French Polynesia: GDP per capita (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, French Polynesia's GDP per capita (annual % growth) fell 1.62 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.5% to 0.88%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.18 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.88 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 18.96 percentage points in 1968 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.11 percentage points in 1975. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2024, French Polynesia had the 8th highest value of the 14 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to French Polynesia in the 2024 ranking

• Bahamas, The — 5th of 14: 2.9%
• Bermuda — 6th of 14: 1.99%
• Cayman Islands — 7th of 14: 1.78%
• Faroe Islands — 9th of 14: 0.4%
• Cuba — 10th of 14: -0.7%
• United Arab Emirates — 11th of 14: -0.77%

What this measures

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

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

All 59 values

GDP per capita (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 3.59% (2022)
• Australia — -0.19% (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — -0.11% (2025)
• Cambodia — 4.11% (2025)
• China — 5.14% (2025)
• Fiji — 2.71% (2025)
• Guam — 4.18% (2022)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.84% (2025)
• Indonesia — 4.29% (2025)
• Japan — 1.69% (2025)
• Kiribati — 2.72% (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for French Polynesia

• GNI (current US$) — US$7.01 billion (2024)
• GNI (current LCU) — 773.67 billion (2024)
• GNI per capita (current LCU) — 2.75 million (2024)
• GDP (current US$) — US$6.32 billion (2024)
• GDP (current LCU) — 697.55 billion (2024)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$5.87 billion (2024)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 571.89 billion (2024)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$22,440 (2024)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 2.48 million (2024)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$20,847 (2024)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is French Polynesia's GDP per capita (annual % growth)?

0.88% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1966?

It is down 5.05 percentage points from 5.93% in 1966. The highest value was 14.31% in 1974 and the lowest -10.63% in 2020.

How does French Polynesia rank?

8th highest of 14 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in GDP per capita (annual % growth) unusual for French Polynesia?

In 2024, French Polynesia's GDP per capita (annual % growth) fell 1.62 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.5% to 0.88%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.18 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.88 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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