FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in French Polynesia

According to FAOSTAT, French Polynesia produced 3,210 t of vegetables, 14,464 t of fruit, 1,801 t of meat and 649 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were coconuts (91,411 t), cassava (3,690 t) and sugar cane (3,572 t).

Products recorded: 64
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 1; products
Year: 2024

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in tomatoes (−46%), followed by pineapples (−38%).

Livestock numbers: 8,097 cattle, 29,124 pigs, 441 sheep and 15,665 goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All fruit	14,464	166	0%	−17%
All roots and tubers	4,263	173	0%	−12%
All sugar crops	3,572	126	0%	+2.1%
All vegetables	3,210	181	0%	−21%
All eggs	3,159	132	0%	+35%
All meat	1,801	179	0%	−4.7%
All citrus fruit	911	119	0%	−45%
All milk	649	175	0%	−37%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Coconuts, in shell	91,411	29	0.14%	+10%
Beer	17,739	139	0.01%	−6.1%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	7,390	91	0.02%	+8.7%
Coconut oil	4,240	31	0.14%	−31%
Cassava	3,690	73	0%	−6.0%
Sugar cane	3,572	87	0%	+2.1%
Hen eggs	3,071	132	0%	+37%
Pineapples	2,490	68	0.01%	−38%
Other tropical fruits, n.e.c.	1,430	62	0.01%	−38%
Watermelons	1,204	105	0%	−3.1%
Pork (pig meat)	876	143	0%	−15%
Cucumbers	678	121	0%	+12%
Chicken meat	659	168	0%	+7.9%
Cow milk	649	174	0%	−37%
Cabbages	578	135	0%	−13%
Carrots and turnips	561	118	0%	+19%
Tomatoes	530	150	0%	−46%
Lemons and limes	527	90	0%	+35%
Grapefruit and pomelos	357	68	0%	+13%
Lettuce and chicory	304	90	0%	−13%
Bananas	283	113	0%	−36%
Papayas	229	63	0%	—
Other starchy roots and tubers	222	54	0%	+4.7%
Mangoes and guavas	205	95	0%	+8.5%
Taro	188	47	0%	−61%
Chillies and peppers, green	176	118	0%	−6.9%
Beef (cattle meat)	163	178	0%	+11%
Sweet potatoes	143	107	0%	—
Eggplants	137	92	0%	—
Avocados	131	69	0%	+19%
Melons	123	92	0%	−70%
Honey	122	108	0.01%	+5.2%
Pumpkins and squash	122	122	0%	−18%
Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c.	88	35	0%	0.0%
Pepper (black, white)	76	42	0.01%	—
Plantains	69	50	0%	−52%
Goat meat	67	139	0%	−8.2%
Ginger	62	40	0%	—
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	53	120	0%	−15%
Spring onions and shallots	49	48	0%	+17%
Fat of pigs	35	122	0%	−13%
Duck meat	32	64	0%	0.0%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	31	176	0%	−94%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	25	151	0%	+8.7%
Vanilla	24	10	0.34%	−11%
String beans	23	20	0%	−77%
Coffee, green	22	69	0%	+10%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	22	151	0%	+10%
Buttermilk, dry	19	115	0%	—
Yams	19	59	0%	—
Oranges	17	114	0%	−94%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	14	120	0%	−6.7%
Green maize	12	47	0%	—
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	11	123	0%	−8.3%
Soybeans	11	100	0%	—
Tangerines and mandarins	11	71	0%	−87%
Cattle fat, unrendered	6	150	0%	+20%
Leeks	5	56	0%	—
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	5	65	0%	—
Spinach	4	68	0%	—
Sheep meat	3	174	0%	0.0%
Goat fat, unrendered	2	123	0%	0.0%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	1	145	0%	0.0%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	1	144	0%	0.0%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	339,000	165	0%	+11%
Ducks	30,000	65	0%	0.0%
Pigs	29,124	136	0%	−2.9%
Goats	15,665	148	0%	−5.1%
Cattle	8,097	174	0%	+11%
Horses	2,200	115	0%	0.0%
Bees	1,615	93	0%	−15%
Sheep	441	175	0%	+0.2%

French Polynesia among the world’s producers, 2024

Share of world production by country for the largest crops of French Polynesia, which is outlined on the map.

Product

under 0.1%0.1–1%1–5%5–15%15% or moreno data
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.

Production per person, 2024

French Polynesia had 281,807 inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:

Product	kg per person	World, kg per person	Ratio
Coconuts, in shell	324	8.03	40.4×
Beer	62.9	22.7	2.8×
Other fruits, n.e.c.	26.2	4.81	5.5×
Coconut oil	15.0	0.38	39.3×
Cassava	13.1	41.9	0.3×
Sugar cane	12.7	238	0.1×
Hen eggs	10.9	11.5	0.9×
Pineapples	8.84	3.60	2.5×
Other tropical fruits, n.e.c.	5.07	2.93	1.7×
Watermelons	4.27	12.9	0.3×
Pork (pig meat)	3.11	15.4	0.2×
Cucumbers	2.41	10.8	0.2×

Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.

Trade in agricultural products, 2024

French Polynesia reported exports of 11 and imports of 123 of the products covered here.

Largest exports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Vanilla, raw	10	USD 4.9 m	486.10	38 of 67
Coconut oil	3,178	USD 3.3 m	1.04	20 of 94
Wheat	5,000	USD 1.3 m	0.26	54 of 102
Beer of barley, malted	28	USD 73,000	2.61	135 of 149
Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled	16	USD 30,000	1.88	40 of 55
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	27	USD 21,000	0.78	58 of 67
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled	10	USD 19,000	1.90	72 of 81
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	27	USD 18,000	0.67	105 of 123
Wine	1	USD 15,000	15.00	125 of 128
Lemons and limes	6	USD 12,000	2.00	107 of 123

Largest imports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	14,943	USD 29.0 m	1.94	96 of 189
Cheese from whole cow milk	2,018	USD 19.3 m	9.58	103 of 192
Wine	2,160	USD 17.7 m	8.20	116 of 192
Butter of cow milk	1,384	USD 14.1 m	10.18	77 of 189
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled	2,946	USD 11.9 m	4.03	53 of 168
Raw milk of cattle	5,744	USD 7.8 m	1.36	75 of 188
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	3,984	USD 7.1 m	1.79	114 of 186
Whole milk powder	767	USD 5.7 m	7.47	115 of 190
Cream, fresh	929	USD 4.5 m	4.81	60 of 150
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled	485	USD 4.2 m	8.71	82 of 178

FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.

Questions and answers

What are the main crops produced in French Polynesia?

By volume, the largest products of French Polynesia in 2024 were coconuts, in shell (91,411 t), beer (17,739 t), other fruits, n.e.c. (7,390 t), according to FAOSTAT.

Is French Polynesia the world’s largest producer of anything?

Not in 2024. Its highest world rank was 10th, for vanilla.

How much coconuts, in shell does French Polynesia produce per person?

About 324 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 8.03 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).

What does French Polynesia export most?

By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were vanilla, raw (USD 4.9 m), coconut oil (USD 3.3 m), wheat (USD 1.3 m), according to FAOSTAT.

What does French Polynesia import most?

By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (USD 29.0 m), cheese from whole cow milk (USD 19.3 m), wine (USD 17.7 m).

Where does this data come from?

Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.