French Polynesia: Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)

Key figures

Since 2010 it is up 23.06% from 68,889 in 2010 (1.74% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 2 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2022, French Polynesia's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) rose 5.7% on 2021 (from 80,220 to 84,772).

Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2021), the average change was −0.3% and a typical year strayed about 4.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.7% in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.2% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1,898 a year. A straight line explains 71% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to French Polynesia in the 2022 ranking

• Grenada — 2nd of 2: 20,299

What this measures

Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes, and vice versa, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a standard-size container. Data refer to coastal shipping as well as international journeys. Transshipment traffic is counted as two lifts at the intermediate port (once to off-load and again as an outbound lift) and includes empty units.

Limitations: Measures of port container traffic, much of it commodities of medium to high value added, give some indication of economic growth in a country. But when traffic is merely transshipment, much of the economic benefit goes to the terminal operator and ancillary services for ships and containers rather than to the country more broadly. In transshipment centers empty containers may account for as much as 40 percent of traffic. Data cover coastal shipping as well as international journeys. Transshipment traffic is counted as two lifts at the intermediate port (once to off-load and again as an outbound lift) and includes empty units.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 11 values

Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 76,200 (2019)
• Australia — 9.58 million (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 99,000 (2023)
• Cambodia — 1.03 million (2024)
• China — 299.7 million (2024)
• Fiji — 145,782 (2019)
• Guam — 190,200 (2019)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 13.69 million (2024)
• Indonesia — 14.71 million (2024)

More infrastructure data for French Polynesia

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 65,969 (2023)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 23.47 (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 333,905 (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 118.78 (2023)
• ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) — 3.03% (2024)
• ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) — 0.13% (2024)
• Fixed broadband subscriptions — 99,947 (2023)
• Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) — 35.55 (2023)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 72.7% (2017)

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Questions people ask

What is French Polynesia's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)?

84,772 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2010?

It is up 23.06% from 68,889 in 2010 (1.74% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 87,575 in 2019 and the lowest 68,889 in 2010.

Is the latest change in container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) unusual for French Polynesia?

In 2022, French Polynesia's container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) rose 5.7% on 2021 (from 80,220 to 84,772). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2021), the average change was −0.3% and a typical year strayed about 4.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IS.SHP.GOOD.TU, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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