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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2021)		2^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		6.2^a
Capital city		Alofi
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		0.7^c
Surface area (km2)		260^b
National currency		New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.4^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	99	94^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^e (average annual %)	-0.8	-0.1	0.1^d
Urban population (% of total population)	38.7	42.6	45.5^b
Urban population growth rate^e (average annual %)	1.2	1.9	...
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	0.6 / 36.3	0.6 / 36.5	0.6 / 36.3^d
Health: Current expenditure^f,g,h (% of GDP)	15.5	8.7	8.3^c
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.9ⁱ	...	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.0 / 103.5^j	127.8 / 127.7	145.6 / 125.9^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	90.8 / 82.9^j	109.4 / 89.5	109.7 / 110.2^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	80.0 / 88.6	104.8 / 102.9^b

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^k (per 100 inhabitants)	77	79.6^l	...
Threatened species (number)	43	50	59
Forested area (% of land area)	72.2	72.4	72.5^c
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^k,c
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	53	64	64^k,c
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^m (000)	6	8	10ⁿ
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	95.3	95.3	95.3^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		2020
e		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
f		Indicators are sensitive to external funds flowing in to the country.
g		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
h		General government expenditure (GGE) can be larger than the Gross domestic product (GDP) because government accounts for a very large part of domestic consumption and because a large part of domestic consumption in the country is accounted for by imports.
i		2008
j		2005
k		Estimate.
l		2011
m		Including Niueans residing usually in New Zealand.
n		2017