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New Caledonia
East Asia & Pacific · High income · capital Noum'ea
Reports 12 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old78.9years
Ranks 60 of 217 in 2024
6% above world median · 8% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.96births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
4% above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
1996 · 30 years old96.1% of adults 15+
Ranks 3 of 9 in 1996
17% above world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 9 countries reporting in 1996 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
1994 · 32 years old116.0% gross
Ranks 17 of 117 in 1994
16% above world median · 11% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 117 countries reporting in 1994 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2024 · 2 years old29,213current US$
Ranks 52 of 200 in 2024
2.7× above world median · 3.3× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 200 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old11.2% of labour force
Ranks 153 of 182 in 2025
1.2× above world median · 2.7× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2016 · 10 years old0.6% per year
Not ranked — no better end
64% below world median
Medians computed across 189 countries reporting in 2016 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2024 · 2 years old96.9% of population
Ranks 42 of 148 in 2024
20% above world median · 55% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2017 · 9 years old82.0% of population
Ranks 39 of 200 in 2017
37% above world median · 53% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 200 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old17.08t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
5.7× above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old295.3kpeople
Not ranked — no better end
95% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
New Caledonia has no figure in this dataset for GDP per capita (PPP), Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Military spending, Under-5 mortality, Maternal mortality, Child stunting, Health spending, Education spending. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.