background:#f57e00;color:white">5,277</span>]]}}
{{Image label end}}

=== Transportation ===
{{main|Transportation in French Polynesia}}

There are 53 airports in French Polynesia; 46 are paved.<ref name="cia"/> [[Fa'a'ā International Airport]] is the only international airport in French Polynesia. Each island has its own airport that serves flights to other islands. [[Air Tahiti]] is the main airline that flies around the islands.

=== Communication ===
In 2017, Alcatel Submarine Networks, a unit of [[Nokia]], launched a project to connect many of the islands in French Polynesia with underwater fiber optic cable. The project, called NATITUA, is intended to improve French Polynesian broadband connectivity by linking Tahiti to 10 islands in the Tuamotu and Marquesas archipelagos.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2017/07/natitua-submarine-cable-system-to-bridge-french-polynesian-digital-divide.html|title=NATITUA submarine cable system to bridge French Polynesian digital divide|website=lightwaveonline.com|date=25 July 2017 |access-date=2018-10-23|archive-date=24 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035146/https://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2017/07/natitua-submarine-cable-system-to-bridge-french-polynesian-digital-divide.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2018, a celebration was held to commemorate the arrival of a submarine cable from [[Papeete]] to the atoll of Hao, extending the network by about 1000 kilometres.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/363491/submarine-cable-extended-to-french-polynesia-s-hao|title=Submarine cable extended to French Polynesia's Hao|date=2018-08-07|work=Radio New Zealand|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en-nz|archive-date=24 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035319/https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/363491/submarine-cable-extended-to-french-polynesia-s-hao|url-status=live}}</ref>