French Polynesia

Trott Bailey Family Abundance · Country Profile

French Polynesia

Tracking baselineHistorical tracking baseline
TBF Rank #43 of 243 countries
French PolynesiaHeld position. Previous position: #43. Current position: #43.No earlier rank movement is recorded yet.
TBF Abundance Score -54.4 Evidence before Abundance Gate +42.8 National Abundance Gate Money-gated · graded GDP Rank — Coverage 92% Categories scored16 / 16

Money Gate 20 · Overall Gate 0.7.0

Five basics stand between this country and zero

This profile has a direct five-part Money Gate audit. Any category below 4/4 keeps the whole country below zero.

Money Gate score 4.3 / 20 Cash-Register Lock 78.8 / 100 Friction Economy Pressure 46.1 / 100 Money-gated ceiling -36.1
Food 0.5 / 4 Housing / Land 0.5 / 4 Healthcare 2.0 / 4 Transportation 0.5 / 4 Water / Energy 0.8 / 4
9% weightHuman Time & Burden Return
+36.9

Whether productivity, infrastructure and institutions return usable lifetime to people and families.

TBFC target: Necessary contribution should not require people to sell most of their waking life merely to retain access to food, shelter, care and ordinary family life.

Access-gate research question: How much paid work or income-producing activity is required before an ordinary household can keep access to basic life, and what usable family time remains afterward?

Capacity+60.0
Reach+44.0
Friction+2.0
Return / Regeneration+40.0

Abundance Gap: +16.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Human Time & Burden Return

Public health, education and social systems provide meaningful capacity, but the dispersed archipelago still requires cash for housing, imported food, energy, transport and many services.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
8% weightHousing, Shelter & Housing Reach
+30.2

Whether adequate shelter physically exists and actually reaches people without excessive cost, exclusion or vacancy mismatch.

TBFC target: Adequate family shelter should remain reachable without lifetime dependence on rent, mortgage debt or ability to pay.

Access-gate research question: What share of ordinary shelter access depends on rent, mortgage debt, purchase price or other recurring payment, and what dependable non-market routes exist at national scale?

Capacity+60.0
Reach+36.0
Friction-10.0
Return / Durability+34.0

Abundance Gap: +24.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach

Public and family housing routes exist, yet land prices around Tahiti, construction/import costs and island concentration constrain ordinary reach.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
9% weightFood, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
+42.9

Physical food and nutrient capacity, nourishment reach, waste/loss, public edible landscapes and free food access.

TBFC target: Nutritious food should exist in multiplying abundance and remain reachable even when a household has no money to spend.

Access-gate research question: Can people obtain adequate nutritious food when they cannot pay, and are free/public/productive-food routes large enough to be ordinary rather than exceptional?

Capacity+70.0
Reach+50.0
Friction / Waste+5.0
Return / Multiplication+44.0

Abundance Gap: +20.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance

Fishing, gardens and local foods provide genuine productive capacity, while much ordinary food remains imported and purchased.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
6% weightWater & Sanitation Abundance
+53.3

Safe water, sanitation, reliability, capture, reuse, storage and living-landscape water capacity.

TBFC target: Safe water and sanitation should be dependable life infrastructure, not conditional on household purchasing power.

Access-gate research question: Can households retain safe water and sanitation when income falls, and which payment, disconnection or infrastructure barriers interrupt access?

Capacity+76.0
Reach+62.0
Friction / Loss+18.0
Return / Regeneration+54.0

Abundance Gap: +14.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Water & Sanitation Abundance

Public systems are strong on main islands but geographic dispersion creates unequal infrastructure reach and household payment/maintenance friction.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
5% weightEnergy & Household Capability
+42.9

Whether usable, reliable energy reaches households and removes burdens across water, food, health, cooling, cooking and movement.

TBFC target: Essential household energy should support cooking, cooling, water, food preservation and care without money becoming the switch that turns basic capability on or off.

Access-gate research question: Can households retain essential energy for cooking, cooling, water and food preservation when they cannot pay, and how often does price or disconnection reduce capability?

Capacity+70.0
Reach+50.0
Friction+4.0
Return / Burden Removed+46.0

Abundance Gap: +20.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Energy & Household Capability

Hydro/solar and public investment improve resilience, while electricity and fuel remain paid necessities and outer islands face higher logistics cost.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
7% weightHealth & Care Reach
+54.3

Whether prevention, primary care, medicine, maternity care, dentistry and specialist capability reach people when needed.

TBFC target: Prevention, maternity, dentistry, medicine and necessary treatment should be reachable because care is needed, not because payment can be produced.

