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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2021)		55^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		275.5^a
Capital city		Pago Pago
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		48.5^c
Surface area (km2)		199^b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	3^d,e,f	...	...
Employment in industry (% of employed)	23.2^d,e,f	...	...
Employment in services (% employed)	73.8^d,e,f	...	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	9.2^d,f	...	...

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^g (average annual %)	-1.2	-0.1	-0.2^h
Urban population (% of total population)	87.6	87.2	87.1^b
Urban population growth rate^g (average annual %)	-1.3	-0.1	...
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	23.6 / 42.0	23.5 / 42.1	23.6 / 42.8^h
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	14.6ⁱ	...	...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	8.9	7.2	5.4^j

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4^k,i	...	...
Threatened species (number)	79	90	102
Forested area (% of land area)	87.2	86.4	86^c
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	23	20	20^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	25	25	25^h

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		Break in the time series.
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 3.
f		Population aged 16 years and over.
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		2020
i		2006
j		2016
k		Partial data.