East Asia & Pacific · High income
New Caledonia: the economy in numbers
Per person: $29,213. Population: 295,333 (2025).
$8.55B−13.5%real GDP growth, 2024
GDP in 2024, current US dollars: #157 of 204 economies.
GDP per capita
$29,213
2024 · #56 of 204
Inflation
0.6%
2016
Population
295K
2025 · #178 of 217
Unemployment
11.2%
2025 · ILO estimate
Life expectancy
78.9 years
2024
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $1.63 billion in 1965, $8.78 billion in 2024.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $17,519 per person in 1965, $30,007 in 2024.
GDP per capita
Real GDP growth
Years of falling GDP since 1966: 12 of 42.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 7.0% from 2010 to 2016. Highest annual inflation: 2.4% in 2011.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Population
1960: 79,819 · 2025: 295,333.
Unemployment rate
1991: 18.1% · 2025: 11.2%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 52.3 years · 2024: 78.9 years.
Exports of goods and services
1990: 18.5% · 2024: 11.7%.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Real growth | Inflation | Population | Unemployment | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 295K | 11.2% | ||||||
| 2024 | $8.55B | $29,213 | −13.5% | 293K | 11.0% | 78.9 | 11.7% | |
| 2023 | $9.77B | $33,702 | 2.8% | 290K | 10.9% | 78.8 | 16.9% | |
| 2022 | $9.62B | $33,516 | 3.5% | 287K | 10.7% | 77.7 | 15.4% | |
| 2021 | $10.1B | $35,312 | −2.1% | 285K | 11.6% | 77.1 | 14.2% | |
| 2020 | $9.45B | $33,270 | −2.4% | 284K | 13.6% | 77.0 | 18.0% | |
| 2019 | $9.48B | $33,411 | −1.4% | 284K | 10.9% | 77.3 | 18.3% | |
| 2018 | $9.9B | $34,903 | 0.4% | 284K | 11.7% | 77.6 | 21.0% | |
| 2017 | $9.17B | $32,355 | 284K | 11.7% | 77.5 | 21.0% | ||
| 2016 | $8.72B | $30,783 | 0.6% | 283K | 12.7% | 77.4 | 19.3% | |
| 2015 | $8.74B | $30,859 | 0.6% | 283K | 13.6% | 77.2 | 18.1% | |
| 2014 | $10.6B | $37,817 | 0.2% | 281K | 14.6% | 77.1 | 18.6% | |
| 2013 | $10.2B | $36,671 | 1.3% | 277K | 14.4% | 76.9 | 15.7% | |
| 2012 | $9.66B | $35,560 | 1.7% | 272K | 14.1% | 76.6 | 17.8% | |
| 2011 | $10.4B | $38,836 | 2.4% | 267K | 14.0% | 76.3 | 20.1% | |
| 2010 | $9.36B | $35,799 | 262K | 14.0% | 76.0 | 20.2% | ||
| 2009 | $8.7B | $33,836 | 257K | 14.0% | 75.7 | 15.4% | ||
| 2008 | $9.07B | $35,724 | 254K | 14.4% | 75.4 | 18.6% | ||
| 2007 | $8.82B | $35,178 | 251K | 14.8% | 75.2 | 27.4% | ||
| 2006 | $6.98B | $28,193 | 248K | 15.3% | 75.0 | 23.9% | ||
| 2005 | $6.24B | $25,528 | 244K | 15.8% | 74.9 | 21.5% | ||
| 2004 | $5.9B | $24,476 | 241K | 16.3% | 74.7 | 22.0% | ||