Access-gate research question: Can necessary care be obtained because it is needed, or do price, insurance, employment, debt or other financial tests materially delay or prevent access?

Capacity+76.0
Reach+62.0
Friction+22.0
Return / Prevention+54.0

Abundance Gap: +14.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Health & Care Reach

The territorial health system provides broad public reach, but island geography, specialist concentration and some household costs still create friction.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
6% weightEducation & Human Capability
+60.0

Foundational learning plus practical, technical and enduring civilization capability retained by people.

TBFC target: Foundational learning and useful capability should be reachable as part of civilization life rather than purchased according to family income.

Access-gate research question: Which essential learning and capability routes are genuinely reachable regardless of family income, and where do fees, debt or paid enrichment create decisive access gaps?

Capacity+80.0
Reach+68.0
Friction+30.0
Return / Capability+58.0

Abundance Gap: +12.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Education & Human Capability

Public schooling and local tertiary institutions provide broad capability, though outer-island and advanced-study access remains unequal.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
4% weightMobility & Reachability
+31.6

Local, regional and national movement that connects people to family, services, work, learning and public life without consuming excessive time.

TBFC target: Ordinary local and regional movement should be available for family, care, learning and civic life without travel becoming a paywall.

Access-gate research question: Can ordinary people reach family, care, learning and public life without high recurring fares, vehicle costs, debt or fuel dependence?

Capacity+58.0
Reach+38.0
Friction-6.0
Return / Time+35.0

Abundance Gap: +20.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Mobility & Reachability

Extreme geographic dispersion makes air and sea movement essential and expensive; local roads alone cannot solve family access across the territory.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
8% weightFamily Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
+16.5

Conditions that let people form stable families, raise children, share parental time and continue family life without punishing material barriers.

TBFC target: People should be able to form, continue and multiply family life. Trott Bailey Family Civilization uses 5.0 children per woman as the fertility target; 2.1 is the replacement floor, not the aspiration, while housing, care, food and time should not be withheld behind financial thresholds.

Access-gate research question: How strongly do housing, childcare, health, food and work-income requirements delay or destabilize family formation and continuity, and is total fertility moving above replacement toward the 5.0-children-per-woman civilization target?

Capacity+58.0
Reach+34.0
Friction-20.0
Return / Continuity+35.0

Abundance Gap: +24.0

TBF reading

Family Fertility Method 1.0.0: 60% lived-family rails + 40% fertility performance (1.19/100 from TFR 1.700, 2024, observed).

Published indicators

Total fertility rate1.70 births per woman

Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française — Bilan démographique 2024 · 2024

Source

Verified evidence

5% weightLand Access & Spatial Freedom
+14.5

Whether land and settlement choice reach ordinary people rather than opportunity being functionally trapped inside expensive commercial centres.

TBFC target: Suitable productive land and settlement opportunity should not be functionally reserved for those able to outbid everyone else.

Access-gate research question: Can ordinary families gain secure use of suitable productive ground without first accumulating enough money to purchase, finance or outbid others?

Capacity+48.0
Reach+16.0
Friction / Concentration-28.0
Return / Productive Ground+26.0

Abundance Gap: +32.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Land Access & Spatial Freedom

Family/customary tenure provides some non-market continuity, while Tahiti land scarcity, title complexity and market prices constrain spatial freedom.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
6% weightPeace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
+71.6

Peace of mind, social support, everyday safety, public beauty, recreation, nature, culture and delight reachable without constant payment.

TBFC target: Beauty, nature, recreation, rest and public delight should belong to ordinary life rather than appearing mainly after payment.

Access-gate research question: How much everyday rest, nature, recreation, culture and public beauty is freely reachable, rather than principally accessed through paid venues, travel or private property?

Capacity+86.0
Reach+76.0
Friction+52.0
Return / Delight+70.0

Abundance Gap: +10.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight

Ocean, beaches, mountains, lagoons and Polynesian cultural life create exceptionally high ordinary beauty and public delight.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
6% weightLiving Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
+59.1

Whether soil, forests, wetlands, habitat, pollinators, species and water-holding landscapes are strengthening rather than being consumed.

TBFC target: Regenerating soil, water, habitat and food-bearing landscapes should be maintained as shared life-supporting capacity rather than only where a transaction makes them profitable.

Access-gate research question: Are regenerative land, water and habitat functions maintained as life-supporting infrastructure even when no direct commercial return is available?

