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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2019)		2
Pop. density (per km2, 2019)		6.2
Capital city		Alofi
Capital city pop. (000, 2019)		0.7^d
Surface area (km2)		260^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100^b,c
National currency		New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.5^d

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Employment: Agriculture (% of employed)	4.8^b,e,f	...	...
Employment: Industry (% of employed)	9.3^b,e,f	...	...
Employment: Services (% employed)	85.9^b,e,f	...	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	9.7^b,f	...	...
Labour force participation (female/male pop. %)	74.8 / 76.7^g	... / ...	... / ...
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	100	97	101^c

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rate^h (average annual %)	-2.4	-0.7	-0.1ⁱ
Urban population (% of total population)	35.2	38.7	45.5
Urban population growth rate^h (average annual %)	-1.1	1.2	1.9ⁱ
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	...	...	2.6^j,k
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	... / ...	76.0 / 67.0^l	76.3 / 70.1^b,m,k
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	26.1 / 15.1ⁿ	25.7 / 16.8ⁿ	22.8 / 20.1^b,c
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	0.5 / 31.0	0.5 / 33.4	0.6 / 34.2^a
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births)	...	...	8.1^m,k
Health: Current expenditure^o,p,q (% of GDP)	10.1	9.8	7.3^c
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.4^r	1.9^s	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	105.9 / 118.9^t	... / ...	125.3 / 132.5^t,c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	116.5 / 71.3^t	... / ...	114.1 / 104.1^t,i
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	...	0^u

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	51.7	77^t	79.6^t,i
Threatened species (number)	12^r	43	53
Forested area (% of land area)	73.5	71.5	69.2^t,c
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	~0.0 / 1.8	~0.0 / 1.9	~0.0 / 5.7^v
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^t,c
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	42	52	61^t,c
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^w (000)	3	6	10^a
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	95.3	95.3	95.3^d

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Break in the time series.
c		2016
d		2018
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 3.
f		2002
g		2001
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		2015
j		Data refers to a 3-year period up to and including the reference year.
k		2011
l		2006
m		Data refers to a 5-year period up to and including the reference year.
n		De jure population.
o		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
p		Indicators are sensitive to external funds flowing in to the country.
q		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.
r		2004
s		2008
t		Estimate.
u		2012
v		2014
w		Including Niueans residing usually in New Zealand.