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French Polynesia

Follow the food-system dependencies and response capacity behind the score. Explore 2014–2023, one year at a time.

Headline snapshot: all seven indicators weighted equally, averaged across 20 filled-in datasets.

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Composite score in 20230.5130–1 · higher is more vulnerable
World rank#17Of 178 countries · rank 1 is most vulnerable
Food-basket import dependency87.2%Calorie-weighted dependency profile

A decade in context

French Polynesia
0.000.250.500.751.002014201520162017201820192020202120222023French Polynesia, 2014: 0.570French Polynesia, 2015: 0.550French Polynesia, 2016: 0.525French Polynesia, 2017: 0.557French Polynesia, 2018: 0.575French Polynesia, 2019: 0.537French Polynesia, 2020: 0.531French Polynesia, 2021: 0.528French Polynesia, 2022: 0.540French Polynesia, 2023: 0.513

Higher means more vulnerable. All countries share the same 0–1 scale. Shading shows the range across 20 imputations, not a confidence interval.

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YearFrench Polynesia
20140.5700.570–0.570
20150.5500.550–0.550
20160.5250.525–0.525
20170.5570.557–0.557
20180.5750.575–0.575
20190.5370.537–0.537
20200.5310.531–0.531
20210.5280.528–0.528
20220.5400.540–0.540
20230.5130.513–0.513

The seven indicators in 2023

Bars use direction-adjusted normalized values: longer always means more vulnerable. Values beside titles retain published units; raw and normalized fields may reflect different imputation stages.

Food import burden

303.0%

Food imports as a percentage of merchandise exports. Source observations are three-year averages; 100% is the scoring saturation threshold.

Production concentration

3,329

Concentration of domestic production by tonnes. Heavy products can dominate this provisional measure.

Climate exposure

0.651

Normalized cereal-yield and population projections. This projection-based component is largely constant over the study window, not annual weather.

Adaptive capacity

0.430

ND-GAIN readiness. Higher is better: stronger capacity to respond to a shock. Darker shading indicates lower readiness.

Behind the import-dependency figure

The score uses bounded dependency values. These additional measures retain the underlying trade picture.

Gross dependency, uncapped
89.6%
Can exceed 100% for processing or re-export hubs.
Net import dependency
86.8%
Imports minus exports, relative to domestic supply; negative for net exporters.
Self-sufficiency ratio
13.2%
Basket-weighted domestic production relative to supply.
Calorie coverage
94.2%
Share of basket calories with usable dependency ratios; standalone IDR ranking requires at least 80%.

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Research context: Raghvendra Singh, TU München, BSc Management & Data Science.

This is academic context, not university endorsement. The research snapshot is presented separately from Verdantia’s current solo-founder company status.

Suggested citation: Mandawewala, S., Singh, R., and Doan, B. See the full source and citation details ↗

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Source: CEPII, BACI HS12 (V202601). Etalab Open Licence 2.0.

Source: FAO. FAOSTAT (Food Balance Sheets / Food Security), 2026. Licence CC BY 4.0. FAO does not endorse any products or services.

Source: University of Notre Dame, ND-GAIN Country Index, 2026 edition. CC BY 3.0.