Capacity+78.0
Reach / Ecological Function+64.0
Friction / Loss+28.0
Return / Regeneration+68.0

Abundance Gap: +14.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience

Climate planning, biodiversity programmes and vast marine protection are major positives, while sea-level rise, reefs, waste and dispersed-island vulnerability remain severe.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
5% weightJustice, Safety & Institutional Friction
+48.5

Physical safety, usable justice, legal identity, reliable public administration and low needless institutional burden.

TBFC target: Usable justice, legal identity, safety and ordinary administration should remain accessible regardless of wealth.

Access-gate research question: Do fees, legal costs, bail, fines, documentation costs or ability to hire expertise materially change access to justice, safety or public administration?

Capacity+70.0
Reach+55.0
Friction+18.0
Return / Reliability+48.0

Abundance Gap: +15.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction

Institutions are stable and capable, while administrative complexity, land-title issues and geographic distance create friction.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
4% weightDurability, Repair & Material Return
+32.8

Whether useful materials, infrastructure and goods are maintained, repairable, recovered and cycled instead of repeatedly becoming waste.

TBFC target: Repair, maintenance and useful material circulation should protect capability instead of forcing repeated repurchase as the default route to continued use.

Access-gate research question: Do repair and maintenance remain practically accessible, or do pricing, proprietary restrictions and replacement incentives turn continued use into repeated purchasing?

Capacity+56.0
Reach+38.0
Friction / Waste-2.0
Return / Circularity+40.0

Abundance Gap: +18.0

TBF reading

Category Method 0.0.1: 25% Capacity, 35% Reach, 25% Friction, 15% Return/Regeneration.

Verified evidence

Durability, Repair & Material Return

Repair culture exists, but imported parts/materials and inter-island shipping make maintenance expensive and slow.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
6% weightInternational Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
+34.7

How easily visitors, migrants, refugees and neighbours can enter, remain, regularize status and participate in ordinary civic and economic life.

TBFC target: A country should have a humane vision for visitors, migrants, refugees and neighbouring families: practical entry, legal identity, family continuity, protection from statelessness, a route into ordinary life and a real place to contribute and grow with the society.

Access-gate research question: Who can enter and stay, how wide is visa-free/eVisa/eTA reach, can newcomers regularize status and work, are refugees and children protected from statelessness, can families remain together, and does the country have a practical long-term vision for newcomers to join ordinary life and contribute?

Entry Accessibility+46.0
Migrant Practical Life+42.0
Refugee / Neighbour Welcome+12.0
Flexibility / Continuity+38.0
TBF reading

International Scoring 1.0.0: 25% entry accessibility, 30% migrant practical life, 25% refugee/neighbour welcome, 20% flexibility/continuity. No eVisa >100-nationality adjustment claimed unless independently verified.

Verified evidence

International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome

Special French Polynesian residence rules permit EU access more easily but require long-stay visas/status for many non-EU migrants and proof of resources/insurance, so welcome remains financially and administratively conditional.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia
6% weightExternal Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
+58.8

Documented effects a country, its public institutions or materially supported programs have beyond its borders: beneficial contribution, mutuality, external harm, accountability and repair.

TBFC target: A civilization should increase useful local capability beyond its borders through medicine, training, disaster help, technical cooperation, peace-building and other mutually useful contribution, while avoiding extraction, exported harm and displacement.

Access-gate research question: Do the country’s actions abroad increase health, skill, safety, resilience and locally retained capability, or do they export extraction, coercion, environmental harm, displacement, debt or other burdens?

Positive Contribution+62.0
Mutuality / Local Benefit+66.0
Documented Harm / Extraction+50.0
Accountability / Repair+62.0
TBF reading

International Scoring 1.0.0: 25% positive contribution, 25% mutual benefit, 35% non-extractive/low-harm conduct, 15% accountability/repair, judged relative to capacity.

Verified evidence

External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct

Large marine-protection expansion and Polynesian climate diplomacy are strong positives relative to capacity, while aviation, tourism, imported consumption and the legacy of French nuclear testing remain important negative external-history evidence.

ISPF / Government of French Polynesia

Trott Bailey Family Civilization Target

The end state: life beyond monetary gatekeeping

Trott Bailey Family Civilization treats money as an exchange tool rather than a prerequisite for access to life. The long-run abundance target is that food, water, shelter, care, education, mobility, land access and ordinary public life remain reachable even when a person cannot pay.

This target is an authored civilization standard. The diagnostic evidence score can now draw from all 16 weighted categories. The five-part Money Gate remains a separate domestic threshold asking whether food, housing/land, healthcare, transportation and water/energy are genuinely reachable without payment before any civilization can cross zero.

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