| 2003 | $4.92B | $20,768 | 237K | 16.7% | 74.5 | 20.6% | ||
| 2002 | $3.74B | $16,105 | 232K | 17.0% | 74.3 | 18.1% | ||
| 2001 | $3.3B | $14,482 | 228K | 17.4% | 74.0 | 18.7% | ||
| 2000 | $3.42B | $15,330 | 2.1% | 223K | 17.9% | 73.6 | 22.8% | |
| 1999 | $3.65B | $16,693 | 0.9% | 219K | 18.2% | 73.1 | 18.4% | |
| 1998 | $3.56B | $16,615 | −3.2% | 214K | 18.5% | 72.7 | 15.7% | |
| 1997 | $3.29B | $15,705 | 2.0% | 210K | 18.4% | 72.2 | 16.5% | |
| 1996 | $3.61B | $17,592 | 0.4% | 205K | 18.6% | 71.8 | 15.3% | |
| 1995 | $3.63B | $18,108 | 5.9% | 200K | 18.6% | 71.3 | 15.6% | |
| 1994 | $3.04B | $15,534 | 2.6% | 196K | 18.9% | 70.9 | 13.6% | |
| 1993 | $2.82B | $14,787 | 0.5% | 191K | 18.8% | 70.5 | 13.1% | |
| 1992 | $2.92B | $15,714 | 0.5% | 186K | 18.6% | 70.1 | 13.7% | |
| 1991 | $2.65B | $14,643 | 4.9% | 181K | 18.1% | 69.8 | 16.9% | |
| 1990 | $2.53B | $14,335 | 3.6% | 176K | 69.5 | 18.5% | ||
| 1989 | $2.19B | $12,702 | 11.0% | 172K | 69.2 | |||
| 1988 | $2.07B | $12,301 | 34.6% | 169K | 68.9 | |||
| 1987 | $1.49B | $8,983 | 5.7% | 166K | 68.6 | |||
| 1986 | $1.2B | $7,375 | −1.0% | 163K | 68.2 | |||
| 1985 | $855M | $5,335 | 4.5% | 160K | 67.8 | |||
| 1984 | $796M | $5,052 | 1.8% | 158K | 67.4 | |||
| 1983 | $824M | $5,315 | −2.0% | 155K | 67.0 | |||
| 1982 | $905M | $5,912 | 2.4% | 153K | 66.5 | |||
| 1981 | $973M | $6,422 | −7.0% | 151K | 66.0 | |||
| 1980 | $1.18B | $7,893 | −0.4% | 150K | 65.6 | |||
| 1979 | $1.05B | $7,070 | −13.6% | 148K | 65.2 | |||
| 1978 | $846M | $5,779 | 9.8% | 146K | 64.7 | |||
| 1977 | $838M | $5,793 | 1.9% | 145K | 64.2 | |||
| 1976 | $798M | $5,618 | 2.3% | 142K | 63.8 | |||
| 1975 | $817M | $5,941 | 6.5% | 137K | 63.2 | |||
| 1974 | $637M | $4,849 | 12.7% | 131K | 62.7 | |||
| 1973 | $542M | $4,318 | −11.2% | 126K | 62.1 | |||
| 1972 | $507M | $4,226 | 3.4% | 120K | 61.4 | |||
| 1971 | $414M | $3,615 | 7.0% | 115K | 60.8 | |||
| 1970 | $359M | $3,282 | 31.0% | 109K | 60.1 | |||
| 1969 | $263M | $2,509 | 15.7% | 105K | 59.3 | |||
| 1968 | $216M | $2,124 | 14.3% | 101K | 58.5 | |||
| 1967 | $180M | $1,826 | 5.4% | 98.6K | 57.7 | |||
| 1966 | $164M | $1,714 | −3.8% | 95.8K | 56.9 | |||
| 1965 | $160M | $1,713 | 93.2K | 56.1 | ||||
| 1964 | 90.6K | 55.3 | ||||||
| 1963 | 88K | 54.5 | ||||||
| 1962 | 85.3K | 53.8 | ||||||
| 1961 | 82.5K | 53.1 | ||||||
| 1960 | 79.8K | 52.3 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
Nearby economies in East Asia & Pacific
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
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Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)