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.

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

NA%

purchasing power parity - $10,800 (1997 est.)

agriculture: 4%
industry: 18%
services: 78% (1997)

NA%

lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

1.5% (1994)

118,744 (of which 70,044 are employed) (1988)

agriculture 13%, industry 19%, services
68% (1997)

15% (1992 est.)

revenues: $1 billion
expenditures: $900 million, including capital expenditures of $185
million (1996)

tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts

NA%

360 million kWh (1998)

fossil fuel: 59.72%
hydro: 40.28%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)

335 million kWh (1998)

0 kWh (1998)

0 kWh (1998)

coconuts, vanilla, vegetables, fruits;
poultry, beef, dairy products

$212 million (f.o.b., 1996)

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

US 11%, France 6% (1997)

$860 million (c.i.f., 1996)

fuels, foodstuffs, equipment

France 44.7%, US 13.9% (1994)

$NA

$450.4 million (1995)

1 Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (CFPF) = 100
centimes

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1
- 117.67 (January 2000), 111.93 (1999), 107.25 (1998), 106.11 (1997),
93.00 (1996), 90.75 (1995); note - linked at the rate of 18.18 CFPFs
to the French franc

calendar year