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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		343^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		323.8^a,b
Capital city		Fort-de-France
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		79.4^d
Surface area (km2)		1 090^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		83.1^a,b
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.9^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	3.9^f,g,h	...	...
Employment in industry (% of employed)	11.8^f,g,h	...	...
Employment in services (% employed)	69^f,g,h	...	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	22.8^g,i,j	...	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	52.6 / 53.8^g,i,j	... / ...	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	106	109^l	120^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^a (average annual %)	-1	-0.9	-0.8^b
Urban population (% of total population)	89	89.1^l	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.5^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total^a (live births per woman)	2	2	2^b
Life expectancy at birth^a (females/males, years)	84.5 / 79.3	83.3 / 77.0	85.7 / 79.5^b
Population age distribution^a,n (0-14/60+ years old, %)	18.8 / 24.3	15.6 / 30.3	14.9 / 34.3^b
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	69.2 / 18.3^o	68.6 / 18.3^o	... / ...
Under five mortality rate^a (per 1000 live births)	8.5	8.7	7.6^b

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Threatened species (number)	45	62	106^e
Forested area (% of land area)	48.4	49.3	49.5^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2.1 / 5.3^q	... / ...	... / ...
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1^r,s,q	...	...
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	75^s,q	...	...
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	487	312	556^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	97.2	97.2	97.2^e

Footnotes

a		For statistical purposes, the data for France do not include this area.
b		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
c		2022
d		2018
e		2023
f		Population aged 15 to 64 years.
g		Excluding the institutional population.
h		2012
i		Break in the time series.
j		2013
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		2019
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Including refugees.
p		2021
q		2010
r		Estimate.
s		Data after 2010 are included in France.