Labour force participation in French Polynesia
The ILO estimates that 52.4% of people aged 15 and over in French Polynesia were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1991.
French Polynesia, 2025
52.4%
Change from 2024
−0.4percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
145th of 181
Labour force participation in French Polynesia over time
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% of working-age population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | French Polynesia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.4% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 52.8% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 53.4% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 54.0% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 54.3% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 54.5% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 55.4% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 55.6% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 55.8% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 55.9% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 52.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 56.0%, the figure has changed by −3.6 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, French Polynesia has the 145th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for French Polynesia
All statistics for French Polynesia
Women's labour force participation
46.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
46.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
11.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
36.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
1.9%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
14.3%
2025 · World Bank