French Polynesia's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) was 12.88% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 9.8 percentage points from 3.08% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 12.88% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 4.02% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.08% | 2013 |
| Highest | 12.88% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 0.83% | 2002 |
| Average since 2014 | 4.59% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 1.16% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, French Polynesia's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) rose 10.25 percentage points on 2022 (from 2.63% to 12.88%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.78 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.25 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.83 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 14% 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 2023, French Polynesia had the 102nd highest value of the 201 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| French Polynesia | 12.88% | 2023 |
| World | 12.75% | 2023 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 27.61% | 2023 |
| High income | 11.15% | 2023 |
Closest to French Polynesia in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.
Limitations: Data on exports and imports are from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Direction of Trade database and should be broadly consistent with data from other sources, such as the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. All high-income economies and major low- and middle-income economies report trade data to the IMF on a timely basis, covering about 85 percent of trade for recent years. Trade data for less timely reporters and for countries that do not report are estimated using reports of trading partner countries. Therefore, data on trade between developing and high-income economies should be generally complete.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 24 values
| Year | Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.88 |
| 2022 | 2.63 |
| 2021 | 2.44 |
| 2020 | 4.13 |
| 2019 | 3.44 |
| 2018 | 4.02 |
| 2017 | 3.08 |
| 2016 | 6.69 |
| 2015 | 3.17 |
| 2014 | 3.38 |
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 1.57% (2023)
- Australia — 46.86% (2023)
- Brunei Darussalam — 37.04% (2023)
- Cambodia — 24.56% (2023)
- China — 13.69% (2023)
- Fiji — 36.61% (2023)
- Guam — 84.72% (2023)
More private sector & trade data for French Polynesia
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$2.45 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$175 million (2025)
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 38.74% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports) — 0.8% (2025)
- Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — 17.61% (2025)
- Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — 0.46% (2025)
- Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) — 40.39% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) — 0.48% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is French Polynesia's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)?
- 12.88% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 11.72 percentage points from 1.16% in 2000. The highest value was 12.88% in 2023 and the lowest 0.83% in 2002.
- How does French Polynesia rank?
- 102nd highest of 201 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for French Polynesia?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.WR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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