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New Caledonia — statistics

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184 indicators Region: East Asia & Pacific Subregion: Melanesia Income group: High income ISO: NCL
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 295,333 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 78.9 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 1.96 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 14 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 6.3 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 0.92 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 68.2 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 201,334 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 31.8 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 15.9 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 11.8 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 21.1 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 49 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people 440 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.66 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 145,703 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 149,630 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 62,284 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 198,265 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 34,783 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 76.46 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 81.41 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 11.7 2024 UN DESA
Rural population people 93,999 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 76,738 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 26.2 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of origin people 0 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Unemployment rate % 11.17 2025 ILO
Youth unemployment % 33.11 2025 ILO
Female unemployment % 12.08 2025 ILO
Labor force people 131,488 2025 ILO
Labor force participation rate % 56.42 2025 ILO
Female labor force participation rate % 51.07 2025 ILO
Employment-to-population ratio % 50.12 2025 ILO
Employment in agriculture % 1.8 2025 ILO
Employment in industry % 20.6 2025 ILO
Employment in services % 77.6 2025 ILO
Self-employed % 17.1 2025 ILO
Vulnerable employment % 14.16 2025 ILO
Female share of the labor force % 46.25 2025 ILO
Male unemployment % 10.39 2025 ILO
Indicator Value Year Source
Physicians per 1,000 people per 1,000 1.98 1999 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 18 2024 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 118.1 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 61.1 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 726M 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 45.87M 2024 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 8.49 2024 UNCTAD
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 2,915 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 9,790 2023 FAO
Food production index index 94.8 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 95 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 10.07 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 0.33 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.0206 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 248.9 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 1,840 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 5,970 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 298 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 94.3 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 45.83 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 8,377 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 96 2025 World Bank
Land area km² 18,280 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 18,580 2023 FAO
Population living in slums % 0.3 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 10.87 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 9.6 2022 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.048 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 0 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.003 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Cobalt production t 1,770 2024 USGS
Indicator Value Year Source
Container port traffic TEU 107,834 2021 UNCTAD
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 82.01 2017 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 91.7 2022 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 19.37 2022 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 16.22 2022 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 7,542 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 3.3 2016 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 17.84M 2016 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 263,224 2022 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 55,624 2022 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Literacy rate % 96.14 1996 UIS
Secondary school enrollment % 94 1997 UIS
Primary completion rate % 92.55 1990 UIS
Children out of school people 1,409 1991 UIS
Share of children out of school % 7.42 1991 UIS
Population with tertiary education % 15.19 2019 UIS
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 3.11 2009 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 8 2009 UNODC
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 186 2025 UNODC
Capacity of prisons and detention facilities people 143 2025 UNODC

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

Melanesia