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Largest religious group: Christians. These are labels that describe the country, not numbers, so they are never compared with other measures. The numbers behind them, such as population shares, are.

New Caledonia

Against high income countries, New Caledonia ranks 6th of 83 on environment and 62nd of 67 on labour. Each ranking counts only the countries that report that score, so the totals differ and the two ranks can’t be compared directly. Both compare New Caledonia with countries of similar wealth. That is the only kind of ranking that tells you something a ranking by income does not already show.

How it has changed

Every measure New Caledonia reports, over all the years it has been published. Pick one. Hover or use the arrow keys to read a year. Gaps in a line are years with no data. They are left open, not filled in.

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Scores by area

Each score averages the measures in one area, such as health. Each measure is first put on a common scale and turned so that higher is always better. Zero is the average country in an average year. One point is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation), so +1 means about one typical gap above average. These are summaries, not measurements. See how the country scores are built and how the topic scores compare with each other.

ScoreValueRank, all countriesRank, similar incomeMostly income?
Infrastructure score 2022+0.90113 of 21073 of 80proxy +0.90
Environment score 2024+1.0212 of 2136 of 83moderate -0.33
Labour score 2025+0.1995 of 19562 of 67high +0.79

The last column shows how closely each score just tracks national income. The number is its link with GDP per person (the value of everything a country produces, divided by its people), from −1 to +1. A score marked proxy is mostly a measure of how rich the country is. Its rank among all countries says little that GDP per person does not. That is why the rank among similar-income countries sits beside it.

The measures behind them

Every measure reported for New Caledonia, grouped by area. Some measures have no agreed better direction, such as population growth, inflation and military spending. They are listed here but left out of every score, since there is no fair way to say which way is better. Some names use technical terms: PPP means adjusted for what money buys in each country, HDI is a United Nations score combining life expectancy, schooling and income, and a Gini indexmeasures how unequally income is shared. Each measure’s own page explains it.

culture

Religiously unaffiliated10.5%% of population2020no agreed direction
Christian share85.1%% of population2020no agreed direction
Muslim share2.76%% of population2020no agreed direction
Women in a union46.4%% of women aged 15-492019no agreed direction
Marriage rate (UN)3.29marriages per 1,000 people2022no agreed direction

demography

Median age33.9years2023no agreed direction
Age at childbearing30.5years2023no agreed direction
Population295,333people2025no agreed direction
Population growth0.916%% per year2025no agreed direction
Urbanization68.2%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 65+11.8%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 0-1421.1%% of population2025no agreed direction
Fertility rate1.96births per woman2024no agreed direction
Birth rate14per 1,000 people2024no agreed direction
Net migration440people2025no agreed direction
Migrant share of population26.2%% of population2024no agreed direction

economy

GDP per capita (market)$30,859US$2015higher is better
GDP growth-13.5%% per year2024no agreed direction
Inflation0.578%% per year2016no agreed direction
Trade openness40.4%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
FDI inflows8.49%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Government consumption23.5%% of GDP2017no agreed direction
Employment in agriculture1.78%% of employment2025no agreed direction

education

Compulsory schooling0years2025no agreed direction

environment

CO2 per capita17.1t CO2e per capita2024higher is worse
Forest area45.8%% of land area2023higher is better
Agricultural land10.1%% of land area2023no agreed direction
Protected land59.6%% of land area2025higher is better

governance

Refugees originating0per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Control of corruption0.126index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Rule of law1.09index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Voice and accountability0.731index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Political stability1.1index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better

health

Life expectancy78.9years2024higher is better
Basic water access99.5%% of population2024higher is better
Basic sanitation100%% of population2024higher is better
Adolescent fertility11.7births per 1,000 women aged 15-192024higher is worse
Tuberculosis incidence18per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Undernourishment4.9%% of population2023higher is worse

infrastructure

Internet users82%% of population2017higher is better
Mobile subscriptions91.7per 100 people2022higher is better
Electricity access100%% of population2024higher is better
Slum share of urban population0.25%% of urban population2022higher is worse
Fixed broadband19.4per 100 people2022higher is better

labor

Unemployment11.2%% of labor force2025higher is worse
Female labor participation51.1%% of women 15+2025no agreed direction
Male labor participation62%% of men 15+2025no agreed direction
Youth not in work or study24.7%% of 15 to 24 year olds2023higher is worse
Vulnerable employment14.2%% of employment2025higher is worse

Values are the most recent in 2010–2025, and different measures can come from different years. The year is shown beside each. Nothing here ranks countries by merit. An area score averages whatever measures its publishers happen to collect, and the choice of what to collect is itself a judgement made by someone else. All countries · How the country data works

Countries to compare with New Caledonia